Medical Imaging Law Weekly

Medicare - Hypertension coverage review for CardioDynamics' BioZ ICG technology initiated by CMS

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Lung cancer stage related to tumor diameter

Northwestern University, Chicago - Researchers use embryonic model to reprogram malignant melanoma

Okayama University - After transient cerebral ischemia, T1-weighted MR images may represent irreversible tissue injury

Okayama University - Feasibility of using MR angiography without contrast examined in bone and soft tissue tumors

Okayama University - New findings in oncology described

Ometric Corporation - Sequoia Capital, Trelys Funds lead new round of funding for spectroscopy developer Ometric

Osaka City University - Diagnosis of restenosis by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography after PCI is accurate

Policlinico S Orsola, Bologna - Roles of MR imaging and M angiography in congenital diseases of thoracic aorta are considered

Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center - Endoscopic procedures and diagnoses not influenced by seasonal variations

Radiological Society of North America - MRI rules out acute appendicitis in pregnancy

Rhode Island Hospital - Post-infectious cough clinical practice guidelines are focus of review

Royal Brompton Hospital, London - Primary aortic co-arctation stenting shows excellent clinical, angiographic outcomes

RWTH Aachen University - First-pass myocardial perfusion may be assessed visually, semiquantitatively by multidetector CT

Siemens Medical Solutions - Siemens Medical introduces dual source computed tomography system

Smith & Nephew - Smith & Nephew appoints John Mullen vice president of U.S. sales for endoscopy division

St. Joseph Hospital Regional Cancer Center, Orange - Robotic laparoscopic hysterectomy appears feasible and promising in pilot study

Stanford University - Recent findings in imaging provide new insights

Technical University of Munich - Atherosclerosis imaging on the molecular level is work in progress

Technical University of Munich - Detection of bone marrow lesions improved by ferumoxtran-10-enhanced MR imaging

Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia - Recent findings in electrocardiography provide new insights

Thoraxklinik Heidelberg - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics

Toranomon General Hospital, Tokyo - Research add new data to hepatocellular cancer body of knowledge

Tulane University, New Orleans - New research in the area of imaging detailed

Universitat Witten-Herdecke - Recent findings in echocardiography described

Universitatsklinikum Erlangen - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of imaging

University College London - Colonic lesions diagnosed by elastic scattering spectroscopy

University Hospital Schleswig Holstein - Fetal echocardiography between 10 and 15 weeks yields data for development and defect detection

University Hospital Tubingen - Left ventricular function is quantified reliably by 16-slice multidetector-row computed tomography

University of Athens - Fetal abnormalities may be detected with detailed sonography early in low-risk pregnancies

University of Athens - New research in the area of echocardiography detailed

University of California, Santa Barbara - Efficiency of observers to discriminate malignant from benign breast lesions assessed

University of Glasgow - Exhaled ethane in lung cancer patients measured with laser spectroscopy

University of Heidelberg - Researchers' findings advance imaging research

University of Hull, Kingston Upon Hull - Ability of MRI and MRS to predict tumor response to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients assessed

University of Illinois - Triacylglycerol turnover kinetics indicate compartmented lipid storage

University of Leipzig - Recent findings illuminate research in prostate cancer

University of Lund Hospital - Scintigraphically quantified ischemia correlates with summed ST deviation during coronary occlusion

University of Michigan Hospitals - Cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter after left atrial ablation often shows atypical ECG

University of Munich - Plaque variety in proximal coronary system is detected by 64-slice computed tomography

University of Navarra, Pamplona - Endometrial disease vascular pattern is reproducible using transvaginal Doppler sonography

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Reports add new data to cancer therapy research

University of Queensland - Findings describe new data in cardiology research

University of Queensland - Higher BMI is related to right ventricular dysfunction severity in obese and overweight

University of Wisconsin Medical School - Recent studies add new data to angiology research

Yale University - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Zagreb University Hospital Center - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of imaging