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Low-dose 40-slice CT sees nonviable myocardium
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - CT has shown that it can find nonviable myocardium as well as MRI, but the dose is a whopper. Will it always be thus? A new study from the Netherlands concludes that 40-slice MDCT can detect nonviable myocardial tissue in less than a second -- and less than 1 mSv of radiation.
March 6, 2005
Researchers look at therapeutic US for myocardial reperfusion
By Tracie L. Thompson
ORLANDO, FL - Any future for therapeutic ultrasound as an adjunct to angioplasty may be years away, but early research on its potential is one of the featured presentations at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting.
March 6, 2005
Digirad shows mobile triple-head gamma camera
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad is showing a prototype of its mobile triple-head Cardius-3 gamma camera at this week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Orlando.
March 6, 2005
MDCT staging may obviate bone scintigraphy in some patients
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Cancer patients undergoing full CT staging may not always need a bone scintigraphy exam, thanks to the diagnostic accuracy of multidetector-row CT scanners. A study presented today at the tumor imaging sessions of the 2005 European Congress of Radiology found 16-slice CT to be statistically equivalent to scintigraphy for detecting skeletal metastases.
March 5, 2005
Ferrania inks deal with Orthocrat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - The U.K. division of Italian PACS firm Ferrania Imaging Technologies has signed an agreement covering northern European distribution of the TraumaCad orthopedic templating software from Orthocrat of Tel Aviv, Israel.
March 5, 2005
Postprocessing reveals earliest signs of cerebral infarct on plain CT
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - A new postprocessing technique reveals early cerebral infarction by finding the subtlest areas of hypodensity on plain head CT. Such regions -- separated by a handful of Hounsfield units from the surrounding unaffected tissues -- are rarely visible to the naked eye.
March 4, 2005
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Barco receives FDA nods
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Display provider Barco has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Colonscreen CT colonography software.
March 3, 2005
Medrad adds to cardiac offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medrad is introducing its Avanta fluid management injection system and its Vanguard Dx angiographic catheters at next week's American College of Cardiology (ACC) exhibition in Orlando.
March 3, 2005
New VC CAD applications show promise as second reader
By Eric Barnes
The first large multicenter trial of a VC CAD scheme is showing real promise, with high sensitivity and specificity for detecting colorectal polyps. And another recent study from Japan shows that CAD can improve the ability to detect colorectal polyps by everyone who uses it.
March 3, 2005
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New neuroimaging society forms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society of Functional Neuroradiology (ASFNR) is currently accepting applications for charter members. Applications are due by April 1.
March 2, 2005
Toshiba expands Aplio CV applications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced Dyssynchrony Imaging (DI), an ultrasound technique designed to aid in the quantification of left ventricular mechanical dyssynchrony.
March 1, 2005
Lemon candy may suck for curbing dry mouth after thyroid cancer therapy
By Shalmali Pal
Mother always warned you that eating candy before dinner would spoil your appetite. She may not have known that eating candy during radioiodine therapy for thyroid cancer can be just as bad. In a preliminary study, Japanese researchers have found that sucking on lemon candy too close to radiotherapy may actually worsen damage to the salivary glands.
March 1, 2005
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