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Nucletron to unveil afterloader
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy provider Nucletron is debuting its microSelectron Digital afterloader at this week's annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Minneapolis.
July 22, 2007
NAS calls in new BatCam
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer North American Scientific (NAS) will be debuting its BatCam Multi-Probe image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) offering at this week's annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Minneapolis.
July 22, 2007
Medicsight, Barco sign global pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medicsight of London has signed a global distribution contract with image display and advanced visualization software developer Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium.
July 22, 2007
Patient particulars, subtle clues steer cerebrovascular exam decisions
By Eric Barnes
With cerebrovascular imaging, choosing an exam modality such as CT angiography (CTA), MR angiography (MRA), ultrasound, or digital subtraction angiography (DSA) may hinge on a patient's age, sex, medical history -- or when all else fails, a hunch.
July 22, 2007
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Boston Scientific begins Taxus Element stent trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has begun trials for its first third-generation paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent, Taxus Element. The trial will include 1,500 patients at 100 U.S. and international centers.
July 19, 2007
Abbott begins stent trial for cardiovascular disease
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, has enrolled the first patient in a new clinical trial of the company's Xience V everolimus-eluting stent.
July 19, 2007
Live Radiology debuts bone densitometry service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Live Radiology of Frederick, MD, has launched a new pay-per-study bone densitometry service, called LiveQCT.
July 19, 2007
FAST exam views offer various challenges
By Erik L. Ridley
Some views of the focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) exam are more difficult to acquire and interpret than others, according to researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The team performed a retrospective review of all FAST exams performed by emergency medicine and attending physicians at its institution from August 2004 to July 2005.
July 19, 2007
Varian launches 'smart' radiotherapy tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, will highlight a new radiotherapy planning tool at the upcoming 2007 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting in Minneapolis.
July 18, 2007
PET changes oncology management, study shows
By Wayne Forrest
A multisite study in Australia has found that PET results can change treatment plans for cancer patients, as the modality provides more information on the extent, recurrence, and progression of the disease. The Australian PET Data Collection Project has collected data on whether the modality changed the management of patients with different types of cancer, such as ovarian cancer, metastatic melanoma, and colorectral cancer.
July 18, 2007
Just say 'eee' for neck CT
By Eric Barnes
For maximizing airflow and air contrast, having patients hold their breath and form an "eee" with their mouths during MDCT acquisition really opens up the airways, optimizing the visualization of mucosa while imaging the larynx, pharynx, and the rest of the neck, according to researchers from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN.
July 17, 2007
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Cancer risk and cardiac CTA; DICOM for your CR/DR QC station
By Brian Casey
July 16, 2007
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