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Toshiba completes first U.S. Infinix CF-i/SP install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Tustin, CA-based Toshiba America Medical Systems has completed the first U.S. installation of its Infinix CF-i/SP x-ray system.
October 22, 2007
Shimadzu Medical Systems North America
By Kate Madden Yee
(Booth 4739) Shimadzu of Torrance, CA, will feature a series of cardiovascular, radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F), and digital radiography (DR) systems in its RSNA 2007 booth.
October 22, 2007
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Siemens Medical Solutions
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
(Booth 7713) Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions will return to the RSNA show this year with a focus on capabilities of the company's Somatom Definition dual-source CT scanner, first introduced at RSNA 2005.
October 21, 2007
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Medrad
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
(Booth 8513) Medrad of Warrendale, PA, is set to roll out its new CardiacFlow upgrade for the company's Stellant D CT contrast injection system. Designed to compute customized contrast injection protocols for each cardiac patient, this enhancement permits cardiac imaging during ECG gating.
October 21, 2007
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CMS proposes hike in cardiac PET reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed an increase in reimbursement in 2008 for cardiac PET imaging.
October 18, 2007
Positron launches cardiac PET
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET developer Positron of Houston introduced a new PET camera targeted at cardiac applications at the 2007 American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting.
October 16, 2007
MR studies gauge heart risk after myocardial infarction
By Eric Barnes
A pair of new studies examines cardiac MRI's ability to predict adverse outcomes in patients with evidence of a previous myocardial infarction (MI). Researchers from Sweden studied whether MI scars represented early damage from atherosclerosis, while a team from Germany and California examined whether infarct size could be used to predict left ventricular modeling.
October 14, 2007
Definity to carry warning label
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
At the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging division of North Billerica, MA, will add a warning label to its echocardiography contrast agent Definity.
October 11, 2007
CTA improves as first-line test for traumatic neck injury
By Eric Barnes
There are clinical guidelines for determining which trauma patients should undergo CT of the neck, but there is little definitive advice on which patients should undergo CT angiography (CTA) to screen for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI). Dr. Michael Lev, director of emergency neuroradiology at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the use of extracranial vascular imaging, particularly CTA, in blunt trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.
October 11, 2007
GE wins Southern California CT contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has inked a deal with Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California (CVMG) to install GE's low x-ray dose SnapShot Cine for the LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT system.
October 10, 2007
Medtronic's Endeavor moves closer to clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has recommended for clearance Medtronic's Endeavor drug-eluting stent for treatment of coronary artery disease, the company reported.
October 10, 2007
Michigan heart center aims DSCT guns at image quality
By Eric Barnes
Doctors at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, do a lot of heart imaging with their dual-source CT (DSCT) scanner. Many of their coronary CT angiography patients come from the emergency room with obesity, significant comorbidities, and worries sufficient to keep their hearts racing during the scans. Center director Dr. Gilbert Raff recently discussed the patient demographics, processes, and results that led to the group's current protocols for DSCT.
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