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Carpe eDatum teams up with EIP

Digital image management provider Carpe eDatum (CeD) has joined forces with MR services provider Extremity Imaging Partners of Pittsburgh on an installation in Austin, TX.

December 14, 2003

CardioNow signs UF

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiac image management firm CardioNow has installed its image archiving and teleradiology system at the University of Florida Cardiovascular Imaging Core Laboratories, which is affiliated with the Cardiovascular Center at Shands Jacksonville.

December 11, 2003

R2 highlights CAD expansion at RSNA show

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection developer R2 Technology demonstrated the expansion of its CAD technology into virtual colonoscopy at last week’s RSNA meeting.

December 11, 2003

Virtual colonoscopy accuracy suffers when radiologists work too fast

By Eric Barnes

There is much talk, and some evidence, that innovations such as CAD and primary 3-D reading will soon smooth out the rugged learning curve for virtual colonoscopy providers. But no matter what legions of computer programmers might come up with, at the end of the day it’s still radiologists who are responsible for the data -- and a new study suggests that experience and confidence can work against them.

December 11, 2003

VSM places MEG unit in Münster

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, B.C., reported that its CTF Systems subsidiary has finalized an agreement to provide a 275-channel MEG system to Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany.

December 10, 2003

MRI Devices gets FDA OK for knee coil

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Coil developer MRI Devices of Waukesha, WI, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Model HRK high-resolution knee array coil.

December 10, 2003

Cook to begin testing endovascular TAA graft

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Cook has received a Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption (IDE) to begin a clinical investigation of its Zenith TX2 endovascular graft for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).

December 10, 2003

High volumes and better imaging techniques may improve stroke survival

By Tracie L. Thompson

A large-scale study on subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) outcomes has found that hospitals that treat more SAH patients save more of them as well. The phenomenon is also seen with other diagnoses, but this time some credit is extended to interventional neuroradiologists and their improved imaging equipment.

December 10, 2003

Digirad signs Johns Hopkins

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The nuclear imaging services division of nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has signed a lease agreement with Johns Hopkins University.

December 9, 2003

US, CT show approximate parity for diagnosing appendicitis

By Tracie L. Thompson

For decades, imaging specialists have sought a solution to a very common diagnostic dilemma: When a patient presents with severe abdominal pain, how can one tell if it’s acute appendicitis?

December 9, 2003

External therapeutic US accelerates thrombolysis in heart attack patients

By Jill Stein

External therapeutic ultrasound (ETUS) can enhance the thrombolytic efficacy of streptokinase in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction (MI), especially in those who present long after the onset of symptoms, according to researchers at the 2003 American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Orlando.

December 8, 2003

Delft sells ThoraScans to beta sites

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Delft Imaging Systems has sold one of its ThoraScan digital radiography chest units to Duke University Medical Center, following completion of a beta site clinical and research program at the Durham, NC-based institution.

December 7, 2003

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