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Widen that search: CTPA reveals more non-PE than PE diagnoses
By Tracie L. Thompson
NEW ORLEANS - Nearly a third of emboli-negative scans will reveal an alternative diagnosis for the patient's symptoms, according to a study presented Tuesday at the annual meeting of the American Roentgen Ray Society.
May 17, 2005
MDCT, scintigraphy yield very different reads on wrist fractures
By Tracie L. Thompson
Based on a head-to-head comparison with skeletal scintigraphy, British researchers have reluctantly concluded that MDCT probably shouldn't be the next step after initial x-rays fail to show a suspected wrist fracture.
May 17, 2005
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CAD struggles through tagged, subtracted VC data
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists would love to see a virtual colonoscopy exam so easy it doesn't even need a bowel prep. But to pull it off, they'll need a CAD algorithm that doesn't need a bowel prep either. Researchers from Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital take tentative steps toward an easier VC protocol.
May 17, 2005
R2 debuts ImageChecker 2.0 for CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology has launched its ImageChecker CT Lung Version 2.0 CAD software system and AutoPoint temporal comparison feature for use during review of multidetector-row CT chest exams.
May 16, 2005
Abdominal ultrasound aids dengue fever diagnosis
By N. Shivapriya
Ultrasound of the abdomen can help diagnose dengue fever, and in the event of a dengue epidemic, the ultrasound features of thickened gallbladder wall, pleural effusion, and ascites should strongly favor diagnosis of the condition, according to researchers from India.
May 16, 2005
Rads get tips on starting a cardiac imaging service
By Tracie L. Thompson
NEW ORLEANS - If categorical-course attendance is any indication, then radiologists definitely aren't ceding the cross-sectional imaging of the heart to other specialists. Instead, they're spending extra time and money to bolster their knowledge of cardiovascular CT and MRI.
May 15, 2005
Biophan to license MRA stent technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI device developer Biophan Technologies said it has signed a letter of intent with two German biomedical researchers, Dr. Arno Bucker and Dr. Alexander Ruebben, to license their cardiovascular stent technology enabling accurate magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the interior of vascular stents.
May 15, 2005
Concentrated contrast improves liver lesion conspicuity
By Eric Barnes
New concentrated contrast agents not only improve enhancement of focal liver lesions, they could make imaging safer by reducing contrast volume and flow rates, researchers in France and Germany have concluded.
May 15, 2005
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Stereotaxis ups sales, trim losses in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis of St. Louis reported first-quarter fiscal 2005 revenue of $5.1 million, a significant increase from the $3.1 million reported for the first quarter of 2004.
May 12, 2005
SCAI names grant recipients
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced the first recipients of its new fellows grant program in invasive cardiology.
May 12, 2005
Louisville joins SmartPill trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SmartPill of Buffalo, NY, reported that clinical trials of its SmartPill capsule will begin this month at the University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, bringing to five the number of sites participating in the company's clinical trials.
May 12, 2005
Osteoporosis drug may protect women with family history of breast cancer
By Paula Moyer
SAN FRANCISCO - The selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM) raloxifene is associated with a reduced risk of invasive breast cancer, particularly among postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer, according to a presentation this week at the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) meeting.
May 12, 2005
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