Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 135

The ABCs of MRI for hip disorders

By Shalmali Pal

PEBBLE BEACH, CA - Radiography may be the first choice for assessing the painful hip, but MRI techniques offer an opportunity to perform customized imaging, which is especially important if invasive surgery is in a patient's future, according to Dr. Robert Boutin of MedTel International. At the Orthopedic Imaging at Pebble Beach conference on Thursday, Boutin offered some pearls and pitfalls of hip MRI to assess a wide range of disorders, including osteonecrosis and labral tears.

February 1, 2007

EOS begins clinical trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical device firm Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS) has begun a clinical trial for its MelaFind skin imaging device.

January 31, 2007

Ex-smokers can regain BMD; primary care docs fail to track osteoporosis

By Shalmali Pal

Smokers who quit could actually see an increase in bone mineral density (BMD). But any benefits derived from choosing a cigarette-free lifestyle may be for naught if referring physicians don't follow through on BMD test results and steer their patients toward appropriate follow-up and treatment, according to two studies in the Journal of Women's Health.

January 30, 2007

Sectra signs Rothman Institute

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has received an orthopedic PACS order from orthopedic care center the Rothman Institute.

January 28, 2007

Arthritis Imaging set to launch

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Pennsylvania start-up is planning to begin operations marketing a new device that combines 3D and thermal imaging for the imaging of conditions that lead to arthritis.

January 24, 2007

PET added to lymphoma assessment guidelines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New guidelines developed by the International Harmonization Project (IHP) for treatment response assessment of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma aim to standardize the parameters used in clinical trials for lymphoma and incorporate new technologies. The revised guidelines also cover all lymphomas.

January 22, 2007

MR arthrography depicts tears, instability in triangular fibrocartilage complex

By Shalmali Pal

The triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) is the main stabilizer of the distal radioulnar joint, and when injuries occur in the form of tears, the latter will influence imaging outcome. But these tears may go unseen on traditional MRI and/or arthroscopy. Several studies assessed the usefulness of MR arthrography in peripheral tears and in cases of carpal instability.

January 18, 2007

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Image-guided surgery market in U.S. to reach $300 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A report from healthcare research firm Millennium Research Group of Waltham, MA, holds that the U.S. market for image-guided surgery (IGS) procedures, which currently exceeds $150 million, will grow to $300 million by 2011.

January 15, 2007

AuntMinnie.com Orthopedic Imaging Insider

By Shalmali Pal

January 14, 2007

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

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