Medical Imaging Business Week

Medical University of South Carolina - "Virtual colonoscopy" needs to improve before widespread clinical use

Munich University Hospital - Rat model shows feasibility of microvascular anastomosis in an optical cavity.

Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research - Novel MRI method used to measure efficacy of MAP kinase inhibitor

Rene Descartes University - Phosphorylation motif of HIV Vpu bound to beta-TrCP described

Royal Brisbane Hospital - Laparoscopic right hepatectomy is feasible

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy - Trivex System launched for removal of varicose veins

Spain National Center for Microelectronics - Real-time monitoring of transplant organs described

St. Jude Children's Hospital - PET scanning for pediatric oncology patients is explored

St. Jude Children's Hospital - PET-CT for pediatric oncology is implemented in a tertiary care center

Stevens Institute of Technology - Time-reversal acoustics research promises medical breakthroughs

Tel Aviv Medical Center - Equipment for less invasive neuroendoscopy is evolving

Telemedicine - Mental-health services center will cover 7-county region in Nebraska

The Goulandris Natural History Museum - SPE-LC-ESI MS/MS method rapid and sensitive detection of CAP in seafood

Thomas Jefferson University - The use of ureteroscopic surgery is expanding

Univ. of New South Wales - Endoscopic technology is being applied in neurosurgery

University of Bologna - Pancreatic involvement in systemic sarcoidosis with high serum amylase/lipase

University of Hong Kong - Distinctive radiological features of SARS identified

University of Pittsburgh - Gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity decreases bone mass

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Two-stage surgery for high-risk, morbidly obese patients reduces surgical risk

VA Medical Center, Dallas - Researchers describe guidelines for Barrett esophagus screening

Virginia Mason Med. Ctr., Seattle - Endoscopic stenting can sometimes relieve obstruction caused by colonic tumors

Washington University - Combining scans improves radiologists' targeting of lung tumors

Wonkwang University - Liquid chromatography-mass spec used to study antiangiogenic drug in rat model

Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital - Pulmonary cryptococcosis presents as solitary focal ground-glass opacity on HRCT