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GE expands orthopedic offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for OEC Fluorostar, a digital C-arm designed to provide fluoroscopic images during diagnostic, surgical, and interventional procedures.
February 23, 2005
Traumatic nerve injuries may benefit from presurgical MRI
By Jerry Ingram
WASHINGTON, DC - High-resolution MRI of the median nerve could allow clinicians to rapidly assess trauma victims with peripheral nerve injuries and determine if they'll need surgery, according to a presentation Wednesday at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting.
February 22, 2005
Skip the cardiac imaging prior to hip fracture repair
By Tracie L. Thompson
WASHINGTON, DC - In an ideal world, patients who could benefit from coronary revascularization would receive that intervention before undergoing some other major noncardiac surgery. But it appears that preoperative cardiac clearance prior to hip fracture repair is mostly a path to poorer outcomes, according to research presented at the 2005 American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting.
February 22, 2005
Imaging Strategies for the Shoulder
Imaging Strategies for the Shoulder is primarily a reference book, which will prove handy for information on a specific case or a quick review of a select topic. It would be useful to the general radiologist and of equal value to the orthopedist.
February 22, 2005
BrainLab nets 60th Novalis sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy developer BrainLab said it has made the 60th sale of its radiosurgery system, Novalis Shaped Beam Surgery, to the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, headquartered in Great Neck, New York.
February 22, 2005
SNM awards technologist grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine recently awarded $40,000 in scholarships and grants for molecular/nuclear medicine technologist students.
February 22, 2005
Minimal-prep VC preferred over colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Patients experience less discomfort during optical colonoscopy than they do with virtual, according to a study from the University of California, Los Angeles. It's the pain that lingers after conventional colonoscopy that tips the patient-preference balance toward VC, the research team concluded.
February 22, 2005
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New resource for orthopedic imaging news
By Brian Casey
February 21, 2005
Quantum inks deal with Indianapolis Orthopedics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has sold three of its DR systems, the Q-Rad DQ, to the Indianapolis Orthopedics Group.
February 21, 2005
Elekta nets UCSD MEG sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) vendor Elekta Neuromag has entered into a clinical research and development collaboration with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), according to the Stockholm, Sweden-based company.
February 21, 2005
3-tesla MR enhances, and likely advances, orthopedic imaging
By Tracie L. Thompson
For years, MRI has provided an invaluable window into problems of the musculoskeletal system, with the 1.5-tesla scanner serving as the standard. Three-tesla MRI scanners are now proliferating in clinical practice, as imaging groups choose to spend the extra $1 million or more that a new 3-tesla machine will cost.
February 21, 2005
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Verdicts come down in Medtronic/Guidant dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medtronic said that a Delaware jury has rendered verdicts in patent litigation between Medtronic and the ACS subsidiary of Guidant.
February 20, 2005
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