Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 40

Lower limb DEXA analysis can boost bone densitometry

By Tami Freeman, PhD

Dual x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) is typically used to measure bone mineral density at the spine or hip to diagnose osteoporosis. But some conditions alter bone density at other skeletal sites, leading to increased fracture risk that's not reflected by standard DEXA measurements. U.K. researchers are now using lower limb DEXA analysis to extend the applications of bone densitometry.

July 11, 2013

Esaote wins Indian G-scan installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals of New Delhi, India, has installed one of Esaote's G-scan MRI scanners.

July 10, 2013

NaF-PET/CT beats scintigraphy, SPECT/CT for bone metastases

By Wayne Forrest

Sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT provides greater sensitivity and specificity for the detection of bone metastases than planar bone scintigraphy and SPECT/CT, according to a new pilot study from Copenhagen University Hospital.

July 7, 2013

Philips provides imaging equipment for British Grand Prix

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Royal Philips, parent company of Philips Healthcare, will provide imaging equipment for the 2013 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix to be held 28-30 June in Silverstone, U.K., the company said.

June 25, 2013

Better patient positioning cuts dose in x-ray of spine

By Rebekah Moan

Patients lying supine for lateral lumbar spine examinations will receive a higher x-ray dose under single automatic exposure control and without tube potential change than if they had been lying on their side, U.K. researchers have found.

May 15, 2013

Sectra completes osteoporosis deal with Argenteuil

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm Sectra has provided its OneScreen online bone health assessment service to Argenteuil, a public hospital outside of Paris.

May 14, 2013

Adolescent woes: MRI illuminates ACL tears

By Philip Ward

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are not isolated events, but only the most obvious sign of a complex knee injury involving multiple structures. Awareness of the broad spectrum of MRI appearances at common sites of associated injury is vital, according to a multinational group of musculoskeletal experts.

May 12, 2013

Planmed supplies equipment to world ice hockey event

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging vendor Planmed will be providing its Verity extremity CT scanner and Planmeca Compact i dental care unit for use at this month's Ice Hockey World Championship in Helsinki and Stockholm.

May 2, 2013

Clinical lead elaborates on factors behind Olympic glory

By Becky McCall

Training, training, training: That's what lay behind the success of trauma care at the 2012 Olympics, the clinical lead for emergency services for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games told a packed audience at last week's International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2013.

April 23, 2013

One-third of female marathon runners face breast pain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

One-third of female marathon runners experience breast pain, or mastalgia, during the London Marathon, concludes a study published online on Friday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

April 21, 2013

Davos group offers 3 global training courses

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The International Diagnostic Course Davos is offering three training courses this spring, the organization announced.

March 12, 2013

Gymnasts' spines, footballers' ankles, and golfers' wrists take the strain

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - The ultrademanding and highly competitive nature of modern professional sport was visible to all during Sunday's refresher course on overuse injuries at ECR 2013. An international group of radiologists discussed common injuries in professional athletes and what to look for when imaging these patients.

March 10, 2013

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