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Sectra gets FDA nod for cardiac PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS provider Sectra has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its cardiovascular imaging analysis package.
May 6, 2004
Siemens provides grant for Cleveland Clinic symposium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions has provided an unrestricted educational grant to the Center for Atrial Fibrillation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation for a symposium titled "Imaging in Electrophysiology: Present and Future Perspectives."
May 6, 2004
Dual-contrast MRI susses out more liver metastases than FDG-PET
By Jerry Ingram
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Dual contrast-enhanced MRI provides better sensitivity than FDG-PET for the detection of small liver metastases, according to data presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting.
May 6, 2004
Part III: Imaging the pediatric patient: the use of CT in pediatric imaging
CT scanning in the pediatric population presents a unique set of potential problems. Rapid respiratory rate, voluntary motion, and less body fat (you remember those days) all present unique challenges. RT Douglas Clark brings your attention to the to considerations involved in pediatric sedation.
May 6, 2004
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Free educational site summarizes normal variants in PET, PET/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Nuclear medicine specialists from Boston have laid the groundwork for a free, interactive Web-based PET/CT imaging atlas. They offered a preview of the atlas in an electronic exhibit at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week.
May 6, 2004
North American Scientific completes Nomos buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific has closed its acquisition of fellow radiation therapy provider Nomos.
May 5, 2004
Chest CT protocols reduce dose significantly
By Jerry Ingram
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Currently available technology enables significant reductions in radiation doses for chest CT, according to two studies presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week.
May 5, 2004
CT shows lab tests fail to predict pediatric trauma
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Emergency physicians are often reluctant to scan pediatric trauma patients with CT, in hopes of avoiding excessive radiation exposure. However, two new studies confirm that the battery of lab tests commonly ordered when young patients present to the emergency room fails miserably at predicting injury.
May 5, 2004
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Given Imaging shows strong Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging reported record sales for its 2004 fiscal first quarter (end-March 31) of $12.7 million (U.S.), representing a 47.8% increase compared with the $8.6 million booked in the same period of 2002.
May 4, 2004
PET/CT improves noninvasive diagnosis of cardiovascular disease
By Shalmali Pal
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Investigators from Michigan have developed what they consider to be an excellent protocol for a cardiovascular PET/CT exam. They discussed their technique Tuesday at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting.
May 4, 2004
BrainLab sells 50th Novalis system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiosurgery vendor BrainLab has sold its 50th Novalis shaped-beam radiosurgery system.
May 3, 2004
Use of pediatric head CT growing steadily in emergency departments
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - The use of pediatric head CT for trauma evaluation increased steadily during the 1990s. By the end of the decade, CT was being used in nearly half of all head trauma evaluations, according to a new study based on the National Hospital Ambulatory Care Survey, presented Saturday at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies.
May 3, 2004
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