Favorable results from trial could raise awareness of option for patients at risk of limb loss

Single-click access speeds up consultations, reduces confusion from multiple patient record numbers

Hospitals find that true integration, not just interfacing, optimizes productivity with digital imaging systems

High-temp superconductors, implantable ultrasound, 256-slice CT systems pledge to remake landscape of medical imaging

Correlation between pre- and postcontrast images of knees could influence treatment evaluation

New class of antirheumatic drugs heightens need to identify synovial inflammation and early bone damage

Initial results convince Europeans experimental technique may reduce benign breast biopsy rates

Ideal computer-aided detection tool combines high sensitivity with low false-positive rates

Preliminary experience in small number of cases shows potential to visualize tiny calcifications

Accurate needle placement requires instrumentationfor good imaging contrast and high spatial resolution

Cardiologist/trainer urges specialties to consider partnership models that capitalize on strengths of both cardiologists and radiologists

Cardiologists and radiologists sift through differing requirements, find opportunities to study either together or apart

New approach increases temporal resolution, improving cardiac image quality while adding dynamic functional information

Differential diagnosis of arthritic joint conditions and degenerative spinal disorders can be far from straightforward. Leading musculoskeletal radiologists at the European Congress of Radiology in Vienna showed how careful evaluation of imaging data can improve diagnostic accuracy.

Siemens adds unit, shuffles execs DR firm allies with Toshiba Canada

Smart computing may be the ticket to image-guided surgery, particularly for sites that can’t afford expensive technology. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have come up with one such possibility -- software that combines data from two widely used imaging technologies to enhance prostate brachytherapy.

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Researchers have developed a mathematic formula to predict a woman’s risk of osteoporotic fracture. The equation has proved 75% accurate and will allow physicians to tailor their treatment strategies to help women prevent fractures of fragile bones, according to a study in the October issue of Radiology.

Siemens Medical Solutions will launch its newly acquired MammoTest breast biopsy table at the RSNA meeting. The rights to the system were acquired by Siemens this summer from now-defunct Fischer Imaging in a deal brokered by the Federal Trade Commission. By late November, the company expects that its managers in every country will be versed in the prone stereotactic biopsy unit and ready to begin selling it globally, said Erica Rouleau, national sales director for women’s health at Siemens.