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NeuroLogica lands first Canadian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica has installed its portable CT scanner at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital in Quebec.
August 19, 2008
MDCT identifies malignant pancreatic cysts for surgery
By Eric Barnes
Thin-section MDCT is more useful than previously thought for identifying patients with pancreatic intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMN). A new study found that CT accurately identified IPMN features that were associated with both malignancy and parenchymal invasion.
August 19, 2008
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Biological 'fingerprints' help identify mislabeled chest x-rays
By Cynthia E. Keen
When patient images end up misfiled in PACS, the process of identifying them can be laborious and time-consuming. Now Japanese researchers say they've found a solution with an image-matching technique that uses biological "fingerprints" of posteroanterior chest radiographs to match unknown x-rays to prior images.
August 19, 2008
Agfa integrates Barco 3D software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco said that a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software has been integated into Agfa HealthCare's Impax PACS software.
August 18, 2008
Options abound for radiation therapy QC
By Kathlyn Stone
Quality control is a vital issue in radiation therapy. A panel of experts recently discussed various approaches for radiation therapy quality control, ranging from peer reviews and data sharing to regulatory approaches and standards.
August 18, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
August 17, 2008
Meeting to examine pediatric CT dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging is holding a meeting on August 20 with CT vendors to discuss methods for standardizing radiation dose estimates in pediatric CT.
August 17, 2008
ProSolv adds software upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiology information management firm ProSolv Cardiovascular has released version 4.0 of its ProSolv CardioVascular software.
August 17, 2008
Quantitative stress echo can reliably find coronary artery disease
By Erik L. Ridley
Quantitative stress echocardiography with contrast-based myocardial blood flow measurements can successfully detect coronary artery disease, according to research published online in Heart.
August 17, 2008
FDG-PET may help detect infection in knee prostheses
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET is showing early promise in accurately detecting infected knee prostheses, but researchers caution that more patient samples are needed to verify the imaging technique's efficacy. In a retrospective study, FDG-PET was performed on the affected knees in 52 patients with a painful prosthesis.
August 17, 2008
MRI evaluation of chest pain cuts acute coronary syndrome
By Eric Barnes
Emergency department physicians improved their ability to predict acute coronary syndrome (ACS) by adding a T2-weighted sequence to their cardiac MRI protocol, according to a new study from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
August 14, 2008
Novel cardiac SPECT system improves attenuation correction
By Wayne Forrest
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and nuclear medicine firm Digirad are developing a new x-ray-based transmission approach for attenuation correction in cardiac SPECT, which shows that high-quality transmission scans can be completed within one minute and with negligible patient dose.
August 14, 2008
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