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3D-Representation helps medical staff easily navigate electronic patient file

An IBM  technology innovation for intelligent electronic patient records, using a 3D model of the human body has proved both practical and valuable in a first test at a Danish Hospital. Using an "avatar" or map of the human...

American College of Cardiology finds utilization of contrast echocariography with definity improves

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, recognizes and comments on a paper published online in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that reinforces the clinical use and impact...

Japanese researchers study proves ultrasound just as useful as CT for detecting free air

Japanese researchers have established by studying nearly 500 patients that ultrasound is just as useful as CT in diagnosing intraperitoneal free air in patients suffering from abdominal pain or acute injury. After blunt trauma, it is important to diagnose...

Next Generation Diagnostic Tool May Transform Patient Outcomes

During the 12th Annual Scientific Sessions  of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), the world’s major international society for cardiovascular imaging, the role of perfusion imaging in clinical decision making will be refined. During the 12th Annual...

Robotic Radical Hysterectomy results in shorter hospital stays

Colleen Feltmate, MD a gynecologic oncology surgeon at BWH and senior author on the study said, Robotic radical hysterectomy is a new and important method for both surgeons and patients as the entire field of surgery trends toward minimally...

Astro study finds breast reconstruction impacts radiation therapy outcomes

According to a study in the November issue of the International Journal of Radiation oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, for breast cancer patients who underwent a mastectomy who undergo radiation therapy...

European studies confirm that DX-S system delivers high quality results with reduced X-ray dose

Agfa HealthCare, a leading provider of IT-enabled clinical workflow and diagnostic imaging solutions, announces that two recent independent studies have confirmed that the company’s pioneering DX-S offline detector system delivers high quality diagnostic exposures with significantly reduced patient exposure...

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