Thu, 29 Jul 2010
Explore Stroke Care With Society Of Interventional Radiology's CLOTS

Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS)-an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas-provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management. "Stroke is the third-leading cause of death in the United States, with about 600,000 new strokes reported each year... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010
Merit Medical Announces Record Sales, Up 16%, for the Second Quarter and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, July 28, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:MMSI), a leading manufacturer and marketer of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional and diagnostic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology and gastroenterology, today announced record revenues of $74.9 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, an increase of 16% over revenues of $64.8 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Revenues for the six-month period ended June 30, 2010 were a record $142.4 million, compared with $123.2 million for the corresponding period in 2009, a gain of 16%. (Source: Medical News (via PRIMEZONE))

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010
NightHawk Radiology Selects Cisco Unified Computing System to Increase Business Agility, Lower Data Center Costs

NightHawk Radiology Services, which provides high-quality, cost-effective services to approximately 1,600 healthcare sites -- including 26 percent of all U.S. (Source: Healthcare IT News Press Releases)

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010
iSOFT installs new A&E solution at Darent Valley NHS hospital

iSOFT Group Limited today announced that Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust has switched to its new A&E system under plans for all clinical staff to order radiology and pathology tests online. (Source: Hospital IT Europe)

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Wed, 28 Jul 2010
Explore stroke care with Society of Interventional Radiology's CLOTS

(Society of Interventional Radiology) Catheter Lysis of Thromboembolic Stroke (CLOTS) -- an intensive five-day course offered by the Society of Interventional Radiology Oct. 24-28 in Dallas, Texas -- provides interventional radiologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurologists and fellows-in-training with the unique educational opportunity to review, observe and discuss all aspects of acute stroke management. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
Technology May Explain Mammogram’s Poorer Performance in Younger Women

Worse detection rate not due to tumor biology in women under 50, study suggests. (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Health News)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
Cavities in the Lung in Oncology Patients: Imaging Overview and Differential Diagnoses

This review focuses on radiological findings that aid in the differential diagnosis of cavitary lesions encountered in oncology patients. Applied Radiology (Source: Medscape Radiology Headlines)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
In Conversation, People’s Brains Can Mirror Each Other

Study found neural patterns were most similar when people really 'got' each other (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Neurology)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
The Production Of Radioisotopes For Research, Medicine And Engineering

The short-lived radioactive isotopes used in hospitals and in research in Denmark, are something that the scientists here at Riso DTU know a great deal about. From 25-28 July Riso is hosting the 13th workshop on "Targetry and Target Chemistry." The workshop has been held since 1985 at leading research institutions in Europe and North America with two-year intervals. There are few people in this world who make their living producing radioactive substances. These isotope producers constitute a small exclusive group of experts in this very specialized area... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
Report: OEM manufacturers lose market share, replaced by ISOs

Independent service organizations (ISO) will increase their U.S. market share over the next few years, while original equipment manufacturers (OEM), which currently hold a dominant share in the market, may witness a drop-off due to tight budgets for radiology departments, according to a report from Millennium Research Group. (Source: Health Imaging News)

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Tue, 27 Jul 2010
Report: OEM manufacturers lose market share, replaced by ISOs

Independent service organizations (ISO) will increase their U.S. market share over the next few years, while original equipment manufacturers (OEM), which currently hold a dominant share in the market, may witness a drop-off due to tight budgets for radiology departments, according to a report from Millennium Research Group. (Source: Health Imaging News)

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010
UCLA launches first West Coast human hand transplantation program

(Note to editors: DVDs with soundbites and animation are available through media officers.) The UCLA Health System has launched the new UCLA Hand Transplantation Program, the first of its kind on the West Coast and only the fourth such center in the United States. The program will help those who have suffered the traumatic loss of a hand or forearm and allow them to regain function and improve their quality of life. Qualified candidates are now being sought for a clinical study of the procedure.  "Over the past decade, the exciting field of hand transplantation has resulted in excellent outcomes for patients, and we are excited to bring this program to UCLA," said Dr. Kodi Azari, surgical director of the hand transplantation program and an associate professor in t...

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010
Cone-Beam CT, Breast MRI Both Provide Accurate Estimates of Breast Density

Dual-energy mammography is a repeatable measure of breast volume and breast density and a reliable measure of breast mass. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010
JACR: Rad practice assessment should evaluate nonclinical productivity

Nonclinical contributions to the radiology practice are measurable and can play a valuable role in the practice assessment process, according to an article in this month's Journal of the American College of Radiology. (Source: Health Imaging News)

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010
Utilization Guidelines for Reducing Radiation Exposure in the Evaluation of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: A Practice Quality Improvement Project

The authors present a new algorithm to reduce the cumulative radiation exposure from CT of patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. American Journal of Roentgenology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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Mon, 26 Jul 2010
ASTRO names radiologist, ABR president Society's 2010 Honorary Member

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) The American Society for Radiation Oncology has named N. Reed Dunnick, M.D., a distinguished leader in the field of diagnostic radiology, as its 2010 Honorary Member, which is the highest honor the Society bestows upon distinguished cancer researchers and leaders in disciplines other than radiation oncology, radiation physics or radiobiology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010
Antitrust case against RBM moves forward for denial of services

Federal judge Leonard D. Wexler for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has set May 2011 as the date for the health insurance antitrust case pitting Jericho Specialty Imaging, an outpatient imaging center catering to pediatric patients, against insurance radiology benefits manager (RBM) company CareCore National, which was allegedly controlled by radiology competitors. (Source: Health Imaging News)

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010
Antitrust case against RBM moves forward for denial of services

Federal judge Leonard D. Wexler for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has set May 2011 as the date for the health insurance antitrust case pitting Jericho Specialty Imaging, an outpatient imaging center catering to pediatric patients, against insurance radiology benefits manager (RBM) company CareCore National, which was allegedly controlled by radiology competitors. (Source: Health Imaging News)

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010
Study Questions Use Of Paid Medical Expert Witnesses In Malpractice Cases

A study by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill researchers found that 31 radiologists who reviewed the CT scans used in a medical malpractice lawsuit did not agree with the conclusions reached by four paid medical expert witnesses in the case. This suggests that the use of radiologists who are blinded to both the medical outcome and the litigation in such cases may be a more objective way of determining whether or not the standard of care has been met, said Richard C. Semelka, MD, lead author of the study and professor of radiology in the UNC School of Medicine... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Sat, 24 Jul 2010
Radiotherapy During Childhood Increases Risk Of Stillbirths And Baby Death For Offspring Later On

The risk of stillbirth or neonatal death among the offspring of women who had survived childhood cancer and had received radiation therapy (radiotherapy) when they were children, is higher compared to other women, says a report published in the peer-reviewed medical journal The Lancer. Thanks to medical advances, a significant number of children and teenagers who had cancer years ago are now surviving into adulthood and wishing to start families... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Fri, 23 Jul 2010
Initial observations of electronic medical record usage during CT and MRI interpretation: Frequency of use and impact on workflow

OBJECTIVE.Electronic medical record (EMR) systems permit integration of contextual nonimaging EMR data into examination interpretation; however, the extra effort required to search and review these nonradiologic data are not well characterized. We assessed the gross frequency and pattern of EMR usage in the interpretation of diagnostic CT and MRI examinations.SUBJECTS AND METHODS.We defined nonradiologic EMR [...] (Source: ICMCC: The International Council on Medical and Care Compunetics)

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Fri, 23 Jul 2010
Symposium On Proposed Endovascular Treatment Of Chronic Cerebrospinal Venous Insufficiency

The Departments of Radiology and Neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center will hold a symposium on CCSVI (chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency) on Monday, July 26 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, in the Alumni Auditorium, 395 Lenox Road, Brooklyn, New York 11203. CCSVI is a syndrome in which blood flow from the brain is compromised. While CCSVI is a disease state that by itself often requires intervention, it has been proposed that the syndrome promotes the development of multiple sclerosis (MS)... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Knee OA Can Be Predicted From MRI Findings Decade Earlier

The type of subacute knee injury seen on magnetic resonance imaging at initial examination can predict the features of knee osteoarthritis likely to develop in the years ahead, according to a study published online June 29 in Radiology. (Source: Modern Medicine)

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Research News: New Genetic Marker of Ovarian Cancer Risk

ScienceDaily (July 21, 2010)A team of Yale researchers have identified a genetic marker that can help predict the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a hard to detect and often deadly form of cancer.A team of Yale researchers have identified a genetic marker that can help predict the risk of developing ovarian cancer, a hard to detect and often deadly form of cancer.Reporting online in the July 20 edition of the journal Cancer Research, the team showed that a variant of the KRAS oncogene was present in 25 percent of all ovarian cancer patients. In addition, this variant was found in 61 percent of ovarian cancer patients with a family history of breast and ovarian cancer, suggesting that this marker may be a new marker of ovarian cancer risk for these families, said the researchers."For many...

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Thu, 22 Jul 2010
Detection of Pulmonary Embolism: A Comparison Study of 3 Modalities

Which of these imaging modalities deserves to be first-line strategy for the evaluation of pulmonary embolism? Medscape Radiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)

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