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Sonography offers predictors of SST tears
By Ultrasound Review
(Radiology Review) According to radiologists at University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor, secondary ultrasound findings, including greater tuberosity cortical irregularity and joint fluid, are the best predictors of supraspinatus tendon (SST) tear.
February 24, 2004
ASTRO releases literature on prostate cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) has published a new patient information brochure on prostate cancer.
February 23, 2004
NovaRad teams up with Orthocrat
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS provider NovaRad of American Fork, UT, has signed an agreement with Orthocrat to distribute the vendor’s TraumaCad preoperative planning software bundled with NovaRad's NovaPACS software.
February 23, 2004
MR colonography group favors dark-lumen technique, air- versus water-based distension
By Eric Barnes
The German researchers who pioneered MR colonography (MRC) have been expanding their evaluation of the dark-lumen imaging technique they conceived in 2001. In two newly published articles, the radiologists from University Hospital in Essen discussed the efficacy of dark-lumen imaging, and investigated the effect on the technique of air versus water as a contrast agent.
February 23, 2004
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Boston Scientific, Guidant settle litigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology providers Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, and Guidant of Indianapolis have signed an agreement to settle all outstanding patent infringement claims between the two firms.
February 22, 2004
CT tracks liver involvement in HTT
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) CT assessment of liver involvement in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT) is important because of high occurrence and the risk of serious complications, according to a study published in Radiology.
February 19, 2004
Migraine sufferers benefit from MR tracking of potential brain damage
By Bruce Sylvester
Dr. Mark Kruit and colleagues from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands said they believe they have demonstrated that migraine patients have an increased risk for brain lesions, and that brain damage can be caused by migraine attacks.
February 17, 2004
PET's gene-expression role in cervical cancer
By Brian Casey
Taiwanese researchers are using FDG to assess glucose uptake in squamous cell carcinoma of the cervix (SCCC).
February 17, 2004
CompuMed revenues up, losses down in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry developer CompuMed reported a slight increase in revenues as well as a reduction in its net loss for its first fiscal quarter of 2004.
February 16, 2004
Neuroradiology: The Requisites
The latest edition features 364 more pages, including updated information, figures, and tables. However, numerous key concepts and classic images still remain.
February 16, 2004
Arterial-phase CT finds hepatic fungal infection
By Eric Barnes
Only about 9% of invasive fungal infections of the liver are diagnosed ante-mortem, according to Dr. Ur Metser, a radiology fellow at the University of Toronto. At the 2003 RSNA meeting, he presented a new technique to diagnose infection and pave the way to antifungal therapy in immunocompromised patients.
February 16, 2004
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Signs of septic arthritis, osteomyelitis captured on MR
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Radiologists at the Hospital for Joint Diseases in New York City have described soft-tissue, synovial, and osseous MRI findings in septic arthritis in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 16, 2004
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