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Demetech touts study results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish bone densitometry vendor Demetech is touting clinical results on predicting risk of hip fracture with its DXL Calscan heel-scanning bone densitometer rather than larger dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry devices.
September 14, 2009
Routine angiography valuable before vascular surgery
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 10 - In medium- to high-risk cardiac patients who need major vascular surgery, coronary angiography should be done routinely because it improves long-term outcomes, Italian researchers report in the September 8 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
September 9, 2009
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Xograph completes Ziehm install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, recently delivered a Ziehm Vision mobile C-arm image intensifier to the Runnymede Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey.
August 18, 2009
Primary PCI vs. prehospital lysis for MI: similar survival
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 19 - Five-year survival is similar whether patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) are treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or prehospital lysis followed by transfer to an interventional facility.
August 18, 2009
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Dual-source CT can reduce radiation exposure with optimization protocols
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 12 - Radiation exposure can be reduced using dual-source CT instead of 16- or 64-slice CT for coronary angiography, but only if dose optimization protocols are used, according to a report in the August 15 issue of Heart.
August 11, 2009
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Some stenoses go undiagnosed with 64-slice CCTA
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Anatomic discordance and, in some cases, the reader's failure to accurately quantify intermediate stenosis, results in limited per-segment sensitivity for 64-detector-row coronary CT angiography (CCTA), concludes a new study in the August issue of Radiology.
August 9, 2009
Dual-source coronary CTA has advantages over 64-slice
By Eric Barnes
Even in patients with well-controlled heart rates, dual-source coronary CT angiography (CTA) delivers significantly higher specificity and accuracy per coronary segment compared to 64-detector-row CTA, concludes a new study from Switzerland.
August 6, 2009
Report: DR market poised to grow
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The transition to digital radiography (DR) from analog x-ray will continue, despite the current global economic situation, according to a report by market research firm InMedica.
August 5, 2009
Portable DR gets rockers back into the mosh pit
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The use of a portable digital radiography (DR) system at a major U.K. music festival helped emergency personnel triage patients and send back to the event many music fans who otherwise might have been referred to a local hospital.
August 5, 2009
IAEA study finds that interventional dose may be too high
By Brian Casey
Many patients at hospitals in developing countries may be getting too much radiation dose during interventional radiology and cardiology procedures, according to a study sponsored by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 4, 2009
Lower-kilovoltage coronary CTA maintains image quality
By Eric Barnes
In a study that included all but the heaviest cardiac imaging patients, European and Japanese researchers were able to cut radiation dose by 31% in coronary CT angiography (CTA) studies by reducing the kilovoltage from 120 kV to 100 kV, with no difference in image quality.
August 4, 2009
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AFP Imaging sells dental CBCT division
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Digital x-ray developer AFP Imaging has sold its Italian Quantitative Radiology subsidiary, developer of the NewTom conebeam CT (CBCT) dental scanner.
July 30, 2009
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