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Waist size predicts optimal CT dose in virtual colonoscopy

By Eric Barnes

Conforming CT protocols to the patient's body mass can help determine the lowest radiation dose needed to provide diagnostic-quality images. Virtual colonoscopy providers in the Netherlands appear to have found a way to quantify the process without overcomplicating it.

February 6, 2003

Alara receives densitometer patents

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bone densitometry developer Alara of Hayward, CA, has received two U.S. patents, 6,490,339 and 6,510,197, for its MetriScan peripheral bone densitometer.

February 5, 2003

Vital Images releases new Vitrea version

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Vital Images has released version 3.2 of its Vitrea 2 3-D visualization and analysis software for CT and MR image data.

February 4, 2003

Sectra-Imtec, Konica, Galen team up to create orthopedic PACS

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS vendor Sectra of Linkoping, Sweden, Konica Medical Imaging of Wayne, NJ, and Galen Orthopaedic Technologies of New Orleans have entered into an agreement to create and distribute a family of digital imaging solutions specifically designed for orthopedic surgeons.

February 4, 2003

Dynamic MR enteroclysis negotiates twists, turns of small bowel disease

By Shalmali Pal

Overlapping or collapsed bowel loops are a common problem in gastrointestinal imaging, one that can impede the accurate diagosis of small bowel disease. Several groups of radiologists in Europe and the U.S. relied on MR enteroclysis as an alternative method of examining the small bowel.

February 4, 2003

Cardiac MRI: An ER triage tool?

By Brian Casey

Could cardiac MRI become a first-line triage tool for patients presenting to the emergency room with chest pain? Researchers from the National Institutes of Health say cardiac MRI is both sensitive and specific in detecting acute coronary syndrome in such patients.

February 4, 2003