Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 91

Missed-case conferences improve patient care
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Residents who attend conferences that focus on missed or misinterpreted cases are 67% less likely to miss important findings when reading on-call musculoskeletal x-ray images, according to a new study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 21, 2011
MRI may help detect cancer in jawbone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A preliminary study suggests that an MRI technique known as SWIFT (sweep imaging with Fourier transform) provides a helpful 3D assessment of oral cancer in the jawbone by showing fine details of intramandibular anatomy, according to a report in Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
September 20, 2011
Quantitative processing method boosts carpal tunnel diagnosis
By Erik L. Ridley
Color Doppler ultrasound can be reliably used to diagnose carpal tunnel syndrome, while an image processing method utilizing power Doppler pixel information can also quantitatively evaluate its severity, according to research published online in Radiology.
September 20, 2011
Study finds few complications from spinal DSA
By Brian Casey
Spinal digital subtraction angiography (DSA) has acquired a reputation as a risky interventional procedure, but that notoriety is largely unfounded, according to a study by researchers from Johns Hopkins University that was published online September 14 in Neurology.
September 19, 2011
Agfa adds digital x-ray order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received an order from Mid County Orthopaedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, a division of Signature Medical Group in St. Louis.
September 18, 2011
Esaote releases ElaXto elastography
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Esaote North America has released its new elastography application, ElaXto, for the company's new ultrasound scanners, MyLabTwice and MyLabClassC.
September 13, 2011
Viztek adds to client list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has received an order for its U-Arm digital radiography system.
August 22, 2011
Raising DR tube voltage reduces dose for lumbar studies
By James Brice
Ignoring manufacturer guidelines for imaging equipment is usually inadvisable, but Kuwaiti researchers have found that doing so for digital radiography (DR) lumbar studies can reduce radiation exposure, according to a poster presentation at last week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine meeting.
August 9, 2011
CR method lowers radiation dose, improves image quality
By Erik L. Ridley
Computed radiography (CR) detector technology that uses a storage phosphor plate with needle-shaped crystals can yield lower radiation dose and better image quality in knee imaging than conventional storage phosphor plate methods, according to research in the August American Journal of Roentgenology.
July 25, 2011
Hitachi brings Oasis to Chicago area
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hitachi Medical Systems America has installed its first Oasis 1.2-tesla open MRI scanner in the Chicago area.
July 24, 2011
FDG-PET/CT helps detect sarcoidosis in extremities
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from Maastricht University Medical Centre in the Netherlands discovered a substantial number of sarcoidosis cases in the extremities using FDG-PET/CT, whereas a majority of those same lesions could not be detected by low-dose CT.
July 19, 2011
Novarad takes NovaOrtho orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RIS and PACS vendor Novarad has taken orders for its NovaOrtho orthopedic PACS from North Jersey Spine Group in Wayne, NJ, and Alegent Health Back and Spine Institute in Omaha, NE.
July 19, 2011
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