Alara has shipped its 500th peripheral bone densitometer. The economical tabletop system is designed for in-office bone mineral density testing. The company began distributing MetriScan, which uses radiographic absorptiometry to scan a patient's three
Alara has shipped its 500th peripheral bone densitometer. The economical tabletop system is designed for in-office bone mineral density testing. The company began distributing MetriScan, which uses radiographic absorptiometry to scan a patient's three middle fingers, in 2002. It is available in the U.S. and 21 other countries.
New Study Assesses Long-Term Outcomes of PSMA PET Use in PCa Recurrence Cases
October 24th 2024For patients with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer, PSMA PET imaging may facilitate a 12.8 percent lower incidence of prostate cancer mortality in contrast to the combination of CT and bone scan, according to long-term outcome estimates from a new decision-analytic modeling study.
Can Diffusion MRI Predict Patient Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer?
October 23rd 2024A model emphasizing time-dependent diffusion MRI was 15 percent more effective than apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) measurements at predicting pathologic complete response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy for women with breast cancer, according to new research.