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Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool Of The Future

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Using advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University... ...

read more Using advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University... read more Sat Mar 2010

European Congress Of Radiology 2010: Siemens Introduces Innovations For Imaging And Diagnostics

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
One of the most important challenges facing hospitals and practices is the optimization of their workflows. An ever increasing amount of data from various modalities must be evaluated in less and less time. Moreover, the quality of patient care should improve and the costs for healthcare should at t ...

read more One of the most important challenges facing hospitals and practices is the optimization of their workflows. An ever increasing amount of data from various modalities must be evaluated in less and less time. Moreover, the quality of patient care should improve and the costs for healthcare should at t read more Sat Mar 2010

Understanding The Recovery Of Consciousness In Patients Who Suffer Traumatic Brain Injuries

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
The recovery of consciousness following traumatic brain injury and recent advances in neuroimaging and deep brain stimulation will be discussed at the 14th Annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture at Stony Brook University on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in the Staller Center for the Arts. ...

read more The recovery of consciousness following traumatic brain injury and recent advances in neuroimaging and deep brain stimulation will be discussed at the 14th Annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture at Stony Brook University on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in the Staller Center for the Arts. read more Fri Mar 2010

Photoacoustics Technology Could Make Some Lab Processes More Efficient, Says MU Researcher

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Knowing the stage of a patient's melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatment. When the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more aggressive treatment is needed. Examining an entire lymph node for cancer takes much effort and time; a new technique might help make the proce ...

read more Knowing the stage of a patient's melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatment. When the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more aggressive treatment is needed. Examining an entire lymph node for cancer takes much effort and time; a new technique might help make the proce read more Fri Mar 2010

Prostate Cancer Detection Rate And Predictive Factors In Patients Undergoing Ultrasonography-guided Transperineal Saturation Biopsies Of The Prostate

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
UroToday.com - With regard to the prognostic factors predicting the diagnosis of prostate cancer, in our analysis, prostate volume was the unique clinical and pathological variable significantly associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in multivariate analysis [1]... ...

read more UroToday.com - With regard to the prognostic factors predicting the diagnosis of prostate cancer, in our analysis, prostate volume was the unique clinical and pathological variable significantly associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in multivariate analysis [1]... read more Fri Mar 2010

Nation's CT Manufacturers Unveil New Industry-Wide Medical Radiation Patient Safety Features

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging and radiation therapy, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced a new industry-wide commitment to more expansively address patient safety in medical imaging by including new radiation dose ...

read more As part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging and radiation therapy, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced a new industry-wide commitment to more expansively address patient safety in medical imaging by including new radiation dose read more Fri Mar 2010

Toshiba's Contrast-Free MRA Techniques Improve Patient Safety At Little Company Of Mary

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
In response to concern over gadolinium-based contrast agents, Little Company of Mary, a not-for-profit Catholic community hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., wanted to provide the highest quality and safest MRA procedures to its patients. To accomplish this, the facility installed Toshiba America Medi ...

read more In response to concern over gadolinium-based contrast agents, Little Company of Mary, a not-for-profit Catholic community hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., wanted to provide the highest quality and safest MRA procedures to its patients. To accomplish this, the facility installed Toshiba America Medi read more Fri Mar 2010

Concerns About Unnecessary Scans And Radiation Risk Prompt Reviews By Doctors

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Business Week reports on a study that finds 1 in 4 MRI and CT scans are inappropriately recommended by doctors. The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The researchers analyzed 459 scans at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. "'Of the 459 re ...

read more Business Week reports on a study that finds 1 in 4 MRI and CT scans are inappropriately recommended by doctors. The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The researchers analyzed 459 scans at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. read more Fri Mar 2010

Novel MRI Sensor Provides Molecular View Of The Brain

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
MIT neuroscientists have designed a new MRI sensor that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine, an achievement that may significantly improve the specificity and resolution of future brain imaging procedures... ...

read more MIT neuroscientists have designed a new MRI sensor that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine, an achievement that may significantly improve the specificity and resolution of future brain imaging procedures... read more Fri Mar 2010

The Excel Edition From Siemens: Affordable Performance In 16 And 64 Slice Computed Tomography

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR ) 2010, Siemens Healthcare will be introducing their Excel Editions for computed tomography. With its favorable price/performance ratio, this new scanner family makes it easier for hospitals and practices throughout the world to enter the world of computed ...

read more At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR ) 2010, Siemens Healthcare will be introducing their Excel Editions for computed tomography. With its favorable price/performance ratio, this new scanner family makes it easier for hospitals and practices throughout the world to enter the world of computed read more Fri Mar 2010

Varian Medical Systems To Highlight Leading Solutions For Digital X-Ray Imaging At The ECR Annual Meeting

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), X-Ray Products, will be showcasing its full line of PaxScan® X-ray image detectors for filmless imaging at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria from March 4 - 8, 2010. Varian will also highlight X-ray tubes for fluoros ...

read more Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), X-Ray Products, will be showcasing its full line of PaxScan® X-ray image detectors for filmless imaging at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria from March 4 - 8, 2010. Varian will also highlight X-ray tubes for fluoros read more Fri Mar 2010

News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, February 2, 2010

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
1. Among Noninvasive Imaging Tests, CT More Accurate Than MRI for Ruling Out Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death in the United States. Typically, CAD is diagnosed through conventional coronary angiography. However, this technique is invasive and potentiall ...

read more 1. Among Noninvasive Imaging Tests, CT More Accurate Than MRI for Ruling Out Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death in the United States. Typically, CAD is diagnosed through conventional coronary angiography. However, this technique is invasive and potentiall read more Wed Feb 2010

Workshop Examines Successful Integration Of Imaging Biomarkers Into Clinical Trials

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
A community workshop sponsored by SNM's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) officially kicked off on Feb. 1, in Albuquerque, N.M., and presented participants with a series of educational sessions on the use of molecular imaging in clinical trials for investigational therapeutic drugs... ...

read more A community workshop sponsored by SNM's Clinical Trials Network (CTN) officially kicked off on Feb. 1, in Albuquerque, N.M., and presented participants with a series of educational sessions on the use of molecular imaging in clinical trials for investigational therapeutic drugs... read more Wed Feb 2010

Boston University School Of Medicine Researcher Awarded The 2010 Avanti Award In Lipids

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researcher James A. Hamilton, PhD, professor of biophysics and physiology, with joint appointments in biomedical engineering and medicine, is the recipient of the 2010 Avanti Award in Lipids... ...

read more Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researcher James A. Hamilton, PhD, professor of biophysics and physiology, with joint appointments in biomedical engineering and medicine, is the recipient of the 2010 Avanti Award in Lipids... read more Wed Feb 2010

Child-Specific Doses For Pediatric PET Patients

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Studies have shown positron emission tomography's (PET) value as a minimally invasive, painless and safe diagnostic tool for many pediatric conditions... ...

read more Studies have shown positron emission tomography's (PET) value as a minimally invasive, painless and safe diagnostic tool for many pediatric conditions... read more Wed Feb 2010

SNM's Nanomedicine Summit Advances Molecular Imaging

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit wrapped up in Albuquerque, N.M., with in-depth discussion - and a high sense of energy looking ahead. Nanotechnology is a quickly growing, but still-evolving field with nearly limitless possibilities for applying technology in highly targeted ways... ...

read more SNM's Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit wrapped up in Albuquerque, N.M., with in-depth discussion - and a high sense of energy looking ahead. Nanotechnology is a quickly growing, but still-evolving field with nearly limitless possibilities for applying technology in highly targeted ways... read more Wed Feb 2010

SNM's Clinical Trials Network Focuses On New FDA Regulations For PET Imaging

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
On Feb. 2, the final day of the second annual SNM Clinical Trials Network Workshop, experts working in various facets of the molecular imaging community met in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss the nuts and bolts of using imaging in clinical trials and the challenges and opportunities ahead in the regul ...

read more On Feb. 2, the final day of the second annual SNM Clinical Trials Network Workshop, experts working in various facets of the molecular imaging community met in Albuquerque, N.M., to discuss the nuts and bolts of using imaging in clinical trials and the challenges and opportunities ahead in the regul read more Wed Feb 2010

Veran Medical Receives FDA Clearances To Expand Uses For Ig4 Navigation System To Use Ultrasound And 3D Fluoroscopic X-ray

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
Veran Medical Technologies announced that it has recently received two clearances (K093146 & K093995) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand its indications for use of the ig4 Navigation platform. The addition of the Ultrasound and 3D Fluoroscopic X-ray image modalities represe ...

read more Veran Medical Technologies announced that it has recently received two clearances (K093146 & K093995) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand its indications for use of the ig4 Navigation platform. The addition of the Ultrasound and 3D Fluoroscopic X-ray image modalities represe read more Wed Feb 2010

Scientists Issue Comprehensive Report Into Health Effects Of Ultrasound, UK

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR), which reports to the Health Protection Agency, has reviewed the latest scientific evidence on the health effects of ultrasound (frequencies above 20 kilohertz) and infrasound (below 20 Hz)... ...

read more The independent Advisory Group on Non-Ionising Radiation (AGNIR), which reports to the Health Protection Agency, has reviewed the latest scientific evidence on the health effects of ultrasound (frequencies above 20 kilohertz) and infrasound (below 20 Hz)... read more Wed Feb 2010

Brain Dopamine Receptor Density Correlates With Social Status

Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasound
People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the February 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Dr... ...

read more People have typically viewed the benefits that accrue with social status primarily from the perspective of external rewards. A new paper in the February 1st issue of Biological Psychiatry, published by Elsevier suggests that there are internal rewards as well. Dr... read more Wed Feb 2010

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