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10/28/2008

Tracking equipment performance is vital to control radiation dose

Although there should always be concern about radiation in a facility that uses X-ray to image patients, that concern is perhaps not as vocal as for CT or interventional …

10/28/2008

Test this clever motorised table at MEDICA and the RSNA

Provotec GmbH & Co KG reports that its Prognost XPE table series is now on sale globally. …

10/28/2008

From experience - to experts

The Accutron HP-D - the first dual head contrast media power injector for angiography, intervention and computed tomography. …

10/28/2008

Clinical applications of advancing high frequency ultrasound techniques

High frequency ultrasound (US) techniques continue to improve with better resolution and exquisite B-Mode imaging, particularly with improved compounding techniques seen with the …

10/28/2008

CT: Optimising dosage

AquilionONE is the first CT scanner capable of imaging whole organ regions up to a width of 16 cm in one rotation and within a split second. Based on the raw volume data, rapid …

10/28/2008

Radiation dose and digital mammography

The use of mammography to maintain breast health comes with a caveat: exposure of the breast to radiation, which can increase the susceptibility risk of breast cancer. Thus, using …

10/28/2008

Mammography: What really counts?

The fact that the female breast is one of the most radiation sensitive organs in the human body is a major driver for all those searching for low radiation alternatives - one of …

10/28/2008

The Carestream DRX-1

This September, Carestream Health revealed the first wireless cassette-size DR Detector. The Carestream DRX-1 system, which incorporates a console and wireless 14x17 inch …

10/28/2008

'More knowledge — less dose'

X-rays are made up of high-energy photons. This type of radiation follows the physical laws of electromagnetic waves as well as of particles. …

10/28/2008

itm Rhenium-PTA/PTCA®

'An effective, safe treatment for prophylaxis of restenosis in periphery and cardiology' — new generation of Endovascular Brachytherapy gains full CE-certification. Constricted …

10/28/2008

20 years of contrast enhanced MRI at Bayer Schering Pharma

What was initially viewed with scepticism developed into an integral and indispensable part of modern imaging diagnostics …

10/28/2008

EVINCI

The European multi-centre, multi-modality cardiac imaging project that could lead to a more intelligent and less costly use of today's technology in cardiac care. …

10/28/2008

World isotope shortage threatens scans

Due to its short "lifespan", molybdenum 99 (used to form technetium-99m which, when injected into patients is used as a tracer to help diagnose heart disease or bone cancer) …

10/08/2008

Will there be a lack of radiopharmaceuticals?

The shortage of radiopharmaceuticals due to the planned shutdown of some nuclear reactors will now be discussed by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA). The European Commission …

10/07/2008

CAD boosts single readers

Double reading is better than single reading - at least for the detection of small breast cancer. But a software could boost one readers functionality. UK-researchers found out …

10/02/2008

Carestream Health Unveils First Wireless, Cassette-Size DR Detector

Carestream Health, Inc., recently announced the industry`s first wireless DR detector that is the size of a standard cassette and can be used with existing wall stand or …

09/29/2008

Mystery of complicated plaques

Until recently, physicians believed that stenosis was responsible for strokes. But new investigations show that the composition of complicated plaques are the major cause. …

09/25/2008

Research to prolong the retention time in the blood

The University of Urbino and Philips Research will jointly research the encapsulation of magnetic nanoparticle contrast agents inside living blood cells to prolong the retention …

09/05/2008

PET scans save colorectal cancer patients' lives

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common cancers to cause death. A PET scan improves prognosis and changes management of recurrent colorectal cancer in more than half of …

09/03/2008

Seasonal mood changes visualised by PET

Seasons change - and so does our mood. When days become shorter and hours of sunlight become fewer some of us suffer from seasonal depression. Brain scans taken at different times …

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