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Turkish health ministry signs with Elekta

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Turkish Ministry of Health plans to acquire Elekta's linear accelerators and radiation therapy software systems for seven hospitals in the country.

January 18, 2015

ASRT: Enrollment in radiography, nuclear medicine declines

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The number of first-year students enrolling in radiography and nuclear medicine programs declined in 2014, while the number of students enrolling in radiation therapy programs increased, according to a survey conducted by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT).

January 15, 2015

Novel MRI scanner helps diagnose neonates with pulmonary issues

By Wayne Forrest

Thanks to a specially modified compact MRI scanner, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center is having early success in imaging infants in its neonatal intensive care unit for pulmonary ailments and abnormal lung development.

January 15, 2015

Imaging licensure bill introduced in Alaska

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Alaska Rep. Chris Tuck has filed a bill in the state's House of Representatives that would require licensure for personnel performing medical imaging and radiation therapy procedures, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

January 14, 2015

Lung plus head/neck cancer screening delivers high yields

By Eric Barnes

Head and neck cancer is too rare to screen for in the general population, but using CT to screen those who are also being checked for lung cancer draws a relatively high yield of malignancies, according to an analysis published online in Cancer.

January 14, 2015

PET/MRI spots neuroinflammation from chronic back pain

By Wayne Forrest

PET/MR images have led researchers for the first time to confirm evidence of neuroinflammation in key regions of the brain in patients with chronic back pain, according to a study published online January 12 in Brain.

January 14, 2015

Annual DBT screening could slash health costs, study finds

By Kate Madden Yee

By reducing recalls and catching breast cancer earlier, digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) could yield hundreds of millions of dollars in U.S. healthcare cost savings if it were added to mammography for annual breast cancer screening, according to a new study conducted by Truven Health Analytics.

January 13, 2015

B-mode ultrasound spots subclinical atherosclerosis

By Erik L. Ridley

Thanks to advances in automation and improved imaging capabilities, B-mode ultrasound can be used to assess subclinical atherosclerotic disease and better identify those patients who would benefit from medical intervention prior to symptom onset, according to research published in Global Heart.

January 12, 2015

Subtraction CTA boosts in-stent restenosis evaluation

By Eric Barnes

A new study of digital subtraction CT angiography (DSCTA) found that it vastly improved the visualization of the stent lumen by eliminating metallic artifacts, according to researchers from Japan. The technique was particularly effective in improving the assessment of very small stents.

January 8, 2015

SyntheticMR signs Cincinnati Children's

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SyntheticMR has delivered its SyMRI workflow and decision-support software to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

January 7, 2015

PET links rehab with recovery from brain damage

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using PET, Japanese researchers examined a special kind of neural plasticity that allows for motor function recovery during rehabilitation after brain damage, according to a study published in the January 7 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

January 7, 2015

Single-digit growth forecast for global x-ray market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Increasing demand for bedside and emergency medical imaging is expected to expand the global x-ray market through 2018, according to a new report from Transparency Market Research.

January 6, 2015

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