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MR Imaging of the Lumbar Spine: A Teaching Atlas
Although not an especially sexy topic, degenerative diseases of the lumbar spine afflict millions of patients. MR Imaging of the Lumbar Spine A Teaching Atlas is a quick read that provides an extremely thorough and well illustrated review of degenerative lumbar spine disease.
June 18, 2003
Combidex aids in early lymph node metastasis detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced Magnetics' Combidex MRI contrast agent aids in the non-invasive evaluation of lymph nodes in prostate cancer patients, according to clinical data published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
June 18, 2003
The lowdown on lumbar spine positioning
By Naveed Ahmad, MD
Dr. Naveed Ahmad breaks down the standard radiographic examination for evaluating the lumbar spine in the fifteenth installment of our series on radiographic positioning techniques. His review includes the anteroposterior, lateral, and oblique projections, supplemented by coned-down lateral films of the lumbosacral junction (L5-S1).
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Image-Guided Spine Intervention
This is an ambitious work by radiologists from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. This 300-page text offers contributions predominantly from radiologists, with clinical information enhanced by anesthesia and neurosurgical perspectives.
June 18, 2003
Image-guided/robot-assisted surgery markets to grow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. image-guided and robot-assisted surgery markets generated revenues of $186.6 million in 2002, and are projected to reach $600.8 million by 2009.
June 17, 2003
Toshiba rolls out Aplio echo system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
America Medical Systems is bringing its premium Aplio ultrasound system to the cardiology market.
June 17, 2003
Dow launches radiopharmaceutical unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dow Chemical of Midland, MI, plans to unveil a new radiopharmaceutical services business at next week’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in New Orleans.
June 16, 2003
US, MRI challenge CT for classifying renal cell carcinoma
By Shalmali Pal
Researchers from St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in Youngstown, OH, reported that contrast-enhanced ultrasound offered several advantages over CT in pinpointing indeterminate masses. Meanwhile, a group from New York University Medical Center in New York City compared CT and MRI for lesion upgrading and patient management.
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Calcium mass measures coronary calcium best
By Eric Barnes
When it comes to gauging calcium in the coronary arteries, calcium mass is more accurate, less variable, and more reproducible than volume or Agatston-score measurements, according to researchers from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis.
June 16, 2003
Bard buys SourceTech
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm C.R. Bard of Murray Hill, NJ, has acquired substantially all the assets of brachytherapy developer SourceTech Medical.
June 15, 2003
MR spectroscopy assesses diabetic feet for treatment, therapy
By Jill Stein
NEW ORLEANS - Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can identify neuroischemic changes in the diabetic foot, according to a report Sunday at the American Diabetes Association meeting.
June 15, 2003
Sonography characterizes testicular torsion in wee babes
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Three sonographic stages of testicular torsion in infants and neonates were described in a recent study published in American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 15, 2003
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