Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 104

Software saves time by segmenting meniscus in knee MR images
By Wayne Forrest
Ohio researchers have developed a program to semiautomatically process knee MR images with the same -- and, in some cases, better -- accuracy as radiologists in one-fourth the time. The software is designed to segment the meniscus to compare normal knees with knees from patients with moderate osteoarthritis.
January 31, 2010
3T MRI as good as MR arthrography for planning hip surgery
By Wayne Forrest
Results from a new clinical study indicate that 3-tesla MRI is as effective as MR arthrography in detecting acetabular labral tears in the hip, saving patients an unnecessary procedure and potential complications from an arthrogram.
January 31, 2010
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RSA Biomedical completes mdesk order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical has implemented its mdesk software at Lovisenberg Diakonale Sykehus Hospital in Oslo, Norway.
January 28, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Musculoskeletal Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
January 27, 2010
Haiti after the earthquake: Idaho RT assists relief effort
By Donna Domino
An Idaho radiologic technologist (RT) who has been involved in longtime relief efforts in Haiti says an x-ray system that survived the earthquake is being used to examine hundreds of injuries daily.
January 27, 2010
Xograph launches ortho DR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has installed its first Adora RSA orthopedic digital radiography (DR) research system at the University of Aberdeen.
January 25, 2010
Haiti after the earthquake: A radiologist's story
By Dr. Gia Deangelis
Dr. Gia Deangelis is a University of Virginia radiologist who was supposed to be in Port-au-Prince the day the quake struck. She is now working in a rural clinic in Grison-Garde, north of the decimated capital of Port-au-Prince. Here are her observations.
January 21, 2010
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Bone fractures in infants with rickets differ from child-abuse injuries
By Cynthia E. Keen
When an infant or toddler is diagnosed with a bone fracture, is the injury the result of an accident, child abuse, or an old disease such as rickets making a comeback in modern society? Radiography can help radiologists make the distinction.
January 17, 2010
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Stand-up MRI detects impact of heavy backpacks on children
By Cynthia E. Keen
A stand-up MRI scanner found signs of lumbar spine compression in children carrying full backpacks, according to researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.
January 5, 2010
ACRIN study finds RF ablation effective for reducing pain
By Erik L. Ridley
An American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) study has determined that image-guided radiofrequency (RF) ablation is safe and effective for lowering the level of pain experienced by cancer patients with bone metastases.
January 4, 2010
Automated QCT offers hope for passive osteoporosis screening
By Eric Barnes
A new quantitative CT (QCT) technique offers hope that osteoporosis scans could someday be performed passively -- and automatically -- from abdominal CT scans acquired for other clinical purposes, according to researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.
December 27, 2009
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Ultrasound-guided injections help hip pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may effectively treat a common, painful condition caused by injury to the tendons in the buttocks that typically affects middle-aged to elderly women and young active individuals, according to a study published in the January issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
December 22, 2009
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