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INDD inaugurates Amadeus consortium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Institute for Neurodegenerative Disorders (INDD) launched the Amadeus consortium (American and European Union SPECT Imaging Consortium) at a June investigators meeting in Florence, Italy.
July 14, 2004
BrainLab, Axeda partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy firm BrainLab has licensed device-relationship management (DRM) software and services from Axeda Systems.
July 11, 2004
PET shows promise in differentiating AD from dementia
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHILADELPHIA - At the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, a group of researchers from Belgium, Germany, and Italy presented the results of a prospective multicenter study that sought to determine the potential of PET in discriminating between Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.
June 22, 2004
Brain image database wins Image of the Year
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
PHILADELPHIA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine selected a series of images from a study conducted by researchers at the Hamamatsu Medical Imaging Center in Hamakita, Japan, the University of Washington in Seattle, and the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, MI, as the winner of Image of the Year.
June 21, 2004
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Syntermed debuts NeuroQ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PHILADELPHIA - Imaging software developer Syntermed has introduced NeuroQ, a software platform designed to assist in the interpretation of brain PET scans, at this week's annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in Philadelphia. NeuroQ consists of quantitative software tools, including PET DP.
June 20, 2004
CMS to reimburse PET for Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) reported that it intends to expand Medicare coverage of PET to include some Medicare beneficiaries with suspected Alzheimer's disease.
June 15, 2004
Hippocampal volume on MRI indicates time to Alzheimer's disease
By Tracie L. Thompson
When patients are diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, it remains unclear if or when they might progress to Alzheimer's disease. But a new study presented Thursday at the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) meeting suggests the transition is inevitable, and that hippocampal volume on MRI roughly predicts how soon it will happen.
June 10, 2004
MRS predicts severity of brain injury in abused infants
By Tracie L. Thompson
After a shaken baby recovers from the immediate trauma that prompted medical intervention, it may be difficult to distinguish those who suffered more significant and long-lasting brain injury. Presenters at the American Society of Neuroradiology meeting in Seattle said an MR spectroscopy (MRS) exam in the acute phase may actually distinguish those children quite accurately.
June 9, 2004
Focus of TLE seizure clarified with MR plus diffusion tensor imaging
By Shalmali Pal
Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) can bolster brain MR when zeroing in on seizure sites in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), according to a presentation Tuesday at the American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) meeting in Seattle. This information could then aid in pre-surgical planning, said the authors from Drexel University in Philadelphia and the University of Illinois in Peoria.
June 8, 2004
Advanced Magnetics launches clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Advanced Magnetics reported that the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Imaging Program (NCI/CIP) has begun its first clinical study of ferumoxytol.
May 31, 2004
Toshiba forges clinical research pact with Texas institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has entered into a collaborative research agreement with the neuroradiology lab at Zale Lipshy University Hospital in Dallas.
May 19, 2004
DWI proves best of seven in subacute stroke imaging
By Tracie L. Thompson
An intriguing new study from Stanford University pitted seven common diagnostic exams against each other to determine which test had the greatest impact on the management of subacute stroke patients. Diffusion-weighted MRI won out against a host of multimodality contenders in CT, ultrasound, and conventional MRI.
May 16, 2004
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