Medical Imaging Law Weekly

Manchester Royal Infirmary - Pulsed shortwave therapy has no anti-inflammatory effect

Massachusetts General Hospital - Imaging may not be major driver of hospital cost increases

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester - Findings describe new data in electrocardiography research

MedQuist Inc. - Computer-assisted, remote coding solution introduced

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - FDG-PET shows promise as outcome measure

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Registration of FDG-PET and planning CT images resulted in greater consistency

Muhimbili University - High rates of tuberculosis found among HIV+ people in Tanzania

Neuroskeletal Imaging, Merritt Island, Florida - New MRI techniques may help patients avoid knee surgery

Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto - Consolidative abdominopelvic radiotherapy treated epithelial ovarian cancer

ReliaGene Technologies Inc. - Human identification testing and research laboratory signs R&D agreement

Rice University, Houston - Rice unveils "green" microcapsule production method

RIPAS Hospital, Negara - Endoscopic findings comparable between Asian/Western symptomatic HIV patients

S3 Investment Company - Investment company receives order from GE Medical for imaging injector system

Smith & Nephew - Kaiser awards 3-year contract for development of digital operating rooms

Society for Applied Studies, West Bengal - Stool antigen test for asymptomatic H. pylori infection has limited value

St. George Hospital, London - Microparticle enzyme immunoassay: an alternative to HPLC for measuring sirolimus

St. George Hospital, London - Transvaginal ultrasonography accurately detects ectopic pregnancy

Stanford University - Researchers' work adds to gene transfer body of knowledge

Tel Aviv University, Petah Tiqwa - Reduced endomyocardial blood flow, perfusion at rest characterize ischemia

Tokyo Medical University - Pharmacologic stress SPECT aids risk stratification before aortic surgery

Tsukuba Gakuen Hospital, Ibaraki - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research

Tufts University, Boston - VEGF depletion diminishes cardiac function in hearts injured by diabetes

Univ. of California, Davis - Human anti-globulin antibody responses to antibodies reviewed

University Hospital of Geneva - Moderate acute normovolemic hemodilution did not compromise LV function

University Hospital, Ulm, Germany - CT has potential to offer accurate, safer method for detecting artery disease

University Hospital, Uppsala - Combination of troponin I testing and ECG improves prognostic assessment

University of California, Riverside - Utility of high-resolution magic-angle spinning NMR evaluated

University of California, San Francisco - Phonocardiographic S₃ and S₄ have limited diagnostic value

University of Innsbruck Hospital - CT virtual reality useful in preoperative planning

University of Limoges - Recent findings in bone cancer provide new insights

University of Mainz - Aortic valve papillary fibroelastoma analyzed

University of Minnesota - Only a few novel risk factors and markers were predictors of recurrent CV events

University of Munster - Novel CT angiography system improves coronary stent imaging

University of Oulu - Findings describe new data in cardiology research

University of Texas - Reports add new data to diabetes pathogenesis research

University of Texas - Ultrasound is safe alternative to endoscopy in biopsies of the pancreas

University of Ulsan, Seoul - Response of head and neck cancer patients to radiotherapy evaluated via FDG-PET

University of Zurich Hospital - Use of routine TEE during pediatric cardiac surgery is cost-effective

Wake Forest University - Multiple views from CT scans may improve diagnosis

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC - Electrical impedance scanning shows promise for early cancer detection