Novel technique offers comprehensive heart disease diagnosis with single CT scan (New Kerala) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:37:04 GMT Washington, Mar 5 : Researchers at Medical University of South Carolina have developed a novel imaging technique that would enable comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease based on a single computerized tomographic (CT) scan. Click Here for Other Details

Comprehensive Diagnosis Of Heart Disease With A Single CT Scan (Medical News Today) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:09:04 GMT In the current issue of the journal Circulation, a research team from the Medical University of South Carolina's (MUSC) Heart & Vascular Center report their initial experience with a novel imaging technique that enables comprehensive diagnosis of heart disease based on a single computerized tomographic (CT) scan. Click Here for Other Details

New Feedback on High-Tech Cancer Screen (WebMD) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:35:19 GMT Ten years after the first high-tech computerized device to help with breast cancer screening hit the U.S. market, researchers and regulators are still trying to figure out just how useful it is. Click Here for Other Details

Imaging services may grow - roanoke.com (Roanoke Times) Published on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:35:49 GMT Lewis-Gale Medical Center and the Center for Advanced Imaging want to add services. Lewis-Gale Medical Center is looking to open a new outpatient imaging center in Roanoke for patients seeking CT scans and MRIs without having to make a trip to the hospital. Another independent imaging company, the Center for Advanced Imaging, also plans to expand its diagnostic offerings in Roanoke by adding ... Click Here for Other Details

Loss of heart scan coverage could give doctors pains (BizJournals) Published on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 05:36:55 GMT Jupiter Medical Center recently bought a $1.5 million 64-slice computerized tomography (CT) scanner, planning to use it as a first-line exam for patients experiencing chest pain or possible cardiac arrest. But Medicare is on the verge of severely restricting coverage for those cardiac CT scans next month. Click Here for Other Details

Report advises against new national database of ballistic images (EurekAlert!) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:41:44 GMT WASHINGTON ? A national database containing images of ballistic markings from all new and imported guns sold in the U.S. should not be created at this time, says a new report from the National Research Council. Click Here for Other Details

Large-scale study of traumatic brain injury (News-Medical-Net) Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:28:39 GMT In a rare, large-scale study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who span the full range of severity from mild to moderate and severe, Canadian researchers have found that the more severe the injury, the greater the loss of brain tissue, particularly white matter. Click Here for Other Details

Understanding Behavioral Handicaps Following Head Injuries (Medical News Today) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:11:03 GMT In a rare, large-scale study of traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients who span the full range of severity from mild to moderate and severe, Canadian researchers have found that the more severe the injury, the greater the loss of brain tissue, particularly white matter."This is an important finding as TBI is one of the most common forms of disability," said Dr. Click Here for Other Details

The Top Five Ways Medical Physics Has Changed Healthcare (Newswise) Published on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:25:43 GMT Many of the greatest inventions in modern medicine were developed by physicists. Now the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), the premier scientific and professional association of medical physicists, is celebrating its 50th anniversary and is calling attention to the field of medical physics achievements. Click Here for Other Details

Software automates patient records abstraction process. (ThomasNet) Published on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:23:03 GMT Powered by REMIND(TM) platform, Soarian? Quality Measures is healthcare data-mining tool that replaces time-consuming manual chart reviews with accurate and automated chart abstraction of quality measures. Solution analyzes and draws conclusions from all available electronic patient data from both Siemens and non-Siemens information technology systems. Results of analysis are presented in ... Click Here for Other Details

Comprehensive Diagnosis Of Heart Disease With A Single CT Scan - Science Daily (press release) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:32:34 GMT Comprehensive Diagnosis Of Heart Disease With A Single CT Scan Science Daily (press release) - Mar 4, 2008 However, for a comprehensive diagnosis of coronary artery disease, MUSC, like most cardiovascular centers, had traditionally relied on several imaging ... Click Here for Other Details

New Feedback on High-Tech Cancer Screen - WebMD Published on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:09:06 GMT New Feedback on High-Tech Cancer Screen WebMD - Mar 4, 2008 By Todd Zwillich March 4, 2008 -- Ten years after the first high-tech computerized device to help with breast cancer screening hit the US market, ... Click Here for Other Details

The top 5 ways medical physics has changed health care - EurekAlert (press release) Published on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:41:25 GMT The top 5 ways medical physics has changed health care EurekAlert (press release), DC - Feb 28, 2008 There they became magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT) scanning, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, ... Click Here for Other Details

Insurers Curbing Medical Scans; Fallout for Alliance - Orange County Business Journal Published on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:26:39 GMT Insurers Curbing Medical Scans; Fallout for Alliance Orange County Business Journal, CA - Mar 1, 2008 By Vita Reed Alliance Imaging Inc. of Anaheim and others are feeling the fallout from a cutback in the use of advanced medical imaging services by health ... Click Here for Other Details

Loss of heart scan coverage could give doctors pains - Bizjournals.com Published on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:38:57 GMT Loss of heart scan coverage could give doctors pains Bizjournals.com, NC - Feb 29, 2008 Jupiter Medical Center recently bought a $1.5 million 64-slice computerized tomography (CT) scanner, planning to use it as a first-line exam for patients ... Click Here for Other Details

The Loss of Serendipity in Psychopharmacology - Journal of American Medical Association (subscription) Published on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:53:50 GMT The Loss of Serendipity in Psychopharmacology Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Mar 4, 2008 Imagine a network of computerized science?run day hospitals devoted to open pilot trials of safe but unusual medications. What sort of drugs? ... Click Here for Other Details

Ask questions if concerned about CT scan - Arizona Republic Published on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:31:36 GMT Ask questions if concerned about CT scan Arizona Republic, AZ - Feb 27, 2008 Dr. Karen Garby, an interventional radiologist with Banner Desert Medical Center and Desert Endovascular Center, writes about computerized tomography. ... Click Here for Other Details

Imaging services may grow - Roanoke Times Published on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 06:32:48 GMT Imaging services may grow Roanoke Times, VA - Feb 29, 2008 According to its letter, Lewis-Gale is looking to relocate one in-use CT, or computerized tomography, scanner and one magnetic resonance imaging machine ... Click Here for Other Details

Carestream preserves former Kodak jobs - Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:02:38 GMT Carestream preserves former Kodak jobs Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, NY - Mar 2, 2008 ... making Carestream's computerized radiography and digital radiography equipment. The medical imaging company locally also makes the reusable phosphor ... Click Here for Other Details

Head injuries result in widespread brain tissue loss one year later - PhysOrg.com Published on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:32:30 GMT Head injuries result in widespread brain tissue loss one year later PhysOrg.com, VA - Mar 3, 2008 The computerized analysis revealed widespread brain tissue loss that was closely related to the severity of the TBI sustained one year earlier. ... Click Here for Other Details