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Newbridge Capital scoops up BodyScan Imaging, affiliates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Newbridge Capital, a Newport Beach, CA-based financial management company, has signed an agreement to acquire all assets and business interests of Irvine, CA-based BodyScan Imaging, Cardiac Imaging, and BodyScan’s affiliate business, Imaging Center Management.
December 10, 2002
E-Z-EM touts colon CAD for InnerviewGI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
E-Z-EM featured several advances for its InnerviewGI workstation at last week’s RSNA meeting. Enhancements include a new work-in-progress protocol that applies computer-aided detection (CAD) algorithms to virtual colonoscopy studies, according to executives of the Westbury, NY, vendor
December 9, 2002
CT highlights neoplasm in secondary appendicitis
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) CT accurately demonstrates underlying neoplasm in most patients presenting with secondary appendicitis, according to a retrospective study of U.S. military personnel.
December 9, 2002
MRI shows differences between adults with ADHD, controls
By Paula Moyer
Recent MRI studies have shown differences between people with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and control subjects. But what do the differences mean?
December 8, 2002
PET/CT shows promise for peritoneal carcinomatosis
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - The combination of two technologies with PET/CT fusion imaging could provide the best possible imaging study for the detection of ovarian cancer.
December 5, 2002
Plain film x-rays not needed with CT to evaluate polytrauma spinal injuries
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Doctors who work at a busy trauma center in Miami said plain x-ray films of the neck are unnecessary if the patients with multiple injuries receive a routine spiral CT scan upon admission.
December 5, 2002
Virtual endoscopy trumps MIP MR for evaluation of common biliary tract
CHICAGO - In a series of 68 patients who underwent virtual endoscopy (VE) for evaluation of the common biliary tract, VE was more effective than maximum intensity projection (MIP) MR for identifying small stones, according to a study presented at this week's RSNA show by a team of French researchers.
December 5, 2002
Bracco set to reintroduce Kinevac
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, announced this week that it has received FDA approval to resume manufacture and marketing of Kinevac, the synthetic cholecystokinin drug used to force the gall bladder to contract during nuclear imaging in order to determine ejection fractions.
December 5, 2002
US-guided needle therapy provides quick relief for joint injuries
CHICAGO - Ultrasound-guided percutaneous needle therapy is an effective treatment option for sports-related joint injuries that don’t respond to conservative treatments, according to Dr. Levon Nazarian, professor of radiology at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. Nazarian presented a study on the topic at this week's RSNA meeting.
December 4, 2002
MR spectroscopy provides noninvasive prostate cancer staging
CHICAGO - Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City are reporting that proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can accurately predict Gleason scores in prostate cancer, making it the first effective, noninvasive method for staging prostate cancer.
December 4, 2002
MRI shows progression of West Nile virus encephalitis
CHICAGO - Serial MR imaging of West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis in the brain of a man who died after contracting the illness shows that extensive disease may be present in such patients before it can be seen in MRI.
December 4, 2002
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Italian study demonstrates value of MR in Crohn’s disease assessment
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - MRI added to the pre-treatment workup of patients with Crohn’s disease offers important information on the activity and extent of the illness as well as possible complications that may require surgery.
December 2, 2002
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