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Agfa adds chiropractic CR order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has sold four of its CR 35-X and two CR 30-X computed radiography systems to Palmer College of Chiropractic.
August 26, 2007
Coronary CTA aids some asymptomatic patients
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in the Netherlands believe that a largely overlooked group of patients may benefit significantly from coronary CT angiography (CTA). These individuals have no symptoms of coronary artery disease, but are at high risk of succumbing to it.
August 26, 2007
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Zimmer to buy Orthosoft
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic device firm Zimmer of Warsaw, IN, has reached an agreement to buy computer-assisted orthopedic surgery technology firm Orthosoft of Montreal.
August 23, 2007
FDA clears Calgary Scientific cardiac software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Calgary Scientific of Alberta, Calgary, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its ResolutionMD Cardiac software.
August 23, 2007
GE launches emergency US education program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In an effort to support ultrasound use in emergency medicine, GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., plans to launch a one-year educational partnership with the Emergency Medical Foundation (EMF), the education and research arm of the American College of Emergency Physicians.
August 23, 2007
Intraop posts Q3 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical of Sunnyvale, CA, has posted its third-quarter 2007 financial results (end-June 30).
August 22, 2007
ImaRx wins NIH study grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics of Tucson, AZ, has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
August 22, 2007
PET exposes shift in brain function among young alcohol abusers
By Edward Susman
SAN FRANCISCO - Keggers and beer bongs may be a ubiquitous part of a young man's college experience, but even such short-term heavy drinking can cause significant neurological changes, according to a presentation last week at the American Psychological Association (APA) meeting. Researchers used FDG-PET imaging to detect changes in brain function among young male alcohol abusers.
August 22, 2007
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Insider
By Eric Barnes
August 21, 2007
Presence of osteoarthritis influences bone bruise prognosis
By Shalmali Pal
Bone bruises are thought to result from microfractures of the medullar trabeculae. They are often radiographically occult and hidden on arthroscopy. In a new paper in the September issue of American Journal of Roentgenology, Dutch radiologists looked at whether the natural course of bone bruises, as seen on MRI, had any prognostic value.
August 21, 2007
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Ground-glass lung nodules need extra scrutiny
By Eric Barnes
Ground-glass opacities (GGOs) are different from solid nodules found at thoracic CT, and they need more frequent follow-up. Dr. Ella Kazerooni of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor recently reviewed the why and how of GGOs, a troublesome result of CT screening that radiologists are encountering more frequently as more smokers and former smokers are screened.
August 21, 2007
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GE warns of impending Ceretec shortage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bad weather and flooding have forced Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based GE Healthcare to close its manufacturing facility in Gloucester, U.K., temporarily interrupting supplies of an imaging radiopharmaceutical.
August 20, 2007
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