Clinical News: Page 1121

Constipated kids don't need abdominal x-rays
By Cynthia E. Keen
The practice of ordering an abdominal x-ray exam for constipated children to assess the presence of retained feces or to confirm a diagnosis made during a physical exam should be stopped, as the procedure is of limited value, according to an analysis published online in Pediatric Radiology.
August 3, 2010
Varian expands consulting services
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems is now also offering its clinical consulting services to customers in Europe and Australasia.
August 3, 2010
Enhanced reference standard boosts CTA accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Borrowing a technique from the virtual colonoscopy playbook, researchers from South Carolina and Germany found that coronary CT angiography (CTA) is better than previously thought compared to catheter-based coronary angiography -- in fact the two tests are essentially equivalent, they said.
August 3, 2010
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Carestream completes DRX install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health has installed a Carestream DRX-Evolution dual-detector digital radiography (DR) room in the accident and emergency department at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex, U.K.
August 2, 2010
Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images
By Wayne Forrest
Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 2, 2010
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Italray nets 2 DRF orders
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Italian x-ray vendor Italray has received two orders for its Clinodigit Omega DRF system.
August 2, 2010
IBA to build proton center in Poland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract to build a proton therapy center in Krakow, Poland.
August 1, 2010
Docetaxel with radiation helpful in anaplastic thyroid cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 2 - Patients with rare but aggressive anaplastic thyroid carcinomas responded extremely well to radiation and concomitant docetaxel in a small case series from Austria.
August 1, 2010
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Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions
By Eric Barnes
Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.
July 29, 2010
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Acuitas Medical secures investment
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
MRI software company Acuitas Medical has secured funding of 700,000 euros ($900,000 U.S.) from two sources to further develop its MR-based fine texture analysis technology for the early diagnosis and management of cancer, organ fibrosis, and other diseases.
July 29, 2010
Supersized CONFIRM trial tackles coronary CTA and mortality
By Eric Barnes
In a study that probes what may be the largest database of detailed coronary CT angiography (CTA) results assembled to date, New York City researchers found an integral association between coronary artery disease and mortality at coronary CTA in patients without known heart disease.
July 29, 2010
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Siemens sees rebound in Q3 results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG announced positive results for its Siemens Healthcare business in its fiscal 2010 third quarter.
July 28, 2010
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