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Cordis launches Regatta guidewires
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Regatta steerable guidewire product family in the U.S. for the placement of catheters and other interventional devices in coronary arteries.
February 19, 2007
NeuroLogica adds Jefferson to client roster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, has installed its CereTom portable and wireless head and neck mobile CT scanner at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
February 19, 2007
Digirad's revenues advance in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The delivery of more gamma cameras meant greater revenues for nuclear medicine vendor Digirad in 2006, although the company still posted a loss for the year.
February 19, 2007
Scout view: Imaging helps football prospects sack injuries at NFL Combine
By Shalmali Pal
The Colts football team may be relaxing after its recent Super Bowl victory, but for the staff at Clarian Health Partners of Indianapolis, the big game is just about to get under way: A five-day marathon imaging session, which is part of the National Football League's Scouting Combine, will result in thousands of imaging exams for more than 300 aspiring professional football players. The organizers of the imaging portion of the Combine discussed the logistics of the Combine physicals with AuntMinnie.com.
February 19, 2007
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Double dose of oral sodium phosphate unnecessary for VC
By Eric Barnes
In virtual colonoscopy, the double-dose (90 mL) sodium phosphate bowel cleansing regimen, despite its proven effectiveness, may be too much of a good thing, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The group compared the 90 mL (double) sodium phosphate cleansing regimen against that of a 45 mL (single) regimen, and found the single dose to be as effective as the double-dose regimen.
February 18, 2007
AuntMinnie.com MarketStat #47: MRI adult versus pediatric patient visit mix
As of IMV's 2006 MRI census survey, 89% of all MRI patient visits were by adult patients, whereas 11% of MRI patient visits were by pediatric patients (in the 0 to 18-year-old age group).
February 15, 2007
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RTS gets Providence placement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology treatment center operator Radiation Therapy Services (RTS) of Fort Myers, FL, said it has received a license to operate a freestanding radiation therapy facility at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, RI.
February 14, 2007
CompuMed revenues dip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm CompuMed reported a 17% decline in 2007 fiscal first-quarter revenues, as sales failed to keep pace with major one-time sales orders in fiscal 2006.
February 14, 2007
Orthocrat debuts TraumaCad 2.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning software developer Orthocrat is demonstrating version 2.0 of its TraumaCad software at this week's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) conference in San Diego.
February 14, 2007
Canon adds to product line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography vendor Canon Medical Systems will showcase several new products at this week's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in San Diego.
February 14, 2007
Radiologists are principal source of variability in nodule localization
By Eric Barnes
A number of lung cancer screening studies have examined the variability of reported nodule sizes, but variability in the localization of nodules in 3D space has been somewhat overlooked. Now a new study from the Lung Imaging Database Consortium (LIDC) finds that nodule placement in the 3D space is highly variable, and that the variation depends more on the radiologist than the drawing method used to determine its spatial location.
February 14, 2007
Radiation dose slashed in 64-slice coronary CTA
By Eric Barnes
In an important new study from Virginia, radiologists compared standard retrospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to a new prospectively gated technique, and achieved dose reductions of up to 83% with the new method -- all without loss of image quality or diagnostic utility.
February 14, 2007
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