SIIM 2008
Visit Diagnostic Imaging's live coverage of the scientific sessions and technical exhibits at the 2008 Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine meeting in Seattle, May 15-18.
Stanford International Symposium 2008
Visit Diagnostic Imaging's live coverage of the scientific sessions and technical exhibits at the 2008 Stanford International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in Las Vegas, May 13-16.
ISMRM 2008 Conference Report
Visit Diagnostic Imaging's live coverage of the scientific sessions and technical exhibits at the 2008 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting in Toronto, May 3-9.
Daily News
Wednesday, May 14
FDA drops black box restrictions for ultrasound contrast media
The FDA has eased off on stringent black box warnings that greatly restricted use in the U.S. of microbubble ultrasound media during echocardiography.
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MRI predicts prostate cancer prognosis
Researchers in San Francisco have found that MR imaging can accurately predict recurrence and development of metastatic disease in patients who are about to undergo radiation therapy for prostate cancer. Study findings suggest a stronger role for MRI in the management of the condition.
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Imaging Trends and Advances
Ultrasound could precede CT in acute appendicitis diagnosis
Color Doppler sonography should be the first imaging modality for triage of adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a study from Israel. Findings suggest CT should complement the examination, and only in selected cases.
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Dayhawk teleradiology phenomenon unsettles radiology market
The commercial success of nighthawk teleradiology services has spawned an emerging dayhawk teleradiology market. The process is generating a new menace to conventional radiology groups.
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May 14, 2008
Covidien snaps up injector technologies
NightHawk begins Dutch tender off
Volcano sites 1000th IVUS system
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Multiframe algorithm addresses image integrity
Most schemes that address medical image integrity and authenticity deal only with single frame images and lack satisfactory solutions for multiframe modalities. Recent work in Brazil achieves viable integrity of n-frame medical images, such as x-ray angiography or intravascular ultrasound.
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FDA drops black box restrictions for ultrasound contrast media
The FDA has eased off on stringent black box warnings that greatly restricted use in the U.S. of microbubble ultrasound media during echocardiography.
read more
Ultrasound could precede CT in acute appendicitis diagnosis
Color Doppler sonography should be the first imaging modality for triage of adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a study from Israel. Findings suggest CT should complement the examination, and only in selected cases.
read more
Viewpoints
High school student gets glimpse of radiology through pulmonary research
This just in: The Punahou prep school of Honolulu grooms not only politicians like Barack Obama or entrepreneurs like AOL cofounder Steve Case. It may well be nurturing the future of radiology.
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Added padding: One solution to patient comfort
A couple of days ago I was in the zone. Shawna's surgical mask hid her face, but I knew she was smiling. My banter was enough to make her laugh out loud a few times, so much that she paused while laying out the stainless steel instruments that soon would be probing the all too deep pockets between my teeth and gums.
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ISMRM welcomes radiologists to 21st-century radiology
We are already eight years into the New Millennium. The Y2K crisis is a distant memory, and debate about whether the new century actually began in 2000 or 2001 is far behind us.
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NSF lawsuit discovery process may expose lax contrast documentation
A casual attitude toward keeping track of gadolinium-enhanced studies may come back to haunt radiology departments that have become involved in several federal lawsuits alleging a connection between cases of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium-based MR contrast agents.
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Hemostatic clips and MRI procedures:
Some are safe, some may not be
A recent "Sentinel Alert" from the Joint Commission addressing the prevention of accidents and injuries in the MRI suite stated:
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Are you concerned that you or your group will soon be forced to compete against outside teleradiology firms for medical imaging reading services in your community?
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