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MDCT finds cause of acute abdomen more often with MPR
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - The use of multiplanar reconstructions (MPRs) can help identify the site, level, and cause of acute abdominal diseases when transverse multidetector-row (MDCT) findings are indeterminate, according to research presented on Tuesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 28, 2006
MRS finds that smoke gets in the brain as well as the eyes
CHICAGO - Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) has provided the first proof that smoking changes the chemistry of the brain -- but the good news is that the changes can be reversed, according to researchers from Germany.
November 27, 2006
CEUS shines in characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) significantly improves the diagnostic performance of radiologists characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers, according to researchers from the University of Palermo in Italy. They presented their study findings at the 2006 RSNA meeting on Tuesday.
November 27, 2006
Gamma Medica-Ideas to acquire AMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) of Northridge, CA, has reached an agreement to acquire Sherbrooke, Canada-based Advanced Molecular Imaging (AMI), a provider of a digital APD PET product for preclinical imaging.
November 27, 2006
RSNA 2006
A Supertech employee shows the company's UON head mask for patient fixation during radiation therapy procedures.
November 27, 2006
PET/CT play complementary roles in osseous lesion detection
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - Hybrid imaging with PET/CT for osseous lymphomatous deposits allows physicians to take advantage of the strengths of each modality -- the morphological capabilities of CT and functional capabilities of PET help identify the metabolically active bony lesions in lymphoma patients, according to a study presented Monday afternoon at the 2006 RSNA conference.
November 27, 2006
Prepless VC finds more polyps with stool subtraction
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - A clinical study presented Monday at the 2006 RSNA meeting found that electronic stool subtraction helped radiologists find more medium-sized polyps with prepless virtual colonoscopy, although it also added a few false positives and reduced specificity.
November 27, 2006
TomoTherapy unveils CTrue technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has debuted its CTrue imaging technology for use with the company's radiation therapy platform, TomoTherapy Hi-Art System.
November 27, 2006
Dilon enters Asian market
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA, has expanded its reach to the Asian market with a distribution agreement for its Dilon 6800 gamma camera with radiology products distributor Hongwoo Medico of South Korea.
November 27, 2006
PET, CT CAD scheme differentiates benign from malignant lung nodules
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - PET has a well-established role for distinguishing benign from malignant lung nodules when CT is inconclusive. Now radiologists have tapped the power of artificial neural networks (ANNs) for a computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme that determines whether PET results can improve the performance of CT-based lung CAD.
November 27, 2006
Medicsight launches ColonCAR software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm Medicsight has released its image analysis software tool for virtual colonoscopy, ColonCAR (Computer-Assisted Reader) 1.2.1.
November 26, 2006
Spectrum Dynamics receives 510(k) for D-SPECT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli gamma camera developer Spectrum Dynamics of Tirat Hacarmel has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its D-SPECT cardiac system with BroadView imaging technology.
November 26, 2006
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