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InSightec nabs CE Mark

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec announced that its ExAblate 2000 system has received the European CE Mark certification for pain palliation of bone metastases.

June 6, 2007

Cedara, Biotronics3D team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cedara Software and U.K. advanced visualization firm Biotronics3D have signed an agreement granting Biotronics3D a license to market versions of its 3Dnet Suite family of 3D visualization software that support Cedara's C4 technology.

May 29, 2007

Axial-loaded imaging of lumbar spine heightens diagnostic accuracy

MRI and CT allow clinicians to obtain sensitive 3D images of the spine, intervertebral disks, and neural structures, but both modalities have limitations when it comes to dynamic stress studies. Dr. Gerald Anzalone, a New York-based chiropractor, discusses how axial-loaded imaging can ramp up diagnostic specificity and enhance the visualization of dynamic spinal responses to compressive forces.

May 28, 2007

MRI keeps pace with rapidly evolving musculoskeletal systems of young athletes

By Shalmali Pal

BERLIN - About 35 million kids in the U.S. participate in organized or recreational sports. In general, they concentrate on one sport and train at accelerated levels, resulting in overuse and repetitive stress injuries that are compounded by the delicate nature of a growing musculoskeletal system. At the 2007 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting on Saturday, two presentations focused on pediatric sports injuries and typical MR signs of various chronic musculoskeletal issues.

May 19, 2007

CompuMed adds to revenues, net loss in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Additional sales from its electrocardiogram product line helped Los Angeles-based medical informatics firm CompuMed post higher revenues in its second fiscal quarter.

May 15, 2007

Studies uphold MRI's role in meniscal tears, propose new sequences

By Shalmali Pal

Knee MRI has become the most frequently ordered exam, but how accurate is it for diagnosing meniscal tears? Accurate enough to merit its acceptance in the orthopedic community, although MR interpretation must still be undertaken cautiously, according to a Belgian group that investigated the correlation between MR results and surgical findings.

May 15, 2007

AMS completes PACS installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS firm American Medical Sales (AMS) of Hawthorne, CA, has completed an installation of a PACS at the Orthopedic Specialty Clinic (TOSC) in Salt Lake City.

May 10, 2007

IDC reaches DR milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian digital radiography (DR) vendor Imaging Dynamics has installed its 100th DR system in the North American orthopedic market

May 6, 2007

Viztek completes chiro PACS install in SC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging informatics firm and medical imaging device reseller Viztek of Jacksonville, FL, has completed the installation of its chiropractic PACS software at a chiropractic college in South Carolina.

May 3, 2007

MRI, CT prove their metal for imaging orthopedic hardware

By Shalmali Pal

Musculoskeletal imaging experts may love to chew on the advantages of one imaging modality over another for assessing prostheses, but the clinicians ordering up these exams just want answers, especially if the hardware has gone awry. Dr. Kenneth Buckwalter discusses ways to optimize scan techniques in the presence of orthopedic hardware.

May 3, 2007

US-guided interventional procedures boost sports medicine performance

By Erik L. Ridley

ATLANTIC CITY - In addition to its diagnostic role, ultrasound can successfully guide therapeutic injections and minimally invasive interventional procedures in sports medicine applications, according to a presentation at this week's 2007 Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound conference.

May 2, 2007

AuntMinnie.com Orthopedic Imaging Insider

By Shalmali Pal

April 29, 2007

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