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MRI finds something fishy in outbreak of brain infections

By Wayne Forrest

When more than 200 people in Singapore were afflicted simultaneously with group B streptococcal bacterium and acute central nervous system infections, Singaporean healthcare professionals had to act quickly. Their first move was to turn to diffusion-weighted MRI for answers.

September 1, 2016

Spleen stiffness correlates with cirrhosis complication

By Erik L. Ridley

The progression of thrombocytopenia, or blood platelet deficiency, in cirrhotic patients is directly determined by pathophysiologic changes in the spleen that can be assessed on ultrasound elastography, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

September 1, 2016

Exact Imaging scores Chinese investment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian microultrasound technology developer Exact Imaging has received a $3 million Canadian ($2.3 million U.S.) investment from BioSciKin of China.

August 31, 2016

Rotary Clubs donate ultrasound unit to Ghana hospital

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In hopes of reducing maternal and infant mortality rates, the Rotary Club of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada, and the Rotary Club of Sunyani Central in Ghana have teamed up to donate an ultrasound system and related accessories to Bechem Government Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana, according to a report from the Ghanaian Chronicle.

August 31, 2016

ViewRay wins Henry Ford contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiotherapy developer ViewRay has inked a contract with Henry Ford Health System to install its MRIdian Linac research system at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

August 31, 2016

IDS to partner with Nuvodia

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Software developer Integrated Document Solutions (IDS) has signed a partnership agreement with technology integration and services firm Nuvodia.

August 31, 2016

Smartphone app enables remote surgical consultations

By Erik L. Ridley

If necessary, can on-call spine surgeons make good decisions about whether or not to operate on a thoracolumbar spine fracture just by viewing video clips of CT images on a smartphone app? Yes, they can, according to research from an Israeli group published online recently in the Spine Journal.

August 31, 2016

ASRT to CMS: Only registered RTs should perform x-rays

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) is urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to add language requiring that only registered radiologic technologists can perform radiography procedures to proposed rules implementing a 20% cut for analog x-ray studies.

August 31, 2016

ESC: CT is effective gatekeeper for invasive angio

By Eric Barnes

In stable patients with chest pain and suspected coronary artery disease, using coronary CT angiography to guide the selective use of invasive coronary angiography is safer and less expensive than sending patients directly to angiography, according to results presented on Monday at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress in Rome.

August 31, 2016

Carestream ships new DR detectors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has begun to ship its new DRX Core detectors, designed for digital radiography (DR) use by imaging centers, small to midsized hospitals, urgent care facilities, specialty clinics, and providers of mobile imaging.

August 30, 2016

PET/MRI's future tied to cost, scan time, key applications

By Wayne Forrest

Buoyed by its perceived superiority over PET/CT, early adopters of PET/MRI believe the hybrid modality could be used more often in routine clinical applications within the next five years. However, this trajectory could hit a speed bump.

August 30, 2016

Indian radiologists set to go on strike

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Escalating their ongoing protest over a law aimed at reducing gender-specific feticide, radiologists in India will go on strike and not operate their ultrasound systems as of September 1, according to an article published in the Hindu Business Line.

August 29, 2016

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