Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 135

SPECT/CT enhances octreotide imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Indium-111-labeled octreotide imaging has shown greater accuracy than CT or MRI scans in detecting somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors. But anatomic localization of these tumors solely based on octreotide scans is problematic, so these procedures are usually performed with CT or MRI. A recent study suggests that SPECT/CT in octreotide imaging can provide important diagnostic information to clinicians that is unavailable with planar whole-body scans.
January 11, 2007
RADinfo Systems awarded Virginia contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS provider RadInfo Systems of Dulles, VA, has received a multimillion-dollar contract from Commonwealth Orthopaedics of Fairfax, VA, to install its PowerPACS in six more offices across northern Virginia.
January 4, 2007
Temporal subtraction technique improves diagnostic accuracy, speed
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Although bone scintigraphy is one of the more widely used nuclear medicine studies, interpreting the images is time-intensive, and detecting interval changes can be problematic. Now researchers from Chicago have developed a computerized temporal subtraction technique used between successive whole-body bone scans that may reduce physicians' reading time and improve their accuracy.
January 3, 2007
MRI proves tennis leg injuries are more than just a racket
By Sydney Schuster
Tennis elbow, sure, but tennis leg? Yes, it exists, and it's not a reference to the endless gams on Maria Sharapova either. Instead, this injury of the medial head of the gastrocnemius can occur when the calf muscle is overstretched. Despite its moniker, tennis leg plagues nonathletes as well. However the injury happens, MRI -- and ultrasound to some extent -- are important for making the definitive diagnosis.
January 1, 2007
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CompuMed's revenues decline in fiscal 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite increased sales of its OsteoGram osteoporosis technology, Los Angeles-based medical informatics firm CompuMed posted lower revenues in fiscal year 2006 (end-September 30).
December 28, 2006
Kodak upgrades OrthoView software in CareStream PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group of Rochester, NY, is adding a newer version of OrthoView's (Meridian Technique) orthopedic digital imaging software in the Kodak CareStream PACS.
December 21, 2006
High signal on T2 MR warns of poor healing after Achilles tendon repair
By Shalmali Pal
MRI can spot potential complications in Achilles tendon repair and is especially adept at pinpointing cysts or necrosis, according to researchers from Germany. In a study of 68 patients with partial or full-thickness tears of the Achilles tendon, they found that MRI was well-suited to monitor the healing and repair process, and that T2-weighted imaging could serve as an early indicator of outcome.
December 21, 2006
Orthocrat notches U.K. deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthocrat is expanding its presence in the U.K. with the installation of its TraumaCad software at the Hospital Corp. of America Group-London's six hospitals.
December 18, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Orthopedic Imaging Insider
By Shalmali Pal
December 17, 2006
International imaging protocols for scaphoid trauma are all over the map
By Shalmali Pal
Wrist injuries are quite commonplace, but there doesn't seem to be a common imaging protocol in place for assessing scaphoid fractures, according to an international survey conducted by U.K. researchers. And, despite the need for diagnostic urgency, the timing of wrist imaging exams is not set in stone.
December 17, 2006
Cordis launches lower-leg catheters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Frontrunner XP chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheter and Outback re-entry catheter for the treatment of blocked lower-leg arteries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
December 11, 2006
Kodak outfits U.S. Olympic training center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group has provided its digital x-ray and information systems to the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, CO.
December 6, 2006
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