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BodyScan adds San Antonio center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron beam tomography services provider BodyScan Imaging is opening a new center in San Antonio.
November 10, 2003
Philips adds to cardiology line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems formally added a number of new technologies to its cardiology portfolio at this week’s annual American Heart Association (AHA) meeting in Orlando.
November 10, 2003
Oral pentobarbital tops chloral hydrate for pre-imaging infant sedation, study claims
By Jill Stein
Until now, chloral hydrate has been the gold standard for oral sedation for pediatric radiological imaging, explained Dr. Keira Mason and colleagues from Children’s Hospital in Boston in a poster presentation at the 2003 American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting in San Francisco.
November 10, 2003
GE adds to echo offerings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems has expanded its echocardiography portfolio with products shown at this week’s annual American Heart Association meeting in Orlando.
November 9, 2003
GE inks deal with spinal device firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems of Waukesha, WI, and Innovative Spinal Technologies of Plano, TX, have formed a research, development, and distribution relationship to combine GE’s imaging technology with IST’s spinal devices.
November 6, 2003
Heartlab touts new business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiology image management developer Heartlab said it booked $8.1 million in new orders in September.
November 5, 2003
Saline flush boosts contrast enhancement in abdominal CT
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from Austria have used the saline flush to increase contrast enhancement in both parenchymal and vascular structures of the abdomen. Well known in MRI, the procedure has not been routinely used in CT, where it could potentially improve enhancement while reducing the associated costs and risks.
November 5, 2003
StorCOMM adds OrthoView to PACS software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS developer StorCOMM has inked a deal with orthopedic software firm Meridian Technique of the U.K. to integrate Meridian’s OrthoView digital templating and surgical planning software with StorCOMM’s orthopedic image management product, OrthoNET.
November 4, 2003
Politics matters in the real world of virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
The colonoscopy may be virtual, but the politics shaping its approval for screening can be excruciatingly real. At the 2003 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Boston, radiologist Dr. Joseph Ferrucci from Boston University School of Medicine offered evidence, and some politics of his own, in a discussion of VC's future.
November 4, 2003
3-D ultrasound shows promise in neonatal, pediatric neurosonography
By Erik L. Ridley
Austrian and U.S. researchers found a number of benefits to 3-D pediatric ultrasound in a study of the technology published in European Radiology. The researchers compared 3-D scanning to 2-D ultrasound, and to other modalities like CT and MRI.
November 3, 2003
CMS hikes MEG reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has increased the Medicare reimbursement rate for magnetoencephalography (MEG) procedures, according to Vancouver-based MEG provider VSM MedTech.
November 2, 2003
Bone DEXA interpretation only as great as the sum of its parts
By Shalmali Pal
Radiologists can sometimes overlook the obvious when it comes to reading bone densitometry (DEXA) exams, according to Dr. Leon Lenchik from Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC.
October 30, 2003
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