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Using a risk analysis matrix to secure RIS/PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Thursday, December 2 | 12:45 p.m.-1:15 p.m. | LL-INS-TH1B | Lakeside Learning CenterIn this poster presentation, a research team from Thailand will present a risk analysis matrix for analyzing and managing security risks to RIS/PACS.
November 7, 2010
PACS is used often and meaningfully
By Erik L. Ridley
Wednesday, December 1 | 3:40 p.m.-3:50 p.m. | SSM12-05 | Room S102DIn this paper presentation, a team from Harvard Medical School in Boston will present data showing why enterprise PACS should, indeed, be considered "meaningful use" of healthcare IT.
November 7, 2010
New cardiac CT guidelines expand use for low-risk patients
By Eric Barnes
New guidelines published on the appropriate use of coronary CT angiography generally recommend broader use in low- and intermediate-risk patients, while discouraging use in high-risk patients or for multiple coronary calcium exams.
October 31, 2010
MarketStat #61: Radiation therapy treatment plans using images
Almost all radiation therapy treatment plans, 98%, use CT images. MRI images are used with 12% of the plans, PET images with 8%, ultrasound images with 1%, and other images with less than 1% of the plans.
October 27, 2010
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TriMedx names Vorphal as COO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare equipment manager TriMedx has hired Tom Vorphal as chief operating officer (COO).
October 19, 2010
ONC clarifies 'meaningful use' certification rules
By Cynthia E. Keen
"Meaningful use" has become the holy grail of healthcare IT -- the standard that providers must achieve to receive stimulus funds. U.S. regulators recently issued final rules that define how they view meaningful use, but the guidelines raise almost as many questions as they answer.
September 29, 2010
MRI can be used to follow great vessel stents
By Wayne Forrest
Using certain imaging sequences, MRI can be sufficient for the routine surveillance of certain great vessel stents commonly used to treat congenital heart defects in children and young adults, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 22, 2010
NTP uses LEU for Mo-99 production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NTP Radioisotopes of South Africa reportedly is perfecting the use of low-enriched uranium (LEU) at its Safari-1 nuclear reactor to produce the medical isotope molybdenum-99 (Mo-99).
September 20, 2010
Report: Use of advanced imaging up in ED
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of advanced imaging technology for noninjury emergency department (ED) visits has increased dramatically, according to a report published September 8 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
September 9, 2010
AECL's NRU resumes operation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday resumed operation of its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, following unscheduled maintenance this week to repair the temperature controls for a moderator heat exchanger.
September 1, 2010
MeVis first-half sales up, profit down
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Increased maintenance and service revenues helped medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions to a 15% increase in revenues in the first half of 2010.
August 29, 2010
AECL continues NRU maintenance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) plans to shut down its National Research Universal (NRU) reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, early this week to remove specialized instrumentation used in the facility's recent restart.
August 23, 2010
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