Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 112

NovaRad wins Oregon contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS developer NovaRad has won two new contracts with Oregon imaging centers.
April 28, 2009
PET/CT confirms presence of brown fat in adults
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston have successfully used PET/CT to confirm the presence of brown adipose tissue, also know as brown fat, in adults. The surprising discovery could lead to new treatments both for obesity and type 2 diabetes.
April 21, 2009
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20/20 Imaging installs 100th unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
20/20 Imaging has installed its 100th P-DR 715 digital radiography system.
April 20, 2009
Quantum completes Bears' order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has completed an installation of its QV-800 digital universal system at the Chicago Bears Halas Hall training facility in Lake Forest, IL.
April 19, 2009
Group urges rollback of DEXA cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The DXA Task Force is urging the U.S. Congress to pass legislation to reverse cuts in Medicare reimbursement for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA), the imaging procedure used to diagnose osteoporosis.
April 12, 2009
Study: MRI detects cause of writer's cramp
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A French study has found that abnormalities in the fibers connecting different brain areas may contribute to muscle disorders, such as writer's cramp.
April 12, 2009
Barco awarded Stanford contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco has received a contract from Stanford Hospital & Clinics for 58 MDRC-2120 clinical review displays.
April 7, 2009
MDCT holds promise for advanced osteoporosis scan
By Eric Barnes
CT could become an important player in the emerging field of structural bone assessment, according to researchers from Berlin and San Francisco. They believe the modality is capable of evaluating trabecular structures from the extremities to the vertebrae, outperforming even high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT (HR-pQCT) in some conditions.
April 5, 2009
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Study finds C-arm radiation exposure underestimated
By Wayne Forrest
A new study is advising orthopedic physicians to take greater care when imaging patient extremities with both standard and mini C-arms, because the risk of radiation exposure in previous studies has been underestimated.
March 31, 2009
Radiography fails to offer diagnosis for sudden hip pain in kids
By Cynthia E. Keen
Hip and pelvic radiography exams ordered for children younger than 9 years who have nontraumatic, acute onset hip pain are of limited diagnostic value in distinguishing serious from benign disease. For this reason, these exams should not be routinely ordered by emergency department or urgent care clinicians, according to a New Zealand study.
March 31, 2009
ONI Medical completes two installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Extremity MR developer ONI Medical Systems has installed its MSK Extreme 1.5-tesla, high-field musculoskeletal MRI system at imaging facilities in New Hampshire and California.
March 24, 2009
Fluoro-guided lumbar punctures fail more for infants, elderly
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
When an infant less than 1 year of age needs a lumbar puncture, radiologists should consider using an ultrasound-guided procedure instead of fluoroscopy, researchers recommend.
March 22, 2009
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