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GE delivers e-Speed to Edward Heart

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems has installed its e-Speed electron beam tomography (EBT) CT scanner at Edward Heart Hospital in Naperville, IL.

May 28, 2003

Whole-body CT picks up renal cell carcinoma in asymptomatic patients

By Paula Moyer

Suspicious renal masses found in asymptomatic patients undergoing whole-body CT are nearly as likely to be malignant as masses in symptomatic patients, according to a presenter at the 2003 American Urological Association meeting in Chicago. Does this prove that whole-body CT is more than just a luxury with unproven benefits?

May 27, 2003

Musculoskeletal Imaging: The Requisites

The true strength of this book lies in its 200-page review of trauma. The hundreds of images spanning all modalities, with detailed descriptions and routine use of diagrams, make it accessible to anyone on a musculoskeletal rotation or on-call.

May 26, 2003

Chest CR outperforms screen-film catheter localization

By Shalmali Pal

The performance of storage-phosphor computed radiography is markedly superior to that of screen-film radiography for detecting low-contrast catheter materials on bedside chest x-rays, regardless of the dose level, according to researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria.

May 25, 2003

FDG-PET trumps CT for colon cancer staging

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Results from a recent study show that 18FDG-PET studies are highly accurate in detecting the spread of colon cancer, and should be used for the staging or restaging of patients with the disease. The study also found that PET scans are very useful for evaluating patients with recurrent colon cancer.

May 22, 2003

New approaches aid CT perfusion for ischemia

By Eric Barnes

In 104 patients with suspected brain ischemia, Dr. Martin Petrik and colleagues from the University of Greifswald in Germany used timesaving methods to speed diagnosis and treatment. Meanwhile, a team led by Marcel Quist tested noise-reduction filters and found a winner.

May 22, 2003

NAS sales sag in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer North American Scientific reported second-quarter net sales of $2.9 million, down 42% from the $5 million booked in the second quarter of 2002.

May 21, 2003

CTF adds MEG sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

VSM MedTech subsidiary CTF Systems has signed a contract to install its 275-channel Omega magnetoencephalography (MEG) system at No. 85 Hospital of the Chinese People's Liberation Army in Shanghai.

May 19, 2003

Nomos debuts ImageSync

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Nomos has introduced ImageSync, an ultrasound real-time imaging and positioning offering.

May 19, 2003

PET bests CT in cancer staging

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

While you’re visiting the Molecular Imaging Digital Community, be sure to check out the latest updates to Dr. Scott Williams’ online book, Nuclear Medicine on the Internet.

May 18, 2003

Spiral CT protocol predicts kidney stone composition

By Jill Stein

Using a ratio of peak attenuation to kidney stone size on spiral CT allows physicians to distinguish predominantly uric acid calculi from predominantly calcium oxalate calculi, according to a presentation at the 2003 American Urological Association meeting in Chicago.

May 18, 2003

CT-guided resection of osteoid osteoma obviates surgery

By Eric Barnes

Faster and cheaper than surgery -- maybe even better than radiofrequency ablation -- a technique for percutaneously extracting lytic bone lesions in young adults has yielded impressive results at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

May 15, 2003

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