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Gated SPECT best indicator for cardiac events
By Wayne Forrest
Myocardial perfusion abnormalities obtained after stress, as well as the extent of scar tissue detected by gated SPECT, are the best predictors of cardiac events in patients with suspected or known ischemic heart disease, according to a new Italian study.
April 12, 2009
Drug boost plus radiotherapy promising in glioblastoma
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 13 - Intensive treatment with a combination of lomustine, temozolomide, and radiotherapy can achieve long-term survival in patients newly diagnosed with glioblastoma, German and Swiss researchers report in the March 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
April 12, 2009
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Study: MRI detects cause of writer's cramp
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A French study has found that abnormalities in the fibers connecting different brain areas may contribute to muscle disorders, such as writer's cramp.
April 12, 2009
ETIAM upgrades CD-in
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French software firm ETIAM has released an upgrade for CD-in, the company's application for importing images on CDs and DVDs or other media from outside institutions into a PACS network.
April 9, 2009
U.K. specialists want relevancy, detail in radiology reports
By Cynthia E. Keen
Radiology reports that are most beneficial include clinical comments and are presented in a consistent, easy-to-read tabular format, according to a survey of physicians ordering radiology procedures from a community hospital in northwest England.
April 9, 2009
Brown adipose tissue physiologically active in adults
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 9 - Contrary to what many people have thought, brown adipose tissue appears to be physiologically active in adult humans, according to the results of three studies reported in the New England Journal of Medicine for April 9.
April 8, 2009
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U.K. report published on acceptable dose to pregnant women
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
With the exception of CT exams, the risk of cancer to a fetus caused by radiation dose exposure from a diagnostic imaging procedure is far less than the natural risk of childhood cancer, a report by the U.K. Health Protection Agency advises.
April 7, 2009
Xograph completes Yorkshire install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has installed its buckyStar system at Grange Surgery, a general practice surgery facility in Hemsworth, Yorkshire.
April 6, 2009
Siemens takes Mammomat order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received an order for its Mammomat Inspiration full-field digital mammography system with tomosynthesis technology.
April 6, 2009
Adding chest CT to VC not cost-effective, study finds
By Eric Barnes
Adding a chest CT scan to screening virtual colonoscopy isn't cost-effective in a cohort of average-risk patients, a new model-based analysis concluded. Although the additional anatomic coverage increased the clinical efficiency of CT-based screening, the combined test would not detect enough serious pathology to cover the costs of detection and follow-up of disease.
April 6, 2009
NHS awards new contract to BT Health
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare telecommunications provider BT Health is to take over responsibility for supporting hospitals in the south of England as part of the U.K.'s Connecting for Health information technology project.
April 5, 2009
Fecal occult blood screening may help reduce colorectal cancer mortality
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 6 - Pilot studies indicate that a population-based approach to guaiac fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) appears likely to reduce colorectal cancer mortality, Scottish researchers report in the April issue of Gut.
April 5, 2009
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