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Ultrasound Doppler mode detects low-grade MSK inflammation

By Erik L. Ridley

A new Doppler ultrasound technique can provide better visualization of low-grade inflammation in joints and tendons than power Doppler ultrasound, yielding clinical information that often influences patient management, a team of U.K. researchers recently found.

February 16, 2015

Carestream wins NFL combine DR contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health's DRX-1 digital radiography (DR) detector will be used in an existing x-ray system at this month's 2015 National Football League (NFL) scouting combine.

February 16, 2015

Agfa launches enterprise cardiology suite at ACC 2015

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare plans to launch its Enterprise Imaging for Cardiology Suite and highlight its partnership with imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems at the upcoming American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in San Diego.

February 16, 2015

Study: 1 in 4 Saudis headed for heart attack

By Eric Barnes

Within the next 10 years, one-fourth of all adults in Saudi Arabia will have a heart attack, according to research presented at the Saudi Heart Association annual conference in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

February 12, 2015

MRI shows meth's effects on young brains

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI scans indicate that adolescents who chronically use methamphetamine experience greater and more widespread alterations in the brain than adults who abuse the drug, according to a study from the University of Utah and Ewha Womans University in Seoul, South Korea.

February 12, 2015

U.S. SPECT, PET radiopharma market shows promise amid challenges

By Wayne Forrest

Advances in neurological and cardiac imaging are expected to fuel sales growth in the SPECT and PET radiopharmaceutical markets in the U.S. in the second half of the decade, according to a new market research report from Bio-Tech Systems.

February 12, 2015

MRI links concussions to brain damage in young hockey players

By Wayne Forrest

A new University of Vermont study published in the February Journal of Pediatrics used MRI to connect concussions sustained by young ice hockey players with subtle changes in the outer layer of the brain that controls higher-level reasoning and behavior.

February 12, 2015

Study finds ultrasound can attack Alzheimer's symptoms

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI-guided focused ultrasound treatment was able to decrease symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in mice, according to a new study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

February 11, 2015

Mobile stroke unit with CT scanner speeds care in Cleveland

By Eric Barnes

A mobile stroke treatment unit with a CT scanner and medical personnel aboard is dramatically cutting time-to-treatment decisions for Cleveland stroke patients. Clot-busting drugs were provided in nearly half the usual time, according to a study presented at this week's 2015 International Stroke Conference.

February 11, 2015

Agfa readies new Musica for Neonatal launch at ECR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare will be unveiling its Musica for Neonatal image processing software for digital radiography (DR) exams at next month's ECR 2015 in Vienna.

February 10, 2015

Capintec acquires Optility nuclear medicine software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Energy measurement firm Capintec has acquired Optility software from Synergic Solutions.

February 10, 2015

Nuclear medicine physicians must change to survive

By Louise Gagnon

While nuclear medicine is not in imminent danger of extinction, it may need to reinvent itself for the future, according to the president of the British Nuclear Medicine Society. In particular, nuclear medicine physicians need to shed their self-image as purely imaging-based physicians to become more involved in clinical areas.

February 10, 2015

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