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Imaging of the Newborn, Infant, and Young Child
Imaging of the Newborn, Infant, and Young Child serves as an excellent reference for a resident during the first month of pediatric radiology. This well-written text should be considered a primary read throughout residency and into daily practice.
February 11, 2004
Given Imaging shows Q4 improvement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging reported record sales for its 2003 fiscal fourth quarter (end-December 31) of $12.5 million, representing a 38.5% increase compared with the $9.05 million booked in the same period of 2002.
February 10, 2004
Digirad launches new OptiCount collimator
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has released OptiCount, a collimator that increases the organ sensitivity of its nuclear cardiology gamma cameras by an average of 15% per detector head.
February 10, 2004
Toshiba launches 3-D DSA platform
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality developer Toshiba America Medical Systems has introduced new 3-D vascular imaging technology for its Infinix i-series line of vascular x-ray systems.
February 9, 2004
Guidant acquires AFx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Guidant has completed its acquisition of microwave surgical cardiac ablation firm AFx.
February 9, 2004
BodyScan acquires Lifeline Imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron-beam tomography services provider BodyScan has purchased diagnostic imaging center operator Lifeline Imaging of Laguna Hills, CA.
February 9, 2004
BrainLab wins ruling in Nomos patent lawsuit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German image-guided surgery developer BrainLab said the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, has ruled in its favor regarding a patent infringement suit filed by competitor Nomos of Cranberry Township, PA.
February 9, 2004
Enzyme found in bat saliva enhances MRI of thrombolysis
By Paula Moyer
SAN DIEGO - Vampire bat saliva can be used up to nine hours after an ischemic stroke for thrombolysis, with follow-up MR detection, according to a presentation this weekend at the American Heart Associaton's International Stroke Conference.
February 8, 2004
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Mouse roars in workstation navigational study
By Eric Barnes
A lowly computer mouse aced the race for best input device in lung CT datasets. In a user study conducted at the University Hospital of Cleveland, the murine contender won out over an array of navigational devices, including a trackball, a video game joystick, a jog-dial, and a gamepad.
February 8, 2004
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E-Z-EM introduces virtual colonoscopy marker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, has launched Tagitol V -- a low-volume barium sulfate suspension that can effectively help tag retained stool for enhanced detection of pathology in virtual colonoscopy.
February 5, 2004
Myocardial ischemia, viability made apparent with MR
By Shalmali Pal
Cardiac imaging sessions at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago featured three papers on the role of dobutamine stress MRI, as well as contrast-enhanced MRI, in assessing the myocardium. Two groups, from the Netherlands and Germany, discussed the safety and feasibility of dobutamine MR in patients suspected of having myocardial ischemia.
February 5, 2004
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MR, CT detect cystic pancreatic lesions, but malignancy a tough call
By Eric Barnes
CT and MR are both good at characterizing the morphology of cystic pancreatic masses, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The problem is with the masses themselves, which can appear benign when they aren't, and vice-versa.
February 4, 2004
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