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Acuson sells 1000th Sequoia
Ultrasound vendor Acuson of Mountain View, CA, announced this month that it has sold its 1000th Sequoia premium scanner, which was installed at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Acuson introduced Sequoia in 1996 (SCAN 5/8/96).In other
Ultrasound vendor Acuson of Mountain View, CA, announced this month that it has sold its 1000th Sequoia premium scanner, which was installed at the Karolinska Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. Acuson introduced Sequoia in 1996 (SCAN 5/8/96).
In other Acuson news, the company has sold 10 ultrasound scanners to South Korea, a sign that the country's economic woes are not insurmountable for imaging vendors. Acuson sold three Sequoias and seven Aspen scanners to Je-Saeng General Hospital in Boondang.
Acuson on March 10 announced the installation of 16 Sequoia scanners at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the University of California, San Francisco. UCLA is acquiring nine Sequoias and one Aspen scanner, while UCSF has installed seven Sequoias.
MRI-Based AI Radiomics Model Offers 'Robust' Prediction of Perineural Invasion in Prostate Cancer
July 26th 2024A model that combines MRI-based deep learning radiomics and clinical factors demonstrated an 84.8 percent ROC AUC and a 92.6 percent precision-recall AUC for predicting perineural invasion in prostate cancer cases.
Breast MRI Study Examines Common Factors with False Negatives and False Positives
July 24th 2024The absence of ipsilateral breast hypervascularity is three times more likely to be associated with false-negative findings on breast MRI and non-mass enhancement lesions have a 4.5-fold likelihood of being linked to false-positive results, according to new research.
Can Polyenergetic Reconstruction Help Resolve Streak Artifacts in Photon Counting CT?
July 22nd 2024New research looking at photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) demonstrated significantly reduced variation and tracheal air density attenuation with polyenergetic reconstruction in contrast to monoenergetic reconstruction on chest CT.
