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Low-dose protocol slashes CT lung screening cancer risk

By Brian Casey

How low can low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening go? Swiss researchers have tested a new protocol for LDCT screening that reduces radiation dose to nearly the level of a chest x-ray -- a reduction that should lower the risk of a patient developing cancer from the scans in the future.

June 12, 2016

Boston radiologist gets Tunisian award

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dr. Ali Guermazi, PhD, from Boston University School of Medicine has received the Ibn Khaldun award from the Ibn Khaldun Institute.

June 12, 2016

Draft Canadian law would allow private CT payments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A proposed law in Canada's Saskatchewan province would allow people to pay for their own CT scans, outside of the national health system.

June 9, 2016

NorthStar gets patents and trademark

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes said it has been awarded three U.S. patents and a trademark approval.

June 9, 2016

Fuji VisualSonics wins Italian Vevo installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm VisualSonics has installed one of its Vevo MD ultrahigh-frequency clinical ultrasound systems at an Italian university.

June 9, 2016

Carestream lands Ky. x-ray contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has won an installation of two of its portable x-ray systems and a room-based x-ray imaging system with a Kentucky hospital.

June 9, 2016

Siemens to debut molecular imaging upgrades at SNMMI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthineers plans to highlight a molecular imaging version of its syngo.via software at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) meeting in San Diego.

June 8, 2016

ViewRay names new CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided radiotherapy developer ViewRay has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO).

June 8, 2016

3DIcon offers road map for CSpace displays

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

3D projection display firm 3DIcon has provided shareholders with a road map for the development of its CSpace technology for creating 360° 3D volumetric high-resolution displays.

June 8, 2016

Report: Philips plans big medical acquisitions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A June 8 article on Bloomberg.com said that Royal Philips is hoping to make "billion-dollar-plus" acquisitions in healthcare as it looks to invest proceeds from the spin-off of its Lighting division.

June 8, 2016

AJR: Ultralow-dose CT can evaluate COPD

By Eric Barnes

An ultralow-dose CT protocol that reduces radiation dose to 4% of standard CT can be used to evaluate some patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), concludes a new study in the June edition of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

June 8, 2016

EOS completes digital x-ray installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Orthopedic digital imaging developer EOS Imaging has installed its third EOS digital radiography device at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City.

June 8, 2016

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