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US-guided core biopsy establishes malignancy in renal masses
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Radiologists from the University of Michigan Medical Center in Ann Arbor conducted a retrospective study of ultrasound-guided core biopsies of renal masses in order to determine the usefulness of the procedure.
August 21, 2002
Magna-Lab, Dartmouth-Hitchcock to test MR coil
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magna-Lab and the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center will study the transesophageal (TE) MR coil.
August 20, 2002
Ultrasound confirms snapping hip
By Tracie L. Thompson
Researchers from the Eulji University School of Medicine in Seoul and the Keimyung University School of Medicine in Daegu published a rare radiologic report on the syndrome in the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
August 20, 2002
Philips debuts virtual colonoscopy tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has introduced Endo 3D - Unfolded, a virtual colonoscopy technique included in version 5.2 of its EasyVision multimodality image processing workstation.
August 19, 2002
SonoSite launches iLook in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SonoSite will offer two versions of the new platform: iLook 15 and iLook 25.
August 18, 2002
Dobutamine SPECT helps assess myocardial viability
Stress-gated SPECT imaging with a dobutamine-based radiopharmaceutical shows promise as a cardiac stress test, according to researchers from the Medical School of Ribeirao Preto in Brazil and the Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan.
August 18, 2002
MRS tops MRI in staging hypoxic injury
By Tracie L. Thompson
Magnetic resonance spectroscopy is more sensitive than MR imaging for gauging the lingering injury to newborns caused by hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), according to researchers in India.
August 15, 2002
CT zeros in on brain-tissue damage in heat-stroke patients
By Shalmali Pal
Heat stroke occurs when the body is unable to regulate its temperature, which then rises rapidly. An interdisciplinary team from Israel found that CT scans could be used to track the changes in the central nervous system of heat-stroke victims.
August 13, 2002
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AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #14: PET procedures per site
In 2001, the estimated average annual volume of clinical PET procedures per site was 385. Fixed PET sites conducted an average of 860 procedures per site in 2001, while mobile PET sites logged an average of 190 per site, and sites with NM-CD performed 195 procedures per site.
August 5, 2002
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New camera may improve scintimammography
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new gamma camera designed specifically for breast imaging may improve the sensitivity of nuclear medicine in detecting breast cancer, an early study has found. The sensitivity of scintimammographic cancer detection increased from 64.3% with the conventional camera to 78.6% with the breast-specific camera.
August 5, 2002
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Half-dose chest CT produces acceptable image quality
By Erik L. Ridley
Using half the standard dose for routine chest CT studies can still produce images of acceptable quality, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Their results are published in this month's American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 4, 2002
Camtronics adds Vericis installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Camtronics Medical Systems has installed its Vericis echocardiography image and information management system at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
July 31, 2002
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