Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 73

Population-based whole-body MRI finds serious disease

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Whole-body MRI screening is safe and accurate for detecting serious pathology in the asymptomatic general population -- especially in patients older than 50, according to a study presented on Sunday at ECR 2014. A few findings were more prevalent than expected in individuals younger than 50.

March 9, 2014

Experts chew the fat on obesity, services for larger patients

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - Ground-breaking applications of functional imaging techniques can help radiologists play their part in the fight against the emerging obesity pandemic. In particular, MR elastography is showing promise in the early detection of disease, attendees were told at Saturday's State-of-the-Art Symposium at ECR 2014.

March 8, 2014

Keep ahead of the game in plain film with 2 views, says McCall

By Frances Rylands-Monk

VIENNA - The overwhelming thirst for basic knowledge was evident at Thursday's Mini Course on skeletal radiology, as delegates crammed into a conference room to hear insights from Dr. Iain McCall, former European Society of Radiology president.

March 6, 2014

iCAD's Xoft hits patient treatment milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

iCAD announced that more than 1,000 early-stage breast cancer patients have been treated with its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system.

March 5, 2014

Back problems? Skip the imaging, skip the surgery

By Eric Barnes

Back pain is a huge global problem that ranks among the top 10 causes of disability. However, despite billions in medical costs, neither imaging nor surgery does patients much good most of the time, said Total Radiology keynote speaker Dr. Michael Modic at last month's 2014 Arab Health meeting.

February 27, 2014

WMI, Intermed X-Ray complete installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

White Mountain Imaging (WMI) and Intermed X-Ray have completed an integrated retrofit to an existing Imaging Dynamics (IDC) 1600 system at the Orthopaedic Institute in Ocala, FL.

February 26, 2014

Carestream to play ball at 2014 NFL Combine

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health's DRX-1 digital radiography system will be used as part of comprehensive physicals conducted on more than 300 athletes during the upcoming National Football League (NFL) Combine in Indianapolis.

February 19, 2014

EOS wins Pa. contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

EOS Imaging has won a contract with the Shriners Hospitals for Children network in Philadelphia.

February 13, 2014

Tomosynthesis nearly equals MRI for rheumatoid arthritis

By Wayne Forrest

Digital tomosynthesis is nearly as good as MRI for detecting signs of rheumatoid arthritis, and both are much better than the reference standard, conventional radiography, according to a new study in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

February 10, 2014

FDG-PET/MRI shows advantages with malignant bone lesions

By Wayne Forrest

Compared to PET/CT, FDG-PET/MRI with a fully integrated whole-body scanner is "technically and clinically robust" in its evaluation of bone lesions, despite differences in attenuation correction between the two hybrid modalities, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

February 6, 2014

Stanford installs EOS DR system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Stanford Children's Health Specialty Services in Emeryville, CA, has implemented an orthopedic imaging digital radiography (DR) system from EOS Imaging.

February 4, 2014

Whole-body DWI-MRI could aid treatment of myeloma

By Wayne Forrest

Whole-body diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) can help assess treatment response in patients with myeloma and potentially reduce the number of painful bone marrow biopsies they need to undergo, according to a study published online in Radiology.

January 28, 2014

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