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September 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- McKesson - Orientation Rules for Image Handling Hologic - Fundamentals of Breast Tomosynthesis

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Thoughtful tactics can lead to great group practices

September 1, 2008 Thoughtful tactics can lead to great group practices Yomi Wrong -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most radiology practices are governed haphazardly, act unpredictably, and tend to succeed in spite of what they do rather than because of it. This evocative statement by Dr. Lawrence R. Muroff touches off an instructive new paper in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology titled Taking your radiology… Continue

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HP White Paper

September 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Information Lifecycle Management for Healthcare Download this whitepaper to learn how aligning the value of information with the right storage tiers improves the healthcare enterprise. HP Case Studies ROI Case Study: Roswell Park Cancer Institute Download the Roswell Park Cancer Institute ROI study to learn how HP's Medical Archive Solution improved their IT infrastructure and access to growing medical fixed content. Asante Health System Download the Asante… Continue

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Hologic White Paper

September 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hologic ONE COMPANY, HUNDREDS OF EXPERTS, TOUCHING MILLIONS OF LIVES Hologic is a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics, medical imaging systems, and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women. For more information on this technology overview or for copies of other "white papers" in the series, please contact… Continue

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Franklin & Seidelmann White Paper

September 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin & Seidelmann Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology (F&S) is a leading, national full-service teleradiology provider offering final, preliminary and subspecialty reports, day or night. The F&S network of more than 100 U.S.-based/trained radiologists includes: board-certified, fellowship-trained musculoskeletal, body, cardiac and breast MR… Continue

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Diagnostic Imaging North America - September 2008

September 1, 2008 Diagnostic Imaging. Diagnostic Imaging North America - September 2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COVER STORY By: Stamatia Destounis, M.D. Higher digital mammography recalls represent temporary problem Special Section: Women's Health Preoperative breast imaging guides surgical management Mammo benefits improve, but recruiting remains big challenge MR guidance permits more precise localization Tomographic US spots ventricular… Continue

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A new patient-friendly MRI is unveiled...

St. John’s Regional Medical Center recently unveiled a new MRI machine which is built to counteract almost all the common complaints with MRI testing.

The new equipment is from Toshiba in the market since eight months ago. The large opening or “bore” is quieter than all the previous machines, and also provides more detailed imaging as it does not use the intravenous dye to which many people are allergic.

Lewis Ware, director-medical of radiology for St. John’s Medical… Continue

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Check out this GE ad from the Beijing 2008 Olympics: We all know where GE is headed next for its next radiology market!

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Upcoming Meeting! American Society of Head and Neck Radiology

Upcoming Meeting for all those interested in Head and Neck Radiology! Promises to be a great meeting. Here are a few words from the President Elect of the ASHNR. To register for the meeting, please visit http://www.ashnr.org

"It is my pleasure to invite you to the 42nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology (ASHNR) to be held in Toronto at the Toronto Hilton Hotel from Wednesday, September 10th through Sunday, September… Continue

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Planar Systems makes sale of subsidiary for $5 Million to NDS Surgical Imaging

Chela Capital Partners, the advisory firm of Planar Systems, Inc. has been advising Planar Systems on the sale of their not so successful venture medical business unit to NDS Surgical Imaging, a leader in the surgical imaging space for various hospitals in the country for thirty five million dollars in cash.

The sale is structured in a way that all the outstanding capital stock of is transferred to Dome Imaging Systems Inc, which is a direct subsidiary of Planar Systems. Dome Imaging… Continue

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MultiHance outperforms Omniscan for enhancement of brain tumors

August 29, 2008 MultiHance outperforms Omniscan for enhancement of brain tumors H. A. Abella -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Although both gadobenate dimeglumine and gadodiamide are gadolinium-based agents, the former provides more conspicuous enhancement for imaging of brain lesions, according to results from an international multicenter trial. Findings could lead to further improvements in the management of these patients. Neuroradiologists… Continue

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Covidien advises customers about impending molybdenum shortage

August 29, 2008 Covidien advises customers about impending molybdenum shortage James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Covidien has alerted customers for its technetium-99m generators about impending shortages caused by the unexpected shutdown of the Dutch nuclear reactor that serves as its main source of molybdenum-99. General manager Rick Lytle announced the following changes Aug. 27 to the production schedule for its Ultra-Technekow DTE… Continue

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MIMVista for the iPhone - A formidable Osirix Competitor!

Has anyone downloaded MIMVista? It looks like a formidable competitor and complement to Osirix for radiologists using the iPhone. Here is some more information from MIMVista's website. "The Mobile MIM iPhone Application is a new multi-modality imaging application for the Apple® iPhoneTM and iPod® touch. This innovative software allows a referring physician or patient to view medical images remotely, without being tied to an imaging workstation. The Mobile MIM iPhone Application… Continue

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Computed Tomography (CTCA) assessment of coronary stenoses might not correlate very well with measurements of FFR ischemia.

A recent study suggests that Computed Tomography (CTCA) assessment of coronary stenoses might not correlate very well with measurements of FFR ischemia.

MedWire in a recent article has reported that anatomical assessments of coronary stenoses especially its severity using CTCA (Computed Tomography) or even the conventional coronary angiography (CCA) does not correlate very well with measurements of ischemia by intracoronary fractional flow reserve (FFR), According to a study which… Continue

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radRounds and Student Doctor Network

We would like to take a moment and mention that radRounds over this past summer has proudly partnered with Student Doctor Network (SDN). Our goal is to help as many medical students and trainees via our partnership with SDN.

A few words about the Student Doctor Network

The Student Doctor Network (SDN) is an independent community of students, advisors, educators, and practicing health care… Continue

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New Educational Document for Residents Studying for the ABR Physics Examination - As per popular demand - Typical Radiation Doses for Commonly Performed Radiology Studies

Central Nervous system:

Computed Tomography (CT)-Head: 2 mSv

Computed Tomography (CT)-Spine: 10 mSv

Myelography: 4 mSv

Face and neck:

Computed Tomography (CT)-Sinuses: 0.6 mSv

Chest:

Computed Tomography (CT)-Chest: 8 mSv

Radiography-Chest: 0.1 mSv (i.e. 3 one-way flights cross country between New York and San Francisco)

Cardiac CT for Calcium Scoring: 2 mSv

Gastrointestinal:

Computed Tomography (CT) Abdomen: 8-10… Continue

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Wow, the last? single slice CT scanner finally updated in the United States!

Meyersdale Medical Center, a technological firm based in USA recently got a big technology breakthrough as they started using a sixteen slice scanner from the already existing single slice CT scanner.

Mark Meekins, Director at the medical center said that technology of this sort in a small town meant great opportunity for their rural facility as from now on they will be able to offer high level of care and quality to their patients.

Today, this scanner is not only running for… Continue

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Optical brain imaging uncovers secret of newborn’s first words

August 27, 2008 Optical brain imaging uncovers secret of newborn’s first words The University of British Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A new study could explain why "daddy" and "mommy" are often a baby's first words. The human brain may be hard-wired to recognize certain repetition patterns. Using the latest optical brain imaging techniques, University of British Columbia postdoctoral fellow Judit Gervain and a team of researchers from… Continue

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Nuclear medicine braces for effects of Petten reactor shutdown

August 27, 2008 Nuclear medicine braces for effects of Petten reactor shutdown James Brice -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- An unscheduled shutdown of the High Flux Reactor at Petten in the Netherlands has raised concern about a possible interruption of molybdenum-99 supplies for nuclear medicine procedures in Europe and North America. The Netherlands' Nuclear Research & consultancy Group (NRG) announced Aug. 26 that isotope production from… Continue

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Perhaps Lidocaine can help with compression from the mammo pad?! Good news to all women.

A research recently completed by St. Luke’s Mountain State Tumor Institute in Boise, Idaho, has found out that the discomfort and pain felt during the times of mammograms can be eased by a gel known as lidocaine gel.

Mammography is a proven procedure till date, which helps to screen women suffering for breast cancer. This technique helps in early detection and hence the treatment of the disease becomes possible. Its necessity is clearly apparent as of today breast cancer affects more… Continue

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