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MR shows broad spectrum of findings in pregnant women with suspected appendicitis
By Shalmali Pal
Although acute appendicitis is not terribly common in pregnant women, it does pose a diagnostic challenge because of anatomic and histologic changes that occur in these patients. CT carries a radiation risk while ultrasound, which is the established modality in this population, doesn't always deliver the whole story. Instead, Boston-based imagers have found success with MRI for evaluating the appendix, and more, in the gravid patient.
July 2, 2007
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Orthocrat signs OrthoCarolina
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning developer Orthocrat has received a contract from OrthoCarolina of Charlotte, NC.
July 1, 2007
Hessian matrix-based CAD looks promising for VC
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - Virtual colonoscopy computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes based on the Hessian matrix method are gaining currency among researchers. At the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) conference, researchers from Japan presented a CAD method that uses filters based on Hessian matrix eigenvalues to eliminate false-positive polyp candidates.
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Elekta sells Synergy systems to Royal Marsden
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta of Stockholm has inked a deal to sell two of its Elekta Synergy radiation therapy systems to Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K.
June 28, 2007
ONI gets $13 million in new capital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Extremity MRI developer ONI Medical Systems of Wilmington, MA, has received $12.5 million in capital from Milwaukee-based Ziegler Meditech Equity Partners.
June 28, 2007
Parallel sequence plus high-field MR improves ankle imaging
By Shalmali Pal
A technique called generalized autocalibrating partially parallel acquisition, or GRAPPA, offers images with "excellent" diagnostic quality and scan time reduction when paired with 3-tesla MR, according to researchers from two California-based institutions. They experimented with this protocol in symptomatic, cadaveric ankle specimens and healthy volunteers.
June 28, 2007
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Ziehm's IGS system to enter the U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, U.K., will supply Ziehm Imaging's Cappa IS digital mobile C-arm with fully integrated surgical navigation system to the U.K. and Ireland.
June 27, 2007
EDAP appoints Rewcastle as int'l medical director
EDAP TMS of Lyon, France, has appointed John Rewcastle, Ph.D., as international medical director.
June 27, 2007
Study: CAD helpful for breast MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) for breast MRI may improve standardization and the analysis of benign and malignant lesions. Researchers from Seattle conducted a retrospective examination of 154 breast lesions deemed suspicious by radiologists that were only visible on MRI and that had been biopsied under MRI guidance.
June 27, 2007
Philips begins trial of PET/MR CAD software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Phillips Medical Systems and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany said they have developed a computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to assist in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease.
June 26, 2007
CMS reconsiders coverage for new PET uses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to review current Medicare coverage for PET applications in inflammation and infection.
June 25, 2007
DBT unlikely to hit its target as savior of breast cancer screening
In an AuntMinnie.com article last week, proponents of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) championed the modality as the great hope for rescuing the beleaguered field of breast cancer screening. Dr. Eric Milne, professor emeritus of radiology and medicine at the University of California, Irvine, begs to differ in this editorial.
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