Subspecialties: Page 1398

Abbott Labs launches endovascular unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, launched a new business unit dedicated to endovascular devices at this week’s International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) meeting in Miami.

January 27, 2004

CT coronary calcium attenuation affected by body mass, lesion location

Researchers from the University of Iowa have concluded that CT attenuation varies significantly depending on the subject's body mass, a finding that casts doubt on the accuracy of phantom-based scanning measurements.

January 27, 2004

Dynamic CE 3-D MRA useful for assessing pulmonary perfusion

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) Radiologists at the University Hospitals in Basel, Switzerland believe they have determined the optimum dose for dynamic, time-resolved, contrast-enhanced 3-D MR angiography (MRA) of pulmonary circulation.

January 27, 2004

Varian debuts brachytherapy applicator

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy provider Varian Medical Systems has introduced a new applicator for high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy of cervical and uterine cancer.

January 26, 2004

Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider

Ten years of virtual colonoscopy practice have shown that insufflation is key to success with the technique. Those who would master insufflation's intricacies might also do well to spend some time with Dr. Elizabeth McFarland and colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis.

January 25, 2004

Voxar closes HCA deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar has sold its Voxar 3D, Voxar Colonscreen, and Voxar Calscreen products to the South West Coast Division of Nashville, TN-based healthcare organization Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), according to the Framingham, MA-based company.

January 21, 2004

Mobile CT proves invaluable in SARS outbreak

By Erik L. Ridley

A mobile CT system can aid in providing effective radiology service to SARS patients while maintaining appropriate isolation procedures, according to researchers from the National Neuroscience Institute and Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore.

January 21, 2004

2004 01 21 16 29 41 706

Harvard rads urge more studies to bolster CT colonography

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) Radiologists at Harvard Medical School in Boston performed a metaanalysis to compare CT colonography to virtual colonoscopy for diagnosing colorectal polyps.

January 21, 2004

Cook gets clearance for new stent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device provider Cook has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Zilver 518 biliary stent.

January 19, 2004

Imaging in Trauma and Critical Care

Trauma and critical care patients are the most difficult to move though a department and the authors’ advise in this area is invaluable.

January 19, 2004

Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An estimated 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2002, up 9.8% compared with the 2001 volume of 16.8 million procedures, according to a report from research firm IMV Medical Information Division.

January 18, 2004

Experience sharpens role of IV contrast-enhanced VC

Intravenous contrast enhancement has often gotten a cool reception from virtual colonoscopy providers, who are understandably wary of adding to the cost or risk of the exam. But a growing body of literature demonstrates that IV contrast is the right choice in certain patients.

January 18, 2004

Page 1398 of 1547