Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 183

Researchers question use of imaging for low back pain
By Jennifer Lung
Nearly two-thirds of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives -- it's the second most common reason people visit their physicians. Some say, however, that doctors and radiologists aren't the best sources to call for low back pain diagnoses.
July 10, 2001
Radiologic sciences offers diverse career opportunities
Emerging medical imaging technologies are opening doors to careers where none existed 20 years ago. "If I could have dreamed up this career in the fourth or the fifth grade, this is what I would have wanted to do, but it did not exist then," said Jean Lea Spitz, M.P.H, RDMS, FAIUM,FSDMS, who is chairman of the radiologic technology department at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center.
June 21, 2001
Nuclear medicine is changing the course of the medical world
Innovations in nuclear medicine occur so rapidly that researching and implementing new lifesaving procedures becomes routine for nuclear medicine technologists.
June 21, 2001
Bone densitometry provides a satisfying second career
Radiologic technology is providing a California man a more rewarding career than his first as an executive with an international aluminum company.
June 21, 2001
Normal and acutely torn posterior cruciate ligament of the knee at US evaluation: preliminary experience
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) According to researchers from the Yeungnam University in Korea, ultrasound may be useful as a screening examination for patients suspected of having posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury.
June 19, 2001
Hologic teams up with Caligor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Caligor of Melville, NY has signed a deal with Hologic to distribute the company’s bone densitometry systems to the private physician market in the U.S.
June 7, 2001
3D shoulder ultrasound flexes its muscle
Musculoskeletal ultrasound has gotten a shot in the arm, or rather the shoulder, thanks to a Thomas Jefferson University study. Researchers found that 3D ultrasound was better than the conventional kind for visualizing the shoulder’s complex anatomy and pathologies.
June 3, 2001
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine
By Douglas P. Beall
Originally published in 1993, the first edition of this textbook immediately became one of the most popular sources of musculoskeletal imaging information. The second edition has 1,500 new images, and the text has been expanded to 1,362 pages.
May 21, 2001
Fonar installs first Indomitable
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar has installed the first scanner that uses its stand-up MRI technology.
May 9, 2001
Cbyon suite used in first image-guided thoracoscopic discectomy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cbyon said its products have been used to perform the first image-guided thoracoscopic discectomy.
May 9, 2001
DR losses weigh on Hologic Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry and digital x-ray provider Hologic reported fiscal second-quarter revenues of $43.7 million, compared with $23.3 million reported in the same period last year.
May 8, 2001
FDG-PET proves its mettle in imaging cartilage lesions
By Eric Barnes
SEATTLE - Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET has proved to be indispensable for evaluating primary musculoskeletal lesions, according to a presentation at this week's American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.
May 1, 2001
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