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The ABCs of MRI for hip disorders
By Shalmali Pal
PEBBLE BEACH, CA - Radiography may be the first choice for assessing the painful hip, but MRI techniques offer an opportunity to perform customized imaging, which is especially important if invasive surgery is in a patient's future, according to Dr. Robert Boutin of MedTel International. At the Orthopedic Imaging at Pebble Beach conference on Thursday, Boutin offered some pearls and pitfalls of hip MRI to assess a wide range of disorders, including osteonecrosis and labral tears.
February 1, 2007
Philips introduces EP Navigator 3D tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has launched its EP Navigator advanced visualization imaging application for cardiology.
January 31, 2007
EOS begins clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm Electro-Optical Sciences (EOS) has begun a clinical trial for its MelaFind skin imaging device.
January 31, 2007
CT overranging an important but hidden radiation source
By Eric Barnes
With multidetector CT scanners, what you see in the protocol isn't exactly what you get. Differences in overranging, also known as z overscanning, can lead to significant variations in the radiation dose delivered by different multidetector CT scanners and reconstruction algorithms, according to a new study from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
January 31, 2007
Ex-smokers can regain BMD; primary care docs fail to track osteoporosis
By Shalmali Pal
Smokers who quit could actually see an increase in bone mineral density (BMD). But any benefits derived from choosing a cigarette-free lifestyle may be for naught if referring physicians don't follow through on BMD test results and steer their patients toward appropriate follow-up and treatment, according to two studies in the Journal of Women's Health.
January 30, 2007
Study: PET accurate for newborns' pancreatic defects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Positron emission tomography (PET) is extremely accurate in diagnosing a type of congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), a rare but severe imbalance of insulin levels in newborns.
January 29, 2007
Philips installs two cardiac EP labs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has completed installations of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) labs at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco and St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston.
January 29, 2007
InHouse Radiology expands its telerad services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Los Angeles-based InHouse Radiology has begun providing teleradiology interpretations to otolaryngologists, allergists, head and neck surgeons, and related specialists who perform in-office imaging.
January 29, 2007
Ablation for local HCC treatment on the rise, study finds
The use of ablation techniques for primary liver cancer treatment has increased steadily over the first part of the 21st century, according to a presentation last week at the 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in Orlando, FL, sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
January 29, 2007
MRI of cardiac devices OK, but requires following strict guidelines
By Shalmali Pal
Two new papers in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance offer advice on using MRI in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators. Electrophysiologic and magnet-related issues that must be considered include magnetic field interactions, MRI-related heating, and functional changes, said the authors from the University of Southern California and other Los Angeles-based institutions.
January 29, 2007
Sectra signs Rothman Institute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS vendor Sectra has received an orthopedic PACS order from orthopedic care center the Rothman Institute.
January 28, 2007
Radial sampling in coronary MR shows vulnerable nonstenosed vessels
By Eric Barnes
Coronary vessel wall imaging is a promising way to depict outward blood vessel modeling when luminal stenosis is absent, potentially improving doctors' ability to evaluate blood vessels with an elevated risk of plaque rupture. A new study from Germany shows that radial k-space sampling is better than Cartesian sampling for examining such vessels in 3D turbo field-echo MRI sequences.
January 28, 2007
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