Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 104

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
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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