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NCCN updates non-small cell lung cancer guidelines
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer for the first time since 1996.
November 19, 2014
Handheld US helps medical students with diagnosis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Providing medical students with training on how to use handheld ultrasound can yield improved accuracy in physical diagnosis, according to research presented on November 18 at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
November 19, 2014
Lung cancer screening with CT: Now what?
By Eric Barnes
Medicare payments have been approved for CT lung cancer screening. But what happens now? For radiologists, screening for lung cancer is every bit as challenging now as it was two weeks ago, and for all its benefits, it's a service that is not expected to be anybody's profit center, lung cancer experts told AuntMinnie.com.
November 19, 2014
Elekta completes New Zealand installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta has installed its Versa HD radiation therapy treatment system at the Kathleen Kilgour Center in Tauranga, New Zealand.
November 19, 2014
Konica Minolta debuts ImagePilot Aero for orthopedics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging has unveiled its new ImagePilot Aero digital radiography system for orthopedic clinics.
November 19, 2014
Nico and Synaptive sign 3D brain surgery deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional medical device developer Nico and 3D visualization firm Synaptive Medical have signed an agreement to combine their technologies to develop an integrated system for neurosurgery.
November 16, 2014
JAMA: Routine CCTA scans of diabetics not warranted
By Eric Barnes
Research being presented at this week's American Heart Association conference found that routine screening of asymptomatic diabetic patients with coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is not warranted for preventing death from coronary artery disease. The study is also being published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
November 16, 2014
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TBI reauthorization passes U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Reauthorization Act of 2014 has passed the U.S. House of Representatives, providing money for TBI-related programs through the 2019 fiscal year, according to the Brain Injury Association of America advocacy group.
November 13, 2014
ASTRO welcomes Medicare CT lung cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) on Friday praised the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for its draft decision in favor of screening seniors at high risk for lung cancer with low-dose CT.
November 13, 2014
Medtronic gets Japanese clearance for MRI-compatible ICD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Medtronic announced it has received regulatory approval in Japan to market an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) that can undergo MRI scans.
November 13, 2014
FDG-PET outshines SPECT for Alzheimer's disease
By Wayne Forrest
British researchers recommend FDG-PET over perfusion SPECT to diagnose and differentiate Alzheimer's disease from dementia with Lewy bodies after the hybrid modality proved its "significant superiority" in a study published online November 5 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
November 13, 2014
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MRI brain segmentation software boosts speed, accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Texas researchers have developed a new knowledge-based segmentation technique that surpasses previous efforts to segment the brain accurately with MRI, according to a new report in the Journal of Medical Imaging.
November 13, 2014
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