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Hologic nets Novation contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic reported that it has been awarded two three-year dual-source contracts with Novation, the group purchasing organization that supplies VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium.
August 18, 2005
VSM MedTech inks Cincinnati contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, has been awarded a contract to provide a 275-channel CTF MEG system to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati.
August 18, 2005
Imaging in diabetes trial to start
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at the Joslin Diabetes Center and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston are currently recruiting subjects for an imaging in diabetes clinical trial.
August 18, 2005
CT venography offers DVT alternative to ultrasound in ICU
By Erik L. Ridley
Indirect CT venography (CTV) and duplex venous sonography turn in similar performance for evaluating acute deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in ICU patients with suspected pulmonary embolism, according to an article in the August American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 18, 2005
Management strategies evolve as CT finds more lung nodules
By Eric Barnes
CT's rapidly advancing capabilities, aimed at catching more cancers while they're potentially curable, have been the driving force behind the growth of lung cancer screening trials over the past decade. But what to do with the proliferation of lung nodules? Two thoracic imaging experts discuss the impact of CT's growing screening database, and offer advice on which nodules to biopsy, follow, or even ignore.
August 18, 2005
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Novel real-time 3D echo quantifies LV dyssynchrony
By Tracie L. Thompson
British researchers say they have developed a simple and reproducible method for quantifying global left ventricular dyssynchrony, which can identify more chronic heart failure patients who may benefit from cardiac resynchronization therapy.
August 17, 2005
Serious extracolonic findings prevalent in screening, symptomatic VC patients
By Eric Barnes
Asymptomatic screening subjects were nearly as likely as symptomatic patients to have extracolonic findings at virtual colonoscopy, radiologists in Italy have reported. The study, in a very mixed population of symptomatic and screening patients, also found a similarly high prevalence of serious extracolonic pathologies between the two groups.
August 16, 2005
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Empty renal fossa on prenatal ultrasound indicates renal ectopia or agenesis
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Radiologists at Children's Hospital Boston in Massachusetts determined that an empty renal fossa on prenatal ultrasound suggests either an ectopic or congenitally absent kidney, and that this finding is often associated with other fetal anomalies.
August 16, 2005
Should we screen athletes for cardiac arrhythmia?
By Brian Casey
August 15, 2005
Interpreting Chest X-Rays
The authors mention that it is targeted to fourth-year medical students and residents, but it is not appropriate for either of these groups.
August 15, 2005
Playing their hearts out: Do young athletes need cardiac screening?
Cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in athletes, a segment of the U.S. population that, with their peak conditioning and youthfulness, should be immune to average Joe ailments. While experts agree that the number of field fatalities can be reduced via screening, they argue about whether athletes should be imaged routinely as part of that screening and how.
August 15, 2005
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Nebraska launches free CT lung cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A statewide consortium in Nebraska said it will soon begin recruiting smokers and former smokers for a statewide lung screening study, with CT scans to be performed annually for five years.
August 14, 2005
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