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Brain PET image wins SNM 2007 Image of the Year honors
By Brian Casey
WASHINGTON - A brain PET image that shows the correlation between radiotracer uptake and aggressive traits in men received Image of the Year honors at the SNM meeting this week. In announcing the recognition, Dr. Henry Wagner said it represents the growing ability of molecular imaging to illustrate the relationship between the mind and the brain.
June 4, 2007
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Misys forms partnership with CSMS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Misys Healthcare Systems has been named a strategic solution vendor and affinity partner by the Connecticut State Medical Society (CSMS).
June 3, 2007
Molecular imaging, nuclear medicine share spotlight at SNM 2007
By Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON - It will be virtually impossible to discuss nuclear medicine and exclude molecular imaging from the discussion at this week's SNM meeting. Molecular imaging will help revolutionize patient care, with improved ways to diagnose, treat, and manage cancer and other diseases, and focusing exclusively on nuclear medicine without incorporating other imaging modalities would limit the understanding of how diseases will be diagnosed and treated in the future, according to speakers at Sunday's opening presentation.
June 3, 2007
ACR elects Pressman as new president
The American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA, has elected Dr. Barry Pressman of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles as president.
May 24, 2007
Mansfield honored at namesake ISMRM lecture
BERLIN - Currently recovering from surgery, Sir Peter Mansfield was unable to deliver a lecture on acoustic noise at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), according to Peter Gordon Morris, PhD, head of the Sir Peter Mansfield MR Centre at the University of Nottingham, U.K. Instead, Morris offered an overview of Mansfield's contributions to the field of MR during his talk Monday.
May 20, 2007
GE files suit against SonoSite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has filed a lawsuit against compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA. The lawsuit charges SonoSite with infringing on GE patents for compact-ultrasound technology.
May 16, 2007
COCIR taps von Wulfen
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has named Heinrich von Wulfen as chairman.
May 7, 2007
NEMA publishes DICOM 2007 standards for digital imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has published DICOM 2007 Standards for Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM).
May 6, 2007
ACS study cites mammo use behind cancer drop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new study issued by the American Cancer Society (ACS) this week states that breast cancer rates began falling long before the suspension of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) -- and the study credits mammography screening with contributing to the decline.
May 2, 2007
ASRT takes another run at RT credentialing with CARE bill
By Wayne Forrest
Proponents of nationwide licensing standards for U.S. radiologic technologists are nothing if not persistent. Led by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT), they have once again taken up the gauntlet to implement federal licensing standards, in the form of the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility, and Excellence (CARE) in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act.
April 30, 2007
HHS to join EHR terminology bid
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced that it will participate in a new international effort to encourage faster adoption of standard clinical terminology for electronic health records (EHRs).
April 26, 2007
HHS establishes office to manage BARDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created an office to manage the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).
April 26, 2007
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