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AuntMinnieTV: PACS software streams images to PDAs

A PACS/RIS software firm from Denmark has developed an application that enables medical images to be streamed over a wireless connection to a personal digital assistant (PDA). Is it a useful clinical tool or just another cool gadget? You be the judge.

March 24, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: Study compares 16-slice CT to ultrasound in coronary arteries

Could multislice CT some day replace intravascular ultrasound for characterizing coronary plaques? A group from the Netherlands wanted to find out, and conducted a study comparing 16-slice CT to IVUS in the coronary arteries.

March 17, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: MRI vendor introduces new tilting scanner

You've heard of open MRI, double-doughnut MRI, even standing MRI, but have you ever heard of tilting MRI? Italian medical imaging vendor Esaote may have created a new category in the MRI market with the launch of a new scanner that tilts from a horizontal into a vertical position.

February 24, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: Study takes aim at physician self-referral

One of the most controversial topics in healthcare is physician self-referral -- when doctors refer patients to imaging studies conducted in their own offices. In this AuntMinnieTV segment, physician self-referral opponent Dr. David Levin makes the case for why this might not be a good thing.

February 17, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: Handheld device digitizes mammograms

Looking for a way to get the benefits of digital mammography without the high cost of a new system? Then check out this AuntMinnieTV segment about a company that has developed a handheld wand that can digitize sections of film-screen mammography images.

February 8, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: Virtual colonoscopy learns a new trick

Virtual colonoscopy could prove to be a useful method of screening for signs of aortic calcification, a possible precursor to a future cardiac event, according to research presented by a group from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonsville, FL. The group conducted measurements of aortic calcium collected at the same time as a virtual colonoscopy study, and found that the measurements correlated well with other established cardiac risk factors.

February 3, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: Company brings 'natural' light to imaging suites

Let there be light. Simulated natural light, that is, with scenes of clouds and flowering trees. That's the ticket to happier, more relaxed patients, according to a company that's developed a line of virtual skylights and windows designed to make patients feel more at home in the imaging suite.

January 27, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: I-ELCAP results predict lung cancer risk

CT screening can detect lung cancers at an early stage, and may even be able to predict the cancer risk among current and former smokers, according to data from the International Early Lung Cancer Action Program (I-ELCAP). This AuntMinnieTV segment describes how I-ELCAP researchers are using CT screening to hone in on cancer detection in at-risk populations.

January 19, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: fMRI offers insight into retraining the brain

Functional MRI can provide important information on how the brain learns to conduct complicated motor-skills tasks, according to research presented at the 2004 RSNA show. The study could lay the groundwork for the development of prosthetic devices that paralyzed or stroke-impaired individuals could control using impulses in the brain.

January 5, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: What's an Aunt Minnie?

Ever wondered where the term "Aunt Minnie" came from? Find out in our interview with Dr. Maurice Reeder, editor of Reeder and Felson's Gamuts in Radiology. Dr. Reeder was a colleague of the late Dr. Ben Felson, the University of Cincinnati radiologist generally credited with coining the term.

January 3, 2005

AuntMinnieTV: New convertible ultrasound scanner

One of the new companies debuting at the 2004 RSNA conference was Zonare Medical Systems, which launched a new ultrasound scanner that can be converted from a cart-based system into a handheld configuration. This AuntMinnieTV segment describes Zonare's convertible ultrasound technology, and includes dynamic images acquired with the system.

January 3, 2005

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