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Sports injury website brings radiology's insights to the fans
By Wayne Forrest
Ardent sports fans can easily explain a blitz, play-action fake, suicide squeeze, and icing. What many of them can't do is describe a torn anterior cruciate ligament or plantar fasciitis. The founder of a new website, InsideInjuries.com, hopes to change that -- and in the process help educate the public about radiology.
October 14, 2013
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Sectra wins Va. OneScreen installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm Sectra has installed one of its OneScreen units in a Richmond, VA, breast center.
October 8, 2013
Viztek wins over Ill. company with PACS/RIS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has added the Illinois Bone and Joint Institute (IBJI) to its customer list.
September 30, 2013
Repeat bone density screening for seniors offers little value
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Repeating bone mineral density tests after two years -- and even up to four years -- provides little clinical benefit when assessing bone fracture risk in seniors ages 75 and older, according to a September 25 study in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 24, 2013
Self-referral prompts unnecessary knee MRI exams
By Kate Madden Yee
Knee MRI exams are more likely to be negative if ordered by physicians who have a financial interest in the imaging equipment being used, researchers concluded in a study published online September 17 in Radiology.
September 16, 2013
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Misonix supports Uganda spine project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Therapeutic ultrasound developer Misonix said it is supporting the Uganda Spine Surgery Mission by providing equipment for the expanding project.
September 12, 2013
Rads train military docs in shrapnel removal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A team of radiologists from Children's Radiological Institute is training military physicians on how to remove foreign bodies such as shrapnel under ultrasound guidance.
September 5, 2013
Doctors who own MRI scanners order more negative tests
By Kate Madden Yee
Physician groups that own their own MRI scanners order more studies -- but the scans are more often negative when compared with physician groups that don't own a scanner. The finding could be a sign of overutilization, according to a new study published in the September issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 28, 2013
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Infinitt signs NFL contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS/PACS vendor Infinitt North America has signed a 10-year agreement with the National Football League (NFL).
August 27, 2013
20/20 Imaging launches new x-ray system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
20/20 Imaging has launched a new chiropractic digital x-ray system, called Straight Arm X-Ray.
August 19, 2013
Hologic gets FDA nod for single-energy femur scan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its single-energy femur exam, which detects atypical femur fractures on a dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) bone densitometer.
August 1, 2013
MRS shows osteoporosis risk in obese patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) has revealed that people with excess liver and muscle fat may be at greater risk for osteoporosis.
July 15, 2013
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