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SharpView touts image-enhancing software results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish firm SharpView, a partner of ContextVision, has received welcome clinical results from Massachusetts General Hospital that suggest its image-enhancing software helps reduce CT radiation dose.
April 29, 2009
Sectra inks PACS deal in Portugal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has received a multiyear deal to install its PACS software at the second largest hospital in Portugal.
April 26, 2009
Thin-client 3D software suitable for on-call CTA studies
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of thin-client 3D technology can facilitate offsite reading of CT angiography (CTA) studies in on-call situations, according to research from Charité - Campus Benjamin Franklin in Berlin.
April 22, 2009
VC CAD plus 3D improves sensitivity for novice readers
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) with 3D viewing improves sensitivity for polyp detection among less experienced readers, and may also speed up reading times and reduce false-positive detections. On the other hand, the performance of experienced readers did not improve significantly with CAD use, researchers from the University of Rome concluded.
April 20, 2009
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CT colonography may yet challenge colonoscopy
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 16 - Although CT colonography is a promising technique that has good sensitivity for detecting larger colon polyps and is less invasive than colonoscopy, it does not appear to be cost-effective for average-risk colorectal cancer screening. However, used in the right circumstances, the CT technique could prove to be economically viable, according to U.S. and Dutch researchers.
April 15, 2009
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IHE's XDS-I profile may help with CD import dilemma
By Erik L. Ridley
Institutions that struggle with managing patient CDs from outside locations should consider taking advantage of the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging (XDS-I) integration profile, according to a presentation at the 2009 European Congress of Radiology.
April 13, 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
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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