Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 110

Quantum wraps up DR install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has installed two single-detector digital radiography (DR) systems at Sports Medicine North in Peabody, MA.

June 9, 2009

Scanning time trumps dose in FDG-PET/CT of large patients

By Wayne Forrest

A group of Japanese researchers has concluded that scanning for a longer period of time is more effective than increasing radiopharmaceutical dose for maintaining PET/CT image quality in large patients.

June 9, 2009

Extremity 1T MRI equals 1.5T for rheumatoid arthritis

By Wayne Forrest

Canadian researchers have found that 1-tesla extremity MRI performs just as well as conventional 1.5-tesla MRI in evaluating hands and wrists of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.

June 7, 2009

CMS to consider paying for F-18 PET bone scans

By Brian Casey

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has begun a regulatory process that could lead to reimbursement for PET bone scans using the fluorine-18 (F-18) sodium fluoride radiopharmaceutical. Nuclear medicine advocates believe that PET bone scans could provide an alternative to SPECT bone studies, which use the technetium-99m radiopharmaceutical that is currently in short supply.

June 4, 2009

CTA shows best approach to blocked leg arteries

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Multidetector-row CT angiography (CTA) represents a big improvement over digital subtraction angiography by predicting the best treatment option for severe limb ischemia, according to researchers in Vienna.

June 4, 2009

Fuji gets CR install at NY Mets stadium

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A New York distributor has installed a computed radiography (CR) system by Fujifilm Medical Systems USA at Citi Field, the stadium for the New York Mets.

June 3, 2009