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MRI keeps pace with rapidly evolving musculoskeletal systems of young athletes

By Shalmali Pal

BERLIN - About 35 million kids in the U.S. participate in organized or recreational sports. In general, they concentrate on one sport and train at accelerated levels, resulting in overuse and repetitive stress injuries that are compounded by the delicate nature of a growing musculoskeletal system. At the 2007 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) meeting on Saturday, two presentations focused on pediatric sports injuries and typical MR signs of various chronic musculoskeletal issues.

May 19, 2007

CEI partners with University of Freiburg

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computational Engineering International (CEI) of Apex, NC, and the University of Freiburg Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Physics in Germany have signed a deal to partner to develop new visualization techniques for radiology.

May 16, 2007

Esaote to buy Kontron from Fukuda Denshi

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The French subsidiary of Italian medical device firm Esaote of Genoa has signed an agreement to buy Kontron Medical from Tokyo-based medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi.

May 16, 2007

Varian scores large Danish linac order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received a large radiotherapy equipment order from hospitals in Denmark.

May 16, 2007

Merge adds Belgian Fusion order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has received an order for its Fusion RIS/PACS network from the Algemeen Ziekenhuis Heilige Familie (AZHF) in Rumst, Belgium.

May 15, 2007

Liver stiffness tied to portal hypertension in cirrhosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 16 - Liver stiffness is indicative of portal hypertension in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related cirrhosis, Italian researchers report in the May issue of Hepatology. The team from the University of Florence evaluated the ability of transient elastography to predict portal hypertension in 61 patients with HCV-related chronic liver disease.

May 15, 2007

IBA opens Korea proton therapy center

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) said that the National Cancer Center (NCC) of Ilsan, Korea, has begun treating patients using a $38 million proton therapy system from IBA.

May 15, 2007

Prognosis poor with high IL-6 before colorectal cancer surgery

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 16 - Production of high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by mononuclear blood cells in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in vitro is associated with shorter survival in patients about to undergo primary surgery for colorectal cancer, Swedish investigators have shown.

May 15, 2007

U.S. healthcare expensive, inefficient: report

By Reuters Health

WASHINGTON (Reuters), May 15 - Americans get the poorest healthcare and yet pay the most compared to five other rich countries, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Fund. Germany, Britain, Australia, and Canada all provide better care for less money, the nonprofit group found. The report also states that U.S. doctors are the least wired, with the lowest percentage using electronic medical records or receiving electronic updates on recommended treatments.

May 14, 2007

Five years of daily aspirin lowers risk of colorectal cancer many years later

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 11 - At a dose of 300 mg daily for at least five years, treatment with aspirin markedly reduces the incidence of colorectal cancer a decade later, according to long-term follow-up of randomized trials and observational studies.

May 10, 2007

CT finds high-risk plaque with nanoparticle contrast

By Eric Barnes

A new animal study by researchers in the U.S. and France brings intriguing new possibilities to CT with its use of a nanoparticulate contrast agent administered before scanning to detect unstable atherosclerotic plaques. The group aims to someday detect human plaques at the greatest risk of rupture while there is time to prevent it.

May 10, 2007

Elekta receives Gamma Knife order from Portugal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Stockholm-based Elekta has received an order for its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system for noninvasive radiosurgery of brain disorders from Centro Gamma Knife Radiocirurgia in Portugal.

May 9, 2007

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