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Kodak technology to be used at Olympics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging will provide a number of its imaging technologies for use at next month's Olympic Games in Athens. The Rochester, NY-based vendor will be installing a PACS and RIS network at the Polyclinic, the primary medical center for the Olympics.
July 13, 2004
Varian reports first clinical use of robotic imager
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems said that Emory University School of Medicine's department of radiology has become the first U.S. healthcare facility to provide radiotherapy treatments using its robotic on-board imaging system for tracking tumor locations and positioning patients.
June 30, 2004
Sonora inks deal with Prosonic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Sonora Medical Systems of Longmont, CO, has signed a deal with South Korean ultrasound transducer manufacturer Prosonic covering ultrasound repair and refurbishing in Korea and other Asian markets.
May 12, 2004
Use of pediatric head CT growing steadily in emergency departments
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - The use of pediatric head CT for trauma evaluation increased steadily during the 1990s. By the end of the decade, CT was being used in nearly half of all head trauma evaluations, according to a new study based on the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey, presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
May 3, 2004
Use of gold loses luster in UAE
By N. Shivapriya
The findings of a Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology report on the use of gold-colored gelatin microspheres in UAE suggest that there may be a link between complications of endometritis developed after the procedure and the use of gold in the embolization.
May 2, 2004
Standard Imaging buys Masthead Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Standard Imaging, a provider of radiation calibration and quality assurance instruments, has acquired the assets of Nanaimo, British Columbia-based Masthead Imaging. The deal gives Standard access to the Canadian firm’s PIPSpro software package and QC-3 phantom, which is used with electronic portal imaging devices (EPID), said Standard Imaging of Middleton, WI.
April 29, 2004
R2 gets FDA OK for use with Hologic FFDM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women’s imaging vendor Hologic and computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology have reported that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of R2's CAD technology customized for use with Hologic's Selenia full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.
April 13, 2004
AIUM restates opposition to nonmedical ultrasound use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) issued a statement today reaffirming its opposition to the use of "entertainment" ultrasound.
April 6, 2004
Repair charges in five modalities show stability over three-year span
March 28, 2004
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Sonora adds Brazilian partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology refurbisher Sonora Medical Systems has signed an exclusive license, supply, and distribution agreement with ATCS Comercio e Servicos de Equipo Médicos of São Paulo, Brazil.
March 18, 2004
AuntMinnie.com MRI Radiology Insider
By Shalmali Pal
Are you up for a new hobby? Or perhaps looking to do a little neurological refurbishing? If so, juggling might be just the activity for you.
February 1, 2004
AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #25: Percent of MRI procedures using contrast media
Of the 21.9 million MRI procedures performed in the U.S. in 2002, an estimated 9.4 million, or 43%, were performed using a contrast agent, and 12.5 million, or 57%, used no contrast agent.
February 1, 2004
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