Clinical News: Page 1062

Varian/Brainlab grows in Scotland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendors Varian Medical Systems and Brainlab announced that they have installed a Novalis Tx radiotherapy system at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre of the Western General Hospital in Scotland.
September 27, 2011
Drug mules and low-dose CT; optimize chest x-rays; cardiac CT registry
By Philip Ward
September 27, 2011
Novel x-ray computer model avoids need for repeat exposures
By Rebekah Moan
A digitally reconstructed radiograph computer algorithm has been produced -- and validated -- that adequately simulates anatomical and system noise. The image evaluators grade simulated chest x-rays at different exposure parameters to optimize radiographic technique for clinical computed radiography without repeat patient exposures.
September 27, 2011
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Healthcare Informatics Insider
By Cynthia E. Keen
September 27, 2011
Radiopharmaceutical targets bone metastases in prostate cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
An experimental drug that delivers small doses of radiation to bone metastases in prostate cancer patients has shown that it can prolong survival significantly, according to research presented at the European Multidisciplinary Cancer Congress, held in Stockholm this week.
September 27, 2011
Avinger obtains CE Mark for catheter
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Cardiology catheter manufacturer Avinger has received CE Mark approval for its Ocelot catheter.
September 27, 2011
German registry sheds light on cardiac CT
By Philip Ward
New evidence from the German cardiac CT registry has shown that CT angiography is not followed by any further test in two out of three patients, is followed by invasive angiography in less than 20% of cases, and helps to avoid invasive angiography in 40% of patients.
September 27, 2011
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Enterprise PACS project brings rewards in Hong Kong
By Cynthia E. Keen
A bold and ambitious plan to make the medical records of Hong Kong's 7 million citizens electronically accessible is showing signs of success. Today an integrated electronic medical record system links the public hospitals and clinics of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority.
September 27, 2011
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AuntMinnieEurope.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Rebekah Moan
September 26, 2011
Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, and radiologists must be alert to this potential problem, according to new peer-reviewed research.
September 26, 2011
New innovations give added impetus to breast ultrasound
By Mélisande Rouger, Rebekah Moan
When it comes to breast ultrasound, combining B-mode, Doppler techniques, and elastography can help improve true-positive and true-negative diagnosis results by reducing the operator's influence on the outcome, according to an Austrian expert.
September 26, 2011
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Study: Speech recognition produces errors in breast reports
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast imaging reports generated with automated speech recognition software are eight times more likely to contain major errors than those generated with conventional dictation transcription, according to a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 26, 2011
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