Head and Neck Radiology: Page 55

Kyron inks deal with Varian
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brain imaging software developer Kyron Clinical Imaging has signed a deal to integrate its products with radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA.
December 23, 2007
TMJ imaging benefits from digital tomo technique
By Brian Casey
Japanese researchers have produced good results using a digital tomosynthesis technique for general radiography studies of the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). As part of its research, the group also developed a new reconstruction algorithm for digital tomo studies that they say reduces image artifacts in the 3D volumes generated by the digital tomo system they used.
December 23, 2007
Study shows benefits of very delayed cerebral FDG-PET imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Acquisition of PET images as long as six hours after FDG injection can be a useful and easy-to-perform technique in delineating gliomas from gray matter and detecting cerebral lymphomas, according to a study by researchers in France. They presented their findings at the recent 2007 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 20, 2007
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AFP Imaging begins VG deliveries
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray developer AFP Imaging has begun shipping and installation of its new model VG (vertical generation) conebeam CT (CBCT) to dentists in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
December 16, 2007
IsoRay's cesium isotope used for eye cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay's cesium-131 seeds have been used for an application besides prostate cancer, the product's main clinical application, the Richland, WA-based company reported.
December 12, 2007
Computer-aided dental x-ray system quickly identifies victims of mass disasters
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - In 1985, it took 2,800 forensic specialists more than three months to identify the remains of the 520 victims in Japan's worst commercial air disaster, the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. If an experimental computer-aided dental x-ray system had been available then, the identification process could have been accomplished in about nine days, according to researchers from Japan.
November 29, 2007
NeuroLogica notches 50th hospital sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, announced that a Greensboro, NC, hospital is the 50th hospital to purchase its CereTom portable CT scanner.
November 27, 2007
Neurognostics validates fMRI dataset compatibility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Functional MRI (fMRI) developer Neurognostics of Milwaukee announced it has validated the compatibility of its fMRI image datasets with three leading neuronaviation systems.
November 26, 2007
Insight Agents launches contrast media in Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German contrast media developer Insight Agents announced the European launch of two new generic contrast media products, one for x-ray and CT in Germany, and one for MRI in 22 European countries.
November 25, 2007
Given scores Aetna coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule developer Given Imaging said that health insurer Aetna has expanded its capsule endoscopy coverage policy, effective November 9.
November 19, 2007
Studies find no drop in head/neck cancer control with less extensive dissection
By Shalmali Pal
A pair of studies presented at the recent 2007 American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Los Angeles focused on managing postradiation head and neck cancer. The first looked at whether response to radiotherapy can be used to determine the extent of surgical dissection in positive lymph nodes. The second inquired if adjuvant neck dissection can be deferred in patients with complete response to chemoradiation.
November 15, 2007
FDG-PET works for nose cancer staging, study finds
By Kate Madden Yee
FDG-PET can replace conventional workup in primary M staging of nonkeratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to researchers at Chang Gung University College of Medicine in Taipei, Taiwan. The team compared the diagnostic efficacies of FDG-PET and CWU, as well as a combination of the two, in detecting distant metastasis.
November 14, 2007
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