Radiology News This is an OPML file. It can be used to export all the MedWorm RSS feeds on this topic into your personal RSS reader (usually you have to save this file to your own computer before clicking on an Import OPML command in your own feed reader to upload the file which will then import all the feeds) or it can be used by webmasters to integrate MedWorm feeds with their own website. This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader, such as GoogleReader, or to display this data on your own website or blog. Subscribe to this data using MyMedWorm.Subscribe to this data using GoogleReader.Subscribe to this data using Bloglines.Subscribe to this data using MyYahoo.

This page shows you the most recent publications within this specialty of the MedWorm directory. This is page number 25.

Cerner, Nuance partner in the cloud
Healthcare information systems firm Cerner and reporting software developer (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Cut Radiation Dose With Your Existing CT ScannerCut Radiation Dose With Your Existing CT Scanner
A careful strategy allows one facility to reduce radiation exposure by 60% using existing equipment. Medscape Radiology
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radiology Article Source Type: news

Researchers enable collaborative, platform-independent image visualization
An international research team has developed a collaborative, web-based, stereoscopic visualization system via multiple platforms, including mobile devices, according to an article published in the October issue of Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Alaska practice taps eRad for workflow consolidation
Alaska Imaging Associates has selected eRad PACS to enable a consolidated imaging workflow for the various sites which it supports with reading services.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Obturator Hernia
An 80-year-old woman with progressive abdominal fullness for two days, intermittent abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Radiology CME — Constant Multimedia Entertainment
I prefer radiology CME with Constant Multimedia Entertainment — engaging all senses, up close and personal, allowing me to get input and advice from the gurus.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Canadian C-spine Rule Best for Spine Injury Screening
Canadian C-spine rule is more accurate in screening for cervical spine injury compared with NEXUS, but more education is needed to curb imaging.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

NEMA releases CT control standard
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) has published XR 26 Access Controls for Computed Tomography: Identification, Interlocks and Logs. This access control standard requires software features that ensure only an authorized operator can alter CT equipment controls.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

11C-MET bests 18F-FDG PET in glioma eval
L-[methyl-11C]-methionine (11C-MET) predicted glioma prognosis and appeared to outperform 18F-FDG PET and MRI in predicting survival in low-grade gliomas, according to a study published online Oct. 10 in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Cerner, Nuance partner on mobile EHR technologies
Cerner and Nuance Communications have signed an expanded agreement in which Cerner will embed Nuance’s cloud-based medical voice recognition into its full portfolio of mobile EHR technologies.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Positron gets final nod on strontium-82 project
PET vendor Positron said that its Manhattan Isotope Technology subsidiary officially (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

MRS adds Compass to software portfolio
Mammography Reporting System (MRS) is now offering the Compass computer-aided (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Study: EHR use improves quality of care on ambulatory care
Use of electronic health records (EHRs) by physicians with ambulatory care (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ClearData, HP eye cloud-based VNA market
The burgeoning market for cloud-based vendor-neutral archives (VNA) has drawn (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Challenges remain for Gamma Medica after bankruptcy filing
The clock is now ticking for molecular breast imaging (MBI) developer Gamma (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 10, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

MRI method ‘cuts breast cancer false‑positives’
Assessing apparent diffusion coefficients during dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging may reduce the number of avoidable false‑positive breast cancer results and unnecessary biopsies, show findings published in Radiology.
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - October 9, 2012 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Canadian C-spine rule rules, but may not cut imaging
The Canadian C-spine rule is more accurate for diagnosing cervical spine injuries (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Advanced Image Analysis Maps COPD Severity (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A CT image processing technique quantifies the mix of small airway disease and emphysema, thus mapping the severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), researchers found.
Source: MedPage Today Radiology - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New CT Technique Shows Early Lung Damage in COPD
A new lung CT analysis technique, parametric response mapping, can help distinguish between early-stage damage and more serious damage to the airway.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ImaginAb teams with Danish pharma firm
Imaging agent developer ImaginAb has inked a collaboration and commercialization (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

eMix rolls out new release
DR Systems' image sharing venture eMix has released version 1.3 of its cloud-based (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Toshiba inks dose management partnerships
Toshiba America Medical Systems has formed strategic partnerships with radiation (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

CT often determines alternate cause for appendicitis symptoms
CT imaging informed an alternate diagnosis in nearly one-third of adults presenting with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a study published Oct. 2 in Radiology.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Positron subsidiary nets FDA drug master file for Sr-82
Positron's subsidiary, Manhattan Isotope Technology, has received an acknowledgment letter and Drug Master File number assignment from the FDA for its strontium-82 drug substance.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Multi-Frame MRI Technique Identifies Artery Wall Thickness
Time-resolved multi-frame MRI provides better detects significant differences in coronary artery wall thickness, allowing docs to ID early-stage coronary disease.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Toshiba partners with Radimetrics, Phoenix Technology
Toshiba America Medical Systems has formed strategic partnerships with two companies, Radimetrics and Phoenix Technology Corporation, to enhance dose management capabilities and support customers through American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Toshiba partners with Radimetrics, Phoneix Technology
Toshiba America Medical Systems has formed strategic partnerships with two companies, Radimetrics and Phoenix Technology Corporation, to enhance dose management capabilities and support customers through American College of Radiology (ACR) accreditation.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

MRI May Spot Early Stage Heart Disease
Researchers from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the US have conducted a study about a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that may soon be used to identify the early stages of coronary heart disease (CAD), the most common form of heart disease. They write about the new technique, which can identify thickening of the coronary artery wall, in a paper expected to be published early online in the journal Radiology this week...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 9, 2012 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Heart Disease Source Type: news

EBM12: Can EHRs make docs aware of costs?
CHICAGO—EHRs may help physicians understand the costs of certain unwarranted and costly practices, Andrew D. Auerbach, MD, MPH, said during an Oct. 5 presentation at the CMIO Leadership Forum: Transforming Healthcare through Evidence-Based Medicine.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Novel CT analysis tool refines COPD diagnosis
A new image analysis technique for chest CT scans could have a big effect on (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

New cardiac MRI technique identifies early-stage heart disease
By using a new MRI technique to measure the wall thickness of coronary arteries, (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Volcano gets FDA, CE Mark OK for IVUS catheter
Intravascular ultrasound developer Volcano announced that it has received both (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Mindray funds point-of-care US grant
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International used this week's (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Florbetapir, PET/MR and Other Nuclear Medicine Highlights
In honor of Nuclear Medicine Week, the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging highlights four major advancements in the field.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 9, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

HIMSS responds to GOP letter on stage 2 MU
The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) has responded (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

When it comes to treating breast cancer, 'doing less does more' for patients, research suggests
Oncologists and researchers are discovering that when it comes to treating breast cancer, "doing less does more" for patients. This approach kills the cancer while improving cure rates and decreasing the chance of the cancer returning. It also spares patients the damaging side effects of treatment caused by toxic chemotherapy, less-precise radiation therapy, unnecessary diagnostic radiology and surgery.
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Science Source Type: news

Atlantic Health to sell Scannerside software
Atlantic Health has become an official distributor in the U.S. of radiation (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Elekta, Brainlab collaborate on cancer treatment
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and image-guided therapy firm Brainlab used (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

St. Jude Medical launches MediGuide for fluoro imaging
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its MediGuide Technology, (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Gamma Medica gets bankruptcy financing
Gamma Medica has received approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Optical Mammography Promises Specific Images, More Comfort
Optical mammography captures images without radiation, with greater patient comfort, and potentially fewer false positives, researchers say.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

St. Jude launches 3D nav system for vascular, cardiac anatomy
St. Jude Medical has launched its MediGuide Technology, a 3D navigation system intended for the evaluation of vascular and cardiac anatomy on a recorded fluoroscopic image instead of live fluoroscopy (a series of x-ray images).
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

“Maps” based on lung CTs could aid COPD diagnosis, treatment
Source: Nature Medicine (doi:10.1038/nm.2971) A technique for analyzing CT lung scans, originally developed to show the response of brain tumors to treatment, could help physicians better assess patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a paper published online in Nature Medicine.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Gamma imaging proves its prowess in DCIS detection
Breast-specific y camera scintigraphy is a highly specific tool for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) detection, and provides 100 percent sensitivity when paired with mammography, according to a study published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Optical Mammo Promises Specific Images, More Comfort
Optical mammography captures images without radiation, with greater patient comfort, and potentially fewer false positives, researchers say.
Source: Diagnostic Imaging - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

ImaginAb, Lundbeck to collaborate on neurodegeneration agents
ImaginAb, a clinical-stage developor of in vivo molecular imaging agents based on antibody fragment technology, has entered into a collaboration and commercialization agreement with H. Lundbeck.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

Risk gene for Alzheimer's associated with lower brain amyloid
A variation in the complement receptor-1 (CR1) gene, a newly identified gene associated with risk for late-onset Alzheimer's disease is associated with lower levels of beta amyloid—a brain protein involved in Alzheimer's—in cognitively healthy older people, according to a study published online Sept. 27 in Biological Psychiatry . The findings suggest that a mechanism other than one related to beta amyloid accumulation may influence disease risk associated with the gene.
Source: Health Imaging News - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Tags: Latest News Source Type: news

DSCT compares full- to half-dose VC by patient
Mayo Clinic researchers used iterative reconstruction to acquire half-dose (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Patient navigation speeds breast cancer diagnosis
Providing personnel to help patients navigate the healthcare system can reduce (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Hybrid linac-MRI tracks motion during radiotherapy
Real-time tumor tracking could prove invaluable for radiotherapy of moving (more)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 8, 2012 Category: Radiology Source Type: news