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Preclinical CT in use for early cancer detection

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Molecular imaging system developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, reported that its Flex preclinical CT imaging system is in use at Harvard Medical School to develop new techniques for early cancer detection.

October 26, 2005

Sonora forms new business unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Sonora Medical Systems has created a new internal business unit focusing on the depot-level repair of multivendor (MVS) ultrasound and MRI parts, boards, and subsystems.

October 25, 2005

AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #37: Types of images used in radiation therapy treatment plans

In 2004, of an estimated 816,000 treatment plans using images, the majority of images used are CT, used with 96% of the plans. MRI images are used with 6% of the plans, PET images with 2%, ultrasound images with 1%, and other images with 1% of the plans.

October 17, 2005

A new use for SPECT/CT: Tracking stem cell migration

By Kate Madden Yee

Researchers from Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology and Institute of Cell Engineering in Baltimore, MD, have successfully used SPECT/CT to track bone marrow stem cells injected into dogs whose hearts were damaged by heart attack, according to a study published in Circulation.

October 6, 2005

Kodak signs 3G service agreement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak Health Group has signed a three-year worldwide service-provider agreement with 3G Ultrasound of Ramsey, NJ.

September 26, 2005

A shocking story of MRI static discharge

Sometimes problems with MRI equipment aren't problems with the equipment at all, rather problems with the design, construction, and maintenance of the suite. MRI architectural consultants Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk share one client's story of managing MRI static discharge to demonstrate just how interdependent the equipment and the suite are.

September 20, 2005