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Positive trial results boost VC's prospects for broader screening role
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - To those in attendance at the opening of the International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy on Monday, the outlook for virtual colonoscopy appeared bright. In the run up to this year's meeting, two major studies released in as many weeks had judged the virtual exam equivalent to optical colonoscopy in important measures of efficacy, lending more support for including virtual colonoscopy as a colorectal cancer screening option.
October 15, 2007
Report: Nuclear medicine patient visits drop in 2006
By Wayne Forrest
The total number of patient visits for nuclear medicine procedures declined in 2006, but shows a rebound in 2007, based on results for the first half of this year. The study by IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, IL, estimates there were 15.2 million patient visits in the U.S. in 2006, compared with 17.2 million in 2005, a decline of 12% among 7,320 hospital and nonhospital sites.
October 15, 2007
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Siemens debuts Symbia E
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing its Symbia E series SPECT camera at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
October 14, 2007
SonoSite debuts S-Nerve
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound provider SonoSite has introduced its S-Nerve procedural tool, an ultrasound device designed for anesthesiologists.
October 14, 2007
MR studies gauge heart risk after myocardial infarction
By Eric Barnes
A pair of new studies examines cardiac MRI's ability to predict adverse outcomes in patients with evidence of a previous myocardial infarction (MI). Researchers from Sweden studied whether MI scars represented early damage from atherosclerosis, while a team from Germany and California examined whether infarct size could be used to predict left ventricular modeling.
October 14, 2007
NAS/IOM report sees hope and despair for nuclear medicine
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nuclear medicine is at a crossroads in the U.S., according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The result of a 13-month study by a multidisciplinary team of experts, the report conveys optimism for future innovations and applications in nuclear medicine, but also reaches some sobering conclusions unless changes occur with research funding, radionuclide availability and cost, federal agency management, and the shortage of trained specialists and experts.
October 14, 2007
Definity to carry warning label
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
At the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging division of North Billerica, MA, will add a warning label to its echocardiography contrast agent Definity.
October 11, 2007
Elekta MEG system in new U.K. facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden, has installed its Elekta Neuromag system for the investigation of autism at the newly opened Oxford Neurodevelopmental Magnetoencephalography Centre.
October 11, 2007
TomoTherapy partners with Integra Radionics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has inked a deal with Integra Radionics to develop a suite of stereotactic fixation products for TomoTherapy's Hi-Art intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment system.
October 11, 2007
MR-enhancing brain lesions need diligent post-therapy follow-up in pediatric patients
By Shalmali Pal
Brain changes seen on MR in children treated for central nervous system tumors do not necessarily predict relapse, according to Italian researchers. Nevertheless, the neurological alterations brought on by chemotherapy and radiotherapy need to be watched closely with imaging and correlated with the patient's clinical and cognitive courses, the group wrote in the November International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
October 11, 2007
CTA improves as first-line test for traumatic neck injury
By Eric Barnes
There are clinical guidelines for determining which trauma patients should undergo CT of the neck, but there is little definitive advice on which patients should undergo CT angiography (CTA) to screen for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI). Dr. Michael Lev, director of emergency neuroradiology at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the use of extracranial vascular imaging, particularly CTA, in blunt trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.
October 11, 2007
GE wins Southern California CT contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has inked a deal with Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California (CVMG) to install GE's low x-ray dose SnapShot Cine for the LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT system.
October 10, 2007
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