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Color won’t enhance US of thyroid nodules
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Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Color Doppler cannot be used to differentiate benign and malignant solid thyroid nodules, according to radiologists at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. However, they demonstrated that 42% of solid hypervascular thyroid nodules are likely to be malignant.
March 23, 2003
Duke to install Vericis
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AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Camtronics Medical Systems will be installing its Vericis for Cardiology image and information management system at Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center in Durham, NC.
March 23, 2003
Routine chest x-rays don’t enhance thoracotomy catheter assessment
CHICAGO - Researchers at the American Pain Society meeting reported that routine postoperative chest x-rays are often of limited quality and that catheter tip location is difficult to identify on most films.
March 23, 2003
New reports address prostate cancer staging, therapy
By
Tracie L. Thompson
Dutch researchers have found 11C-choline PET imaging to be more accurate than MRI or CT in staging of lymph node involvement in prostate cancer; meanwhile, a new U.S. database analysis says that younger prostate cancer patients shouldn’t be steered away from radiation therapy merely because of their age.
March 23, 2003
Breast MRI expert offers tips
By
Brian Casey
Breast MRI is a powerful but often misunderstood technology that is just beginning to come into its own. Careful selection of when to use breast MRI can help breast imaging facilities make the most of this technique, according to Dr. Bruce Porter of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle.
March 20, 2003
Tips and techniques make MRI feasible for breast centers
By
Deborah R. Dakins
Breast MRI is a valuable problem-solving tool in breast imaging, but even this highly sensitive technique can be humbled. Exam timing, indications, and technique are critical to success, according to Dr. Bruce Porter, medical director of First Hill Diagnostic Imaging in Seattle.
March 19, 2003
E-Z-EM closes deal with MAGNET
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AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mid-Atlantic Group Network of Shared Services (MAGNET) has signed a three-year contract with virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, making it the provider of virtual colonoscopy equipment and CT injector systems to MAGNET’s network of healthcare providers.
March 18, 2003
Meta-analysis of virtual colonoscopy studies yields promising results
By
Eric Barnes
The results of several large multicenter trials in virtual colonoscopy will have to be completed before the technique can be considered a true alternative to conventional colonoscopy. But a group of researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston couldn't wait, so they analyzed the existing literature in an effort to produce the next best thing.
March 18, 2003
Boston Scientific starts Taxus V clinical trials
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AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has started a new clinical trial to evaluate the use of a slow-release formulation of its Taxus paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system in high-risk patients.
March 17, 2003
MR spectroscopy reveals reduced neuronal viability in ADHD kids
TORONTO - A proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) neuroimaging study of children with attention deficient/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has turned up a mystery, according to a presentation Monday at the Rotman Research Institute conference.
March 17, 2003
Bracco issues Isovue clarification
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AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, has released a letter to U.S. cardiologists and radiologists stating that its Isovue product was not included in a recent New England Journal of Medicine.
March 16, 2003
Radiologists’ skills crucial in event of bioterrorist attack
By
Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists will play crucial roles in diagnosing and treating illnesses caused by biological agents, particularly inhalational anthrax, which manifests specific symptoms on chest x-rays and CT scans, according to an article in the latest issue of the
American Journal of Roentgenology
March 13, 2003
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