Body Imaging: Page 16

Smaller teens sometimes get adult-sized CT dose, study finds

By Cynthia E. Keen

Techniques for performing a CT exam on a teenager need to be determined by size and body mass, rather than by age, to reduce radiation dose, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina advise in a poster presented at the recent RSNA meeting.

December 10, 2008

Ultrasound guides treatment for long-term relief of plantar fasciitis

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - An ultrasound-guided technique appears to provide long-term, near sequelae-free relief to patients suffering from chronic, debilitating plantar fasciitis, researchers reported at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.

December 1, 2008

MDCT identifies malignant pancreatic cysts for surgery

By Eric Barnes

Thin-section MDCT is more useful than previously thought for identifying patients with pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN). A new study found that CT accurately identified IPMN features that were associated with both malignancy and parenchymal invasion.

August 19, 2008

GE launches new 3-tesla MRI scanner at ISMRM

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is launching a new 3-tesla MRI scanner, Signa MR750, at this week's International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting in Toronto.

May 4, 2008

Siemens adds Definition applications

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for four applications on its Somatom Definition dual-source CT scanner.

March 10, 2008

CT autopsy comparable to conventional autopsy for blunt trauma deaths

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - In a head-to-head comparison with conventional autopsy, CT imaging autopsy was as effective in determining cause of death in accidental blunt trauma cases, according to researchers from the University of Maryland in Baltimore. They presented the findings from their study at the RSNA 2007 meeting.

November 29, 2007

Rampant U.S. obesity strains imaging devices

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - People in the U.S. are getting so heavy that, even though they are most likely to be at risk for major diseases, they may outweigh the ability to be treated. The reason? The patients are too heavy to be accommodated by most standard imaging devices, according to a presentation at this week's RSNA 2007 meeting.

November 27, 2007

Biospace Med

By Kate Madden Yee

(Booth 5534) French biotech firm Biospace Med will showcase its EOS digital x-ray imager for 2D imaging use at the 2007 RSNA meeting.

October 22, 2007

Imaging veterans venture into radiation oncology with Topex

By Wayne Forrest

After only a few years in retirement, former Lorad founder and CEO Anthony Pellegrino decided in 2003 that it was time to get back in the healthcare business. With former Lorad president and chief operating officer (COO) John M. Brenna, the duo began laying the groundwork for another venture -- Topex. Today, the Danbury, CT-based firm has created a mobile superficial radiation therapy (SRT) system designed specifically to treat skin cancer.

April 8, 2007

Neoprobe Lymphoseek trial moves forward

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe said that results from the first stage of a multicenter phase II clinical study of its Lymphoseek radioactive tracing agent support enrollment in the second stage of the study.

March 4, 2007

EOS begins clinical trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device firm Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS) has begun a clinical trial for its MelaFind skin imaging device.

January 31, 2007

PET added to lymphoma assessment guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New guidelines developed by the International Harmonization Project (IHP) for treatment response assessment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma aim to standardize the parameters used in clinical trials for lymphoma and incorporate new technologies. The revised guidelines also cover all lymphomas.

January 22, 2007

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