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Turner inks deal to sell fluoro unit in U.K., Ireland

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

X-ray developer Turner Imaging Systems has made a deal with medical imaging supplier MIS Healthcare to market Turner's portable fluoroscopy x-ray imaging device in the U.K. and Ireland.

June 29, 2021

Philips highlights new fast cardiac MRI protocol

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Royal Philips and the Spanish National Center for Cardiovascular Research have developed an MRI technique that provides a complete cardiac study in less than a minute.

June 29, 2021

Through COVID-19 pandemic, CT has shown high diagnostic accuracy

By Kate Madden Yee

A study that includes a cohort of more than 10,000 patients has found that throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, chest CT demonstrated 80% accuracy in diagnosing COVID-19, according to research published June 29 in Radiology.

June 29, 2021

Kopans: TMIST trial design is biased against DBT

By Amerigo Allegretto

The design of the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (TMIST) may be less favorable toward digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and may have unintended consequences for women's health, according to Dr. Daniel Kopans of Harvard University in an analysis published June 24 in Clinical Imaging.

June 29, 2021

Does the COVID-19 vaccine cause myocarditis?

By Kate Madden Yee

Do messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccines cause myocarditis? Perhaps -- but not on a scale that should prevent people from getting vaccinated, according to two studies published June 29 in JAMA Cardiology.

June 29, 2021

HIV-positive people have higher incidence of coronary plaque

By Kate Madden Yee

Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) shows that HIV-positive people have higher incidence of coronary plaque -- even if they are at low to moderate risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published June 29 in JAMA Network Open.

June 28, 2021

4DMedical reports NIH funding for preclinical scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical image analysis software developer 4DMedical said that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has provided funding for the University of Michigan to acquire the company's Permetium preclinical scanner.

June 28, 2021

More green space may not lead to better bone health

By Will Morton

For older adults living near Hong Kong's green space, the grass may not be greener -- at least in terms of bone health. A recent study found that participants who lived closer to the city's green space actually had lower levels of bone health.

June 28, 2021

Ultrasound could rule out need for x-ray in scoliosis screening

By Amerigo Allegretto

Ultrasound is useful in identifying schoolchildren who do not require specialist referral for follow-up x-rays as part of scoliosis screening programs, according to research published June 28 in Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology.

June 28, 2021

Tau PET bests amyloid PET, MRI in Alzheimer's prognostic study

By Will Morton

Tau PET is superior to amyloid PET and MRI for detecting cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease patients over time and may serve as a prognostic tool to help manage patients in the early stages of the disease, according to a study published June 28 in JAMA Neurology.

June 28, 2021

Researchers report on PET/CT's COVID-19 pandemic performance

By Will Morton

When it comes to imaging diseases like COVID-19, FDG-PET/CT may not be the first modality that springs to mind. But its performance over the past year for identifying infection and inflammation in COVID-19 patients offers strong evidence of its value.

June 27, 2021

Rural areas lack access to CT lung cancer screening

By Kate Madden Yee

A hospital's geographic location can influence what kinds of services it offers, and low-dose CT for lung cancer screening may not be available to many living in rural areas, according to a study published June 15 in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

June 24, 2021

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