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January 26, 2010 - The need for more control when developing a radiation therapy plan for 4D respiratory is critical. When running a QA test for gating on a phantom, clinicians want greater flexibility to import and control the motion profiles, while simplifying the programming process.

Time January 27, 2010
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January 26, 2010 - Preoperative computed tomography (CT) may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a new study appearing in the February issue of the journal Radiology.

Time January 26, 2010
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January 26, 2010 - The need for disposable core needle biopsy device that features both manual and automatic firing modes, while incorporating a variable throw, has been in increasing demand among interventional radiologists. Today, a new tool was released, which may meet the needs of the radiology and biopsy markets.

Time January 26, 2010
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Janaury 26, 2010 - Radiologists specializing in breast imaging will now all speak the same language. The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have agreed to include the Breast Imaging and Data Reporting System (BI-RADS) lexicon in RSNA’s radiology lexicon, RadLex.

Time January 26, 2010
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January 26, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) selected GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) to help develop a U.S. supply of a radioisotope used in more than 20 million annual, domestic diagnostic medical procedures.

Time January 26, 2010
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January 25, 2010 - With more than 3,000 requests for medical devices to get 510(k) clearance each year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asked the Institute of Medicine (IOM) to conduct a comprehensive study of the process, which is not scheduled to be concluded for another year.

Time January 25, 2010
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January 25, 2010 - Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine found that images post-processed using software designed for images acquired using a low dose of radiation were comparable to unprocessed high-dose images.

Time January 25, 2010
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January 25, 2010 - Handheld ultrasound systems are on their way to provide imaging equipment for care for earthquake victims in Haiti.

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January 25, 2010 - Heart failure is a serious medical condition, in which the heart muscle progressively loses its ability to pump blood, that affects more than five million people in the United States and results in about 1.1 million hospitalizations and 300,000 deaths each year.

Time January 25, 2010
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January 25, 2010 - One out of 50 people in the United States has an unruptured brain aneurysm, and about 40 percent of all people who have a ruptured brain aneurysm will die as a result.

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January 25, 2010 – Physicians’ reduce radiation dose by 20 percent exposure to emergency department patients with suspected PE without compromising patient safety in response to an educational intervention, reported a study published in the February issue of American Roentgen Ray Society.

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January 25, 2010 - Tri Hospital MRI Center of Port Huron, Mich., was seeking a radiology information system (RIS) that included integrated business workflow from scheduling through billing to service a joint venture of Port Huron Hospital, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital and St. John River District Hospital.

Time January 25, 2010
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January 22, 2010 - The quality of radiotherapy treatment across Australasia just got a boost. A team of radiation oncologists, radiation therapists, and medical physicists have signed a contract with a radiotherapy system manufacturer to provide other radiation oncology departments with training.

Time January 22, 2010
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The debate over healthcare reform has raised many issues as to why costs have risen so much in recent years. During the debates, comments have been made that device manufacturers are a big factor in driving up costs.

Time January 22, 2010
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January 21, 2010 - Staging the cancer, whether it has metastasized to the lymph nodes, is an important prognostic indicator that determines the course of therapy. A widely accepted technique used during surgery to stage breast, melanoma, and other cancers involves the injection of a radiopharmaceutical near the tumor, which results in its accumulation in the local lymph nodes.

Time January 21, 2010
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January 21, 2010 - More than 60 percent of U.S. breast imaging facilities offer digital mammography and more are acquiring digital services each month, and a new study may drive the adoption of digital mammography even further.

Time January 21, 2010
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January 20, 2010 - Advanced breast imaging capabilities added elastography to the list, fused MR/CT image data combined with angiography navigation systems to guide percutaneous oncology, and 3.0 Tesla MR debut at the 2009 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

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January 20, 2010 - Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women worldwide. Treatments for the disease have changed markedly over the last decade as a result of guidelines issued by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in 1999, which stated that chemoradiotherapy should be considered as an alternative to radiotherapy.

Time January 20, 2010
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January 20, 2010 - First Coast Oncology in Jacksonville, Fla., employs a technique for whole breast irradiation that is designed to target and deliver a boost dose accurately and reliably to the lumpectomy cavity margin.

Time January 20, 2010
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January 20, 2010 - Fairfield Memorial Hospital and Piedmont Family Practice at York, a clinic, are the latest facilities in South Carolina to install a new PACS for its rural facilities in the region.

Time January 20, 2010
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