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MRI touted for SPECT's role in sizing infarcts
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new report in Radiology is only the second published study of human patients that compares the accuracy of delayed enhancement (DE) MRI versus a nuclear imaging technique for estimating the size of acute infarcts.
August 3, 2004
Vital Images and E-Z-EM renew alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vital Images of Plymouth, MN, and E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, have renewed their alliance covering the sale of virtual colonoscopy software.
August 2, 2004
Ultralow-dose VC appears feasible
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam have reported that very-low-dose virtual colonoscopy -- as low as 1.4 effective mAs rather than 60 or 80 -- may be a feasible alternative to the standard or even low-dose VC exam.
August 2, 2004
AuntMinnie.com PACS Radiology Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
The communication of urgent exam results from radiology to the emergency department (ED) can be improved with the use of mobile computing devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs), according to the experience of the University of California, San Francisco.
August 1, 2004
Merit signs Novation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Disposable products provider Merit Medical Systems of South Jordan, UT, has signed a supplier agreement with group purchasing organization Novation. The agreement covers Merit's line of cardiology products, including diagnostic catheters, diagnostic guidewires, fluid-management kits and components, inflation devices, and angioplasty accessories.
August 1, 2004
Siemens opens up high-field MR design
By Erik L. Ridley
NEW YORK CITY - Siemens Medical Solutions has dialed the short-bore MRI concept up a notch with the debut of Magnetom Espree, a 1.5-tesla scanner with an ultra-short magnet bore design that the company claims brings open-style imaging to the 1.5-tesla segment.
July 29, 2004
E-Z-EM reports record 2004
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM reported record fiscal fourth-quarter net sales of $41.6 million, up 13% compared with the $36.9 million booked in the fourth quarter of 2003 (end-May 31).
July 29, 2004
Camtronics inks HCA deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac image management provider Camtronics Medical Systems has signed a deal to install its Vericis cardiovascular image and information management system at HCA Midwest, an integrated delivery network in Kansas City, MO.
July 29, 2004
Study validates cheap and easy method for atherosclerosis screening
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new study has found that aortic atherosclerosis can be accurately predicted by measuring the compliance or stiffness of arteries in a patient's leg -- an approach that could trump CT coronary calcium scanning for identifying subclinical heart disease.
July 29, 2004
To boldly go: Genitourinary ultrasound blasts into orbit
By Eric Barnes
Doctors and engineers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have designed a remotely guided teleradiology system that enables them to perform ultrasound exams on their colleagues in space. The project began in a windswept Arctic crater, moved to zero-gravity testing aboard a suborbital aircraft, and finally to the International Space Station.
July 29, 2004
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AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Radiology Insider
By Tracie L. Thompson
July 27, 2004
NSECT may trump traditional imaging by spotting breast cancer before it manifests
By Shalmali Pal
Neutron-based molecular imaging could reveal breast cancer at the most basic level, long before anatomical changes are seen, according to a presentation Wednesday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) conference in Pittsburgh.
July 27, 2004
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