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Coronary CTA's time is now, according to Dowe

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography's (CTA) ability to directly visualize the coronary arteries represents a huge medical advance capable of saving countless lives. Coronary CTA has put several other common tests on the path to obsolescence, but which patients benefit the most from coronary CTA? What about radiation dose? Dr. David Dowe of Atlantic Medical Imaging in Galloway, NJ, recently shared his experience, advice, and views of coronary CTA's place in the world.

January 16, 2008

Signs of iron overload on cardiac MRI guide thalassemia therapy

By Edward Susman

Iron cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of death in thalassemia patients. But treatment with the chelating agent deferasirox appears to improve cardiac function among patients with thalassemia based on the presence of cardiac iron on MRI T2* scans, according to the preliminary results of an ongoing multicenter trial.

January 16, 2008

Barco receives grant for new software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Scottish development agency Scottish Enterprise has awarded image display and advanced visualization firm Barco a grant for 1 million pounds ($1.96 million U.S.) to develop new visualization software at its Edinburgh R&D site.

January 15, 2008

AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider

By Eric Barnes

January 14, 2008

Stark, raving mad? Physicians say Maryland's self-referral laws too broad

By Kate Madden Yee

To the dismay of Maryland orthopedists, urologists, and emergency surgeons, a trial court in that state has upheld a self-referral law that virtually out-Starks the Stark law by banning nonradiologists from referring for in-office imaging. Nonradiologists argue that Maryland is overstepping the federal rule and that the law diminishes patient care by taking clinical procedures that are part of standard practice out of the hands of specialty doctors.

January 14, 2008

3-mm CT slices best for endovascular repair of AAA

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) Multidetector-row CT (MDCT) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) treated with endovascular repair is best performed using 3-mm-thick images, according to a report in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. Researchers from Italy compared the sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive values of different slice thicknesses for detecting endoleaks with MDCT.

January 13, 2008