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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
Varian lands U.K. order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received an order from Barts and the London NHS Trust in the U.K.
August 5, 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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FFDM plus CAD beats analog mammography
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) with computer-aided detection (CAD) found more cancers than analog mammography in a large screening population, according to a study conducted by Dutch researchers.
August 3, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler continues record course
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Fueled by sales growth in its Nuclear Imaging segment, radiation therapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik set new sales records at the six-month mark of 2009.
August 3, 2009
iCAD scores Spanish CAD order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has completed a six-system mammography CAD sale to Osakidetza Regional Health Care Service in the Basque region of Spain.
August 2, 2009
Transcranial Doppler may predict TIA outcome
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) and abnormal transcranial Doppler findings face a high risk of further cerebral and cardiovascular ischemic events, according to research published in BMC Medical Imaging.
August 2, 2009
Sophisticated electronic bowel cleansing boosts polyp detection
By Eric Barnes
A new suite of investigational image-processing tools known as structure-analysis cleansing is improving the results of virtual colonoscopy scans performed after limited bowel preparation. The goal is to make virtual colonoscopy easier on patients and persuade them to get screened for colorectal cancer.
August 2, 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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