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Varian shuffles executive lineup

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has made several management moves.

October 1, 2002

Nomos, MCP to sell complete IMRT offering

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) provider Nomos is partnering with radiation therapy equipment remarketer MCP International to market a turnkey IMRT offering that includes a linear accelerator, multileaf collimator, CT scanner, and inverse treatment-planning software.

October 1, 2002

Magna-Lab, MGH conclude MRI coil study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI developer Magna-Lab of Lynnfield, MA, and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have concluded an intravascular MRI catheter coil study on animal subjects.

October 1, 2002

Kodak film-screen in place at Rockford Memorial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Rockford Memorial Hospital has converted to Eastman Kodak Health Imaging film.

September 30, 2002

Turf Wars in Radiology, Part V: Radiologists, orthopedists put best foot forward

The bad news, at least from the radiologist's perspective, is that many orthopedists like to perform their own imaging studies. The good news is that some radiologists are beginning to deliver musculoskeletal imaging services in ways that make it easy for their orthopedic colleagues to value and rely on radiologists' expertise.

September 30, 2002

Aurora reports MRI-guided breast biopsy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Physicians at Faulkner Hospital in Boston have performed a successful breast biopsy procedure using an MRI-guided interventional system by Aurora Imaging Technology.

September 29, 2002

Referring physicians reserve perfusion imaging for sickest patients

BALTIMORE - Coronary artery disease patients with the most serious symptoms are more likely to wind up in the nuclear medicine imaging department, resulting in skewed referral patterns, according to a presentation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting.

September 29, 2002

PET advocates urge CMS to rethink proposed reimbursement rates

By Kate Madden Yee

Less than six months after raising Medicare reimbursement rates for FDG-PET procedures, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recommended significantly lower rates for 2003, sparking a flurry of activity among PET proponents to educate CMS on the true cost of PET.

September 29, 2002

Wait time reduced with new rest-stress test protocol

BALTIMORE - Imaging specialists performing the standard technetium-99m sestamibi stress protocol may not need to wait three hours between tests to allow for the breakdown of sestamibi, according to a poster presented Thursday at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference.

September 26, 2002

GE debuts cardiac gamma camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems is launching Millennium Myosight, a new dedicated cardiac gamma camera, at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference in Baltimore this week.

September 26, 2002

Iowa Methodist converts to Kodak film-screen systems

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The X-Sight line can reduce radiation exposure.

September 25, 2002

Turf Wars in Radiology IV: Radiologists, ob/gyns sound off on fetal imaging

Taking a defensive position over obstetric and gynecologic ultrasound turf is futile; staying focused on what both imaging and ob-gyn can respectively contribute helps foster a collaborative environment, fetal imaging specialists claim.

September 25, 2002

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