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Imatron sells CT unit with GE’s backing
Imatron of South San Francisco, CA, this month announced the sale of an ultrafast CT scanner to Cardiac Imaging Management of New York City. The deal was financed by GE Capital, marking the first ultrafast CT sale to take place under the terms of the
Imatron of South San Francisco, CA, this month announced the sale of an ultrafast CT scanner to Cardiac Imaging Management of New York City. The deal was financed by GE Capital, marking the first ultrafast CT sale to take place under the terms of the joint marketing alliance signed in June between Imatron and GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee (SCAN 6/24/98). The center will open Dec. 1 and will be the first of four Cardiac Imaging Management facilities to be set up in Manhattan by July 1999.
Can Portable Dual-Energy X-Ray be a Viable Alternative to CT in the ICU?
September 13th 2024The use of a portable dual-energy X-ray detector in the ICU at one community hospital reportedly facilitated a 37.5 percent decrease in chest CT exams in comparison to the previous three months, according to research presented at the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) meeting in Washington, D.C.
New Meta-Analysis Examines MRI Assessment for Treatment of Esophageal Cancer
September 12th 2024Diffusion-weighted MRI provided pooled sensitivity and specificity rates of 82 percent and 81 percent respectively for gauging patient response to concurrent chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer, according to new meta-analysis.
Study for Emerging PET/CT Agent Reveals ‘New Standard’ for Detecting Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
September 11th 2024Results from a multicenter phase 3 trial showed that the PET/CT imaging agent (89Zr)Zr-girentuximab had an 85.5 percent mean sensitivity rate for the diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Can Radiomics and Autoencoders Enhance Real-Time Ultrasound Detection of Breast Cancer?
September 10th 2024Developed with breast ultrasound data from nearly 1,200 women, a model with mixed radiomic and autoencoder features had a 90 percent AUC for diagnosing breast cancer, according to new research.
