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JAMA study: Coronary CTA poses substantial cancer risk in select patients

By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.

Sixty-four slice coronary CT angiography (CTA) forges ahead as the go-to imaging modality in coronary artery disease, but the diagnostic test carries a significant risk for radiation-induced cancer, especially in women and younger patients, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

July 16, 2007

Medrad nets Premier extension

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast injector firm Medrad said that it has received a two-year contract extension from group purchasing organization Premier to provide its vascular injection systems and related disposables used in CT, MR, and cardiovascular imaging.

July 16, 2007

NeuroLogica signs Children's Hospital Boston

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Portable CT developer NeuroLogica has installed its CereTom portable CT scanner at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts.

July 15, 2007

Researchers scrutinize CTA for pulmonary embolism

By Eric Barnes

More likely than not, a patient with unexplained shortness of breath or other symptom suggestive of pulmonary embolism (PE) will be sent for CT pulmonary angiography (CTPA) to rule it out. CT is fast and it does the job when vessels are examined systematically, but its false-positive rate can be high when combined with a low clinical probability of PE. Recent studies have shed new light on the use of CT in cases of suspected PE.

July 15, 2007

MR parameters divulge depth of acute hamstring injuries

By Shalmali Pal

Professional athletes and dancers are as familiar with hamstring strains as they are with the bench press and barre, respectively. Two studies affirmed MR's major role in defining these injuries. Australian and British researchers used the modality on football players for reinjury risk stratification, while Swedish sports medicine specialists looked at hamstring strains in dancers during slow-speed stretching. While the MR results didn't hold all the answers, the imaging exam was still worth performing, according to the experts.

July 12, 2007

Neoprobe signs Cardinal for Lymphoseek sales

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe of Dublin, OH, has signed a term sheet covering distribution of its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical by healthcare products firm Cardinal Health, also of Dublin.

July 12, 2007

Installing DR in the ER: A case study

By Kate Madden Yee

ORLANDO - Securing financing for capital expenditures is only the beginning of the complex process of transitioning a department to digital imaging. It is important to thoroughly evaluate the needs of the department and staff workflow patterns before the new technology arrives, but it's also crucial to follow through with training and postinstallation assessment, according to a presentation today at the 2007 American Healthcare Radiology Administrator (AHRA) meeting.

July 9, 2007

Delft installs Odelca-DR in Africa

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Delft Diagnostic Imaging, the parent company of PACS developer Rogan-Delft, has completed the first African installation of its Odelca-DR digital thorax screening device.

July 9, 2007

Biospace files 510(k) application

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French digital radiography developer Biospace Med has submitted a 510(k) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its EOS orthopedic 2D/3D x-ray imager.

July 8, 2007

New CAD algorithm picks out colorectal polyps

By Eric Barnes

The first Hessian matrix-based computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithm for colorectal polyps yielded acceptable sensitivity and false-positive rates, according to researchers from Seoul, South Korea.

July 8, 2007

Elekta completes Australian installations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta of Stockholm has installed its Synergy image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) linear accelerators at two facilities in Australia.

July 5, 2007

Toshiba to offer new PV-CTA course

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA has signed an agreement with CVCTA Education, a medical educational program provider, to provide a peripheral vascular CTA (PV-CTA) training course.

July 5, 2007

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