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Maryland oncology center begins Trilogy treatments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center in Baltimore has begun treating patients with the firm's Trilogy linear accelerator.

December 7, 2006

Trial shows promise for preventing radiocontrast nephropathy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A clinical feasibility trial presented at the recent American Heart Association (AHA) conference in Chicago last month demonstrated that endovascular therapeutic hypothermia may help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).

December 6, 2006

Kodak outfits U.S. Olympic training center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eastman Kodak Health Group has provided its digital x-ray and information systems to the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, CO.

December 6, 2006

CEUS stars in differentiating PVT in cirrhotic patients

By Erik L. Ridley

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) shows high sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity for differentiating benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a team of Italian researchers.

December 6, 2006

256-slice CT shows promise in one-beat, whole-heart imaging

By Wayne Forrest

The patient cohort was small, but results were nonetheless described as "promising" in a study that assessed the feasibility of using a 256-slice CT scanner for the simultaneous assessment of coronary artery and cardiac function in one-beat, whole-heart studies.

December 6, 2006

Inflammatory view: Imaging blind to plaque risk

By Eric Barnes

There is no vulnerable plaque, only the vulnerable patient. Besides, most plaque is extraluminal, though just as deadly, and therefore all but invisible to lumen-based imaging methods. As a result, the vulnerability of patients rests more on the likelihood of plaque rupture than on the risk of occlusive vascular disease, according to a recent talk by Dr. Steven Nissen from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.

December 6, 2006