Musculoskeletal Radiology: Page 56

Decision rules useful for selecting women for bone mineral density testing

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 1 - Four previously validated decision rules are useful in clinical practice for identifying postmenopausal women likely to have osteoporosis who should undergo bone mineral density (BMD) screening, Spanish researchers report in the June issue of the Journal of Rheumatology.

July 31, 2007

Ziehm's IGS system to enter the U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, U.K., will supply Ziehm Imaging's Cappa IS digital mobile C-arm with fully integrated surgical navigation system to the U.K. and Ireland.

June 27, 2007

InSightec nabs CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec announced that its ExAblate 2000 system has received the European CE Mark certification for pain palliation of bone metastases.

June 6, 2007

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

Meridian adds French language capabilities

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. software developer Meridian Technique said it now offers a French version of its OrthoView4 orthopedic planning application.

March 5, 2007

European women's imaging market growing

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European women's healthcare imaging market produced $455 million in revenues in 2006, and is expected to reach $647.1 million in 2013, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

February 13, 2007

Fracture risk increased in primary biliary cirrhosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 30 - Patients with primary biliary cirrhosis have a slightly increased risk of fracture compared to the general population, according to researchers in the U.K. Using the General Practice Research Database, the researchers conducted a cohort study involving 930 subjects with PBC and 9,202 age- and sex-matched controls.

January 29, 2007

Endurance sports may harm the heart: study

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Jan 22 - Endurance sports may cause changes in the hearts of some athletes that can lead to a rare but life-threatening condition which causes an abnormal heart rate and rhythm, Belgium researchers said on Monday.

January 22, 2007

Dental x-rays may help detect osteoporosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 11 - A computer program that analyzes routine dental X-rays could offer a simple, cheap way to detect the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, new research suggests. British researchers found that a software program they developed was able to spot signs of declining bone density in dental X-rays of the lower jaw -- a potential sign of osteoporosis.

January 10, 2007

Orthocrat notches U.K. deals

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Orthocrat is expanding its presence in the U.K. with the installation of its TraumaCad software at the Hospital Corp. of America Group-London's six hospitals.

December 18, 2006

Cordis launches lower-leg catheters

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Frontrunner XP chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheter and Outback re-entry catheter for the treatment of blocked lower-leg arteries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

December 11, 2006

MRI, US far from idle for hand, wrist injuries

By Shalmali Pal

MRI and ultrasound are equally valuable for assessing such conditions as tenosynovitis, skier's thumb, and vascular flow, according to several recently released studies. Researchers in Switzerland discuss why and how they use MR imaging for the small vessels of the hand. Meanwhile, investigators in Italy and Belgium put ultrasound to the test in the wrist and thumb.

November 5, 2006

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