Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 124

MR study reveals 'novel' findings on whiplash pathophysiology
By Shalmali Pal
Two years ago physical therapist James Elliott, Ph.D., and his co-authors conducted a study that pinpointed a connection between the chronic pain associated with whiplash and MR signs of fatty infiltrate in the cervical extensor muscles. In their latest work, they investigated the presence of fatty infiltrate in patients with nonwhiplash-related neck pain, and found that not all chronic neck pain is created equal.
February 14, 2008
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RSA inks Swedish installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical of Umeå, Sweden, has signed contracts with Haugesund Hospital and Stavanger University Hospital for the company's mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning and templating system.
February 11, 2008
Missed turn: What makes MRI detour in diagnosing meniscal tears?
By Shalmali Pal
On the whole, MR imaging negotiates the twists and turns of the knees with the greatest of ease. But there is one type of injury where MRI often hits a roadblock: meniscal tears. A recent study by researchers at the Madison-based University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health took a closer look at why these tears are sometimes missed at MRI, and whether certain clinical factors are in the modality's blind spot.
February 7, 2008
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Ultrasound performs well for wrist pain, meniscal tears
By Brian Casey
February 4, 2008
IDC wins Florida orthopedic contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital radiography developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has won a contract with a Florida orthopedic clinic for its X-Series digital radiography systems, the Calgary, Alberta-based vendor reported.
February 4, 2008
Ultrasound performs well in meniscal tears
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound can accurately diagnose meniscal tears, yielding results that correlate well with MRI findings, according to researchers from South Korea. They found that ultrasonography can be a useful alternative to MRI in selected cases of meniscal tears.
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Ultrasound shows promise as a screening tool for wrist pain
By Shalmali Pal
More than 2.2 million people in the U.S. turn up at their doctor's office with complaints of wrist pain, but ordering up costly MRI and MR arthrography exams -- or radiation-laden CT arthrography -- is not always feasible. Orthopedic specialists from Tucson's University of Arizona have proposed ultrasound-based exams as a screening tool for wrist ligaments.
February 4, 2008
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AuntMinnie.com Musculoskeletal Imaging Insider
By Shalmali Pal
February 3, 2008
Imaging set to play pivotal role for delivering molecular therapeutics
By Edward Susman
Treatment specialists experimenting with molecular medicine will achieve more targeted results by injecting drugs with imaging guidance, according to Dr. Lawrence Hoffmann, chief of interventional radiology at Stanford University Medical Center in California. In a recent presentation, Hofmann stressed that interventional oncology and interventional regenerative medicine will pair imaging and molecular therapeutics, as imaging plays a pivotal role in therapeutic angiogenesis.
January 30, 2008
CMS drops chiropractor x-ray exception
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiologists can no longer order x-rays for Medicare patients referred to them by chiropractors in a nonhospital setting, according to a January 1 ruling from the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
January 23, 2008
Stark, raving mad? Physicians say Maryland's self-referral laws too broad
By Kate Madden Yee
To the dismay of Maryland orthopedists, urologists, and emergency surgeons, a trial court in that state has upheld a self-referral law that virtually out-Starks the Stark law by banning nonradiologists from referring for in-office imaging. Nonradiologists argue that Maryland is overstepping the federal rule and that the law diminishes patient care by taking clinical procedures that are part of standard practice out of the hands of specialty doctors.
January 14, 2008
Anterior knee puncture approach technically on-target, well-tolerated
By Shalmali Pal
Knee arthrography is generally used as the first-line imaging study before patients move on to MR or CT arthrography. The lateral patellofemoral approach is most commonly used for knee puncture, but it is a painful procedure and not always technically successful. Instead, French musculoskeletal radiologists have used an anterior approach for knee arthrography to good effect.
January 13, 2008
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