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Orthocrat debuts pediatric orthopedic software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Tel Aviv, Israel-based Orthocrat has introduced GrowthFactor, a digital software application for diagnostic measurement and surgical planning in pediatric orthopedic surgery.
December 7, 2004
Bone marrow fat is not all that for assessing skeletal changes
By Shalmali Pal
Bone marrow fat is a characteristic of bone quality that, independent of bone mineral density (BMD), contributes to skeletal strength. But is bone marrow fat directly connected to bone mineral density? A group from Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC, set out to answer this question using 1H MR spectroscopy and bone densitometry (DEXA).
December 7, 2004
Surf's up, but it can be a back breaker
By Peggy Peck
CHICAGO - Surfing can be a bone-breaking, tissue-searing experience that can land surfers in the hands of a radiologist, according to Dr. Jeremy Kuniyoshi, a radiology resident at the University of California, San Diego.
November 29, 2004
MR, PET/CT show low sensitivity for melanoma
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - A significant number of patients with malignant melanoma of the skin initially staged as negative for lymph node and distant metastases with whole-body MRI and PET/CT eventually proved to have undetected regional or distant metastases, according to researchers from the department of radiology at the University Hospital of Essen in Germany.
November 29, 2004
MDCT solves 400-year-old mystery
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) can confirm that several early colonists on St. Croix Island suffered from scurvy and probably died from the disease during the terrible winter of 1604, according to researchers at the RSNA meeting on Monday.
November 28, 2004
New x-ray, CT products pace Siemens RSNA launches
CHICAGO - A new mobile flat-panel x-ray system, a 64-slice PET/CT scanner for cardiac imaging, and new multislice CT scanners are among the highlights in the booth of Siemens Medical Solutions at this year's RSNA meeting.
November 28, 2004
Cedara debuts OrthoWorks Care Manager
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer Cedara Software has debuted OrthoWorks Care Manager, an orthopedic knowledge management system. The company also has a range of other new software applications on tap for the upcoming RSNA show in Chicago.
November 23, 2004
Esaote adds to ultrasound, MR portfolio
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian imaging vendor Esaote will be exhibiting several new systems at next week's 2004 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 23, 2004
DynaWell to debut compression harness
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer DynaWell of Gothenburg, Sweden, will be exhibiting its DynaWell L-Spine compression harness at the upcoming RSNA conference in Chicago next week.
November 23, 2004
Siemens debuts new C-arm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions is set to introduce a new mobile C-arm with intraoperative 3D imaging capabilities that can generate 3D images directly in the operating room, according to the Malvern, PA-based developer.
November 22, 2004
CompuMed seeks patent protection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry and medical informatics firm CompuMed of Los Angeles has filed a provisional U.S. patent application for the integration and use of its OsteoGram osteoporosis software on digital mammography equipment.
November 22, 2004
Rads urged to standardize reporting of vertebral fractures
By Tracie L. Thompson
Imaging can play a critical role in identifying patients who could benefit from pharmaceutical treatments for osteoporosis. Unfortunately, almost half of vertebral fractures go undiagnosed, even though they're visible on radiographs. The authors of a recently published review in the AJR advocate adopting a standardized approach toward fracture reporting to address this issue.
November 22, 2004
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