Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 167

March 1, 2004

DraxImage gets FDA OK for skeletal imaging kit

Radiopharmaceutical provider DraxImage has received Food and Drug Administration approval to produce and market a new formulation to prepare a skeletal imaging agent used to demonstrate areas of altered osteogenesis, or bone growth.

February 29, 2004

Sonography offers predictors of SST tears

By Ultrasound Review

(Radiology Review) According to radiologists at University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, secondary ultrasound findings, including greater tuberosity cortical irregularity and joint fluid, are the best predictors of supraspinatus tendon (SST) tear.

February 24, 2004

NovaRad teams up with Orthocrat

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS provider NovaRad of American Fork, UT, has signed an agreement with Orthocrat to distribute the vendor’s TraumaCad preoperative planning software bundled with NovaRad's NovaPACS software.

February 23, 2004

CompuMed revenues up, losses down in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bone densitometry developer CompuMed reported a slight increase in revenues as well as a reduction in its net loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2004.

February 16, 2004

Signs of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis captured on MR

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) Radiologists at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City have described soft-tissue, synovial, and osseous MRI findings in septic arthritis in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

February 16, 2004

Philips, Kansas Spine link up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems has allied with Kansas Spine Hospital to supply the facility with imaging technology.

February 11, 2004

US offers info on complete quadriceps tendon tears

By Ultrasound Review

(Ultrasound Review) Radiologists and surgeons at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, set out to ascertain the ultrasound features of partial-thickness and complete tears of the quadriceps tendon. Dr. Samuel La and colleagues also determined whether sonography could aid the diagnosis of such injuries.

January 29, 2004

CompuMed signs for credit line

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bone densitometry developer CompuMed has arranged for a $5 million equity line from Dutchess Private Equities of Boston.

January 11, 2004

Panoramic x-ray improves detection of challenging wrist fractures

By Tracie L. Thompson

Given the unreliability of initial radiographs in detecting scaphoid fractures, another inexpensive approach to imaging everyday wrist trauma should be welcome. But with so many other modalities available, the panoramic view may be too unusual to embrace.

January 7, 2004

CompuMed sales edge lower

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bone densitometry developer CompuMed reported lower revenues but a reduced net loss for fiscal 2003.

December 29, 2003

Low-field MR turns in varying results for MSK abnormalities, trauma

By Shalmali Pal

How useful is low-field MR in assessing musculoskeletal issues? A series of recent studies has tackled this question. The known benefits of low-field MR include greater comfort for claustrophobic and obese patients, a lower purchase price, and easier maintenance.

December 21, 2003

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