Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 53

Sectra debuts orthopedic PACS upgrade

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS vendor Sectra will debut a new version of its PACS software for orthopedics at the upcoming American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in Las Vegas.

February 4, 2009

RSA adds Norwegian mdesk order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RSA Biomedical has added Sykehuset Innlandet in Oslo, Norway, to its customer list.

February 1, 2009

Adding delayed CT aids some trauma diagnoses

By Eric Barnes

In the emergency setting, would the routine acquisition of a delayed scan five minutes after contrast lead to better diagnoses of trauma patients? It pays sometimes but not always to acquire the extra scan, say researchers from Italy, who reviewed images from hundreds of cases of organ injuries.

January 20, 2009

Genistein safely improves bone formation in osteopenic, postmenopausal women

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 15 - Genistein aglycone improves bone formation without adversely affecting the breast in postmenopausal women with osteopenia, according to a report in the December issue of the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

January 14, 2009

RSA nets Norwegian customer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RSA Biomedical has installed its mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning software at three hospitals in the Norwegian region of Helse Førde.

January 7, 2009

Ultrasound tracks icatibant effects in osteoarthritis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 7 - For the most part, contrast-enhanced ultrasound performs as well as contrast-enhanced MRI in monitoring the action of the bradykinin receptor 2 antagonist icatibant in patients with painful knee osteoarthritis, German researchers report.

January 6, 2009

Greatest pain comes four hours after MR arthrogram injection

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Switzerland have found that patients who undergo MR arthrography temporarily experience the most pain in the affected joints four hours after injection. The study also showed that the pain is most pronounced in younger patients, but the discomfort for virtually all patients disappears after one week.

December 25, 2008

Ultrasound suitable for soft-tissue mass triage

By Erik L. Ridley

Ultrasound can be a useful triage tool for evaluating soft-tissue masses, according to researchers from Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in the U.K. They prospectively studied 358 consecutive patients with soft-tissue masses who had received ultrasound exams over a six-month period.

December 23, 2008

FDG-PET/CT recommended for staging Hodgkin's disease

By Wayne Forrest

A British study confirms the high sensitivity and specificity of PET/CT in identifying focal bony disease in patients with Hodgkin's disease, according to research presented at the recent 2008 RSNA meeting. The results further suggest that the imaging modality can play an important role in initial staging of the disease.

December 18, 2008

Joint pain is increased in breast cancer patients

By Reuters Health

SAN ANTONIO, (Reuters Health), Dec 12 - Joint pain is more common and more severe in women with breast cancer than in age-matched controls without breast cancer, researchers reported at the 2008 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS).

December 11, 2008

Smartphone vs. PACS: Smartphone does just fine for skeletal trauma

By Cynthia E. Keen

CHICAGO - A new study from the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London pitted a new-generation smartphone against a PACS diagnostic workstation for diagnostic quality display of skeletal trauma radiographs, and the smartphone held its own.

December 3, 2008

Ultrasound guides treatment for long-term relief of plantar fasciitis

By Edward Susman

CHICAGO - An ultrasound-guided technique appears to provide long-term, near sequelae-free relief to patients suffering from chronic, debilitating plantar fasciitis, researchers reported at the 2008 RSNA annual meeting in Chicago.

December 1, 2008

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