Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 161

MRI clicks with TMJ diagnosis and treatment

By Shalmali Pal

Considering the uncertainties about TMJ causes and treatment, it's clear that imaging can play an important role in its management. European researchers recently found that MRI may be clinically useful in studying the articular disk and the joint, while a group in Seattle used MRI to evaluate TMJ disk position in patients who had undergone bilateral sagittal split osteotomy. However, MRI's cost can be a disadvantage, according to researchers in Austria.

October 14, 2004

Medis debuts Ortho-CMS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image analysis software developer Medis Medical Imaging Systems has introduced its Ortho-CMS digital templating software for orthopedic surgeons.

October 12, 2004

MicroMRI gets $4 million from NIH

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical imaging developer MicroMRI of West Philadelphia, PA, has received a small business innovation research phase I + phase II fast-track grant from the National Cancer Institute. The grant is milestone-based and totals $4 million over four years, the firm said.

October 5, 2004

Orthocrat signs Smith & Nephew

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Preoperative planning software developer Orthocrat of Tel Aviv, Israel, has sold 100 SpatialCad licenses to joint reconstruction, trauma, and clinical therapy products provider Smith & Nephew of London.

September 30, 2004

Meridian, Marotech partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.K. software developer Meridian Technique and Korean PACS vendor Marotech have signed a partnership agreement.

September 21, 2004

UltraSPECT builds client list

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine start-up UltraSPECT has completed installation of its products at 15 sites, including Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center, New York-Presbyterian Hospital -- Weill Cornell Medical Center, and the Mayo Clinic.

September 21, 2004