Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 103

Italian study finds vertebroplasty effective
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A large, multicenter Italian study has concluded that vertebroplasty is effective in treating vertebral compression fractures, providing significant and sustained pain relief.
February 17, 2010
Sectra preps for AAOS 2010
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra will show several advances for its preoperative planning technology at next month's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual meeting in New Orleans.
February 16, 2010
Image breech babies twice for hip dysplasia, study suggests
By Cynthia E. Keen
A new study published in this month's issue of Journal of Children's Orthopaedics indicates that breech babies at risk of hip dysplasia might benefit from an extra imaging exam beyond what's recommended by current clinical guidelines.
February 14, 2010
RSA Biomedical completes Greek order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical has implemented its mdesk software at Xanthi General Hospital in Xanthi, Greece.
February 11, 2010
Quantum wins Mass. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has won a contract for its ceiling-mounted digital radiography system with a Massachusetts orthopedic facility.
February 11, 2010
MSK applications could give CAD a shot in the arm
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology in radiology has largely focused on cancer applications in the breast, chest, and colon. But with the pace of innovation slowing in those fields, the development of new musculoskeletal CAD applications could help revitalize the technology.
February 11, 2010
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Pediatric cancer risk from thallium imaging defined
By Cynthia E. Keen
Researchers from a Tennessee children's hospital have found that thallium-based bone nuclear imaging studies can raise the risk of cancer incidence in pediatric patients, according to an article in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 10, 2010
Contrast MRI helps guide stem cell therapy for myeloma
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from France have found that whole-body dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI can help assess treatment response in patients receiving stem cell therapy for multiple myeloma by providing quantitative analysis of bone marrow and focal lesion enhancement.
February 10, 2010
Misonix enters Scandinavia distribution pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix has entered into a new distribution agreement with a Scandinavian firm.
February 3, 2010
CT beats x-ray for pediatric cervical spine trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
When a CT exam is ordered for a child presenting with cervical spine trauma, follow-up radiography adds little to no additional diagnostic information, according to an analysis from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 3, 2010
JAMA: Single negative US scan can rule out DVT
By Brian Casey
A new study released today in the Journal of the American Medical Association indicates that a single negative compression ultrasound scan of the entire leg may be good enough to rule out deep vein thrombosis (DVT), avoiding the need for multiple follow-up imaging studies.
February 1, 2010
Cervical cancer RT causes pelvic fractures, study suggests
By Cynthia E. Keen
Postmenopausal women who are older and thinner are more susceptible to developing pelvic fractures following radiation therapy (RT) for cervical cancer than younger, premenopausal women with larger body mass indexes, if patients treated at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center over a six-year span are representative.
February 1, 2010
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