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Medicare coverage spurs 41% growth in colorectal cancer PET use
By Wayne Forrest
A decision by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to approve payment for FDG-PET scans for colorectal cancer patients led to 41% growth in use of the modality at one hospital, according to a study in the February issue of Radiology.
January 25, 2010
Care to Care to offer RBM to Virginia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology benefits management (RBM) firm Care to Care has received a license from the Virginia Department of Health.
January 24, 2010
GE, Bracco receive FDA violation notices
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Bracco have both received notices of violation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for marketing claims related to their Visipaque and Isovue x-ray contrast agents.
January 24, 2010
Siemens donates to Haiti relief effort
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has donated a variety of medical equipment to the Haiti disaster relief effort, including 20 Acuson P10 ultrasound systems.
January 24, 2010
Focused US group nears $1M in grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Focused Ultrasound Surgery Foundation (FUSF) has distributed nearly $1 million in research awards for work on medical technology and is making more funding available in 2010.
January 21, 2010
Medtronic pledges $1M for Haiti relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has pledged $1 million to support earthquake relief in Haiti.
January 21, 2010
Haiti after the earthquake: A radiologist's story
By Dr. Gia Deangelis
Dr. Gia Deangelis is a University of Virginia radiologist who was supposed to be in Port-au-Prince the day the quake struck. She is now working in a rural clinic in Grison-Garde, north of the decimated capital of Port-au-Prince. Here are her observations.
January 21, 2010
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MGH study: Adverse reactions to gadolinium contrast are rare
By Wayne Forrest
A study at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston has found that acute adverse reactions to gadolinium-based contrast agents are rare. But MGH researchers caution radiologists to remain keenly aware of the risks associated with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis.
January 21, 2010
Philips, Caritas Christi join forces in Haiti relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare is teaming up with a group of clinicians from Caritas Christi Health Care in Boston to assist the Haiti relief effort.
January 20, 2010
What now for healthcare reform? And, are PDAs good enough for ER images?
By Brian Casey
January 20, 2010
ASRT donates $10,000 for Haiti disaster relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) of Albuquerque, NM, has made a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross International Response Fund for earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.
January 19, 2010
Siemens vet Lusser joins Carestream
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has named Markus Lusser as senior vice president, global sales and services.
January 18, 2010
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