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Smartphone vs. PACS: Smartphone does just fine for skeletal trauma
By Cynthia E. Keen
CHICAGO - A new study from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London pitted a new-generation smartphone against a PACS diagnostic workstation for diagnostic quality display of skeletal trauma radiographs, and the smartphone held its own.
December 3, 2008
UCSF adds bone mineral density test to VC colon screening
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - It's two tests in one! And both tests attend to critical health screening needs in older adults, according to University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers. They found that adding a CT-based bone mineral density test to VC data is an easy way to increase the utility of a single CT dataset.
December 2, 2008
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Ultrasound guides treatment for long-term relief of plantar fasciitis
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - An ultrasound-guided technique appears to provide long-term, near sequelae-free relief to patients suffering from chronic, debilitating plantar fasciitis, researchers reported at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.
December 1, 2008
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Orthocrat adds TeraRecon integration
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning developer Orthocrat has added 3D orthopedic templating capability via an integration initiative with advanced visualization firm TeraRecon.
November 25, 2008
Reimbursement cuts could lead to more senior hip fractures
By Wayne Forrest
California researchers warn that future decreases in reimbursement for dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) could lead to an increase in hip fractures among senior citizens. The researchers analyzed nontraumatic hip fractures among patients 50 years and older and correlated the data with screening programs, treatment efforts, and Medicare reimbursement.
November 19, 2008
Carestream releases long-length DR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has released new long-length imaging software for its DirectView DR 7500 digital radiography (DR) system.
November 16, 2008
MRI shows prowess in diabetic foot with osteomyelitis
By Wayne Forrest
Italian researchers have concluded that MRI shows high sensitivity for detecting osteomyelitis in a diabetic foot, but lower specificity related to Charcot neuropathic osteoarthropathy. The study comes from Carlo Poma Hospital and was published online on October 25 by La Radiologia Medica.
November 9, 2008
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SPECT ties functional brain abnormalities to fibromyalgia
By Wayne Forrest
Using SPECT, researchers in France have detected functional abnormalities in certain regions of the brain in fibromyalgia patients. The findings support the idea that fibromyalgia symptoms are related to a dysfunction in the parts of the brain where pain is processed.
November 6, 2008
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RSA takes mdesk order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical of Umeå, Sweden, has received an order from Uppsala Akademiska for its mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning and templating system.
November 5, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Musculoskeletal Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
November 4, 2008
OrthoView
By Erik L. Ridley
(Booth 7357) OrthoView will release version 5.2 of its OrthoView orthopedic planning software at this year's RSNA meeting.
November 3, 2008
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Orthocrat
By Erik L. Ridley
(Booth 4470) Orthocrat will display its TraumaCad, OrthoFlow, and OrthoWeb products in the exhibit hall at the 2008 RSNA meeting.
November 3, 2008
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