Telemedicine Law Weekly

ProVation Medical, Inc. - Nashville Endoscopy Center selects software to document and code gastroenterology procedures

Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton - Use of PET/CT in oncology reviewed

Rush University Medical Center, Chicago - Research in diagnostics provides new insights

Seoul National University Hospital - Hand-assisted retroperitoneoscopic nephroureterectomy without hand-assisted device effective

St. John's Mercy Medical Center, Saint Louis - Obesity is associated with a wide variety of ECG abnormalities

Stanford University - Ex vivo expanded DCs home to T-cell zones of lymphoid organs and survive in vivo after BMT

Stanford University - High-resolution real-time spiral MRI guidance effective in rabbit model

Stanford University Medical Center - Research shows brain is an important part of pain control

Sun Yat Sen University, Guangdong - Plasminogen kringle 5 deletion mutant may control pathological angiogenesis

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Characteristics of synchronous adenocarcinoma and MALT lymphoma analyzed

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Detection of second primary cancer improved using F-18-FDG PET/CT

Tel Aviv University - Novel NMR parameter useful for monitoring thermal liver tissue coagulation

TriPath Imaging, Inc. - Study demonstrates correlation between biomarker reactivity and breast cancer recurrence risk

Tulane University, New Orleans - Review focuses on plaque-imaging techniques in CVD prevention

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Low body mass index for women with endometriosis may suggest early disease origin

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Surgical technique is important to reduce adhesion formation after laparoscopic excision

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte - Neutralizing antibody against scorpion venom is characterized

University Hospital of Geneva - Power Doppler imaging assesses neoangiogenesis in adult moyamoya disease

University of Chicago - Efficacy of EUS-guided fine needle tissue acquisition to evaluate solid masses assessed

University of Essen Gesamthsch - Preoperative tumor staging improved with fluorescence-based staging laparoscopy

University of Freiburg - Predictive value of normal carotid ultrasound does not support routine TEE

University of London Imperial College - [F-18]FLT-positron emission tomography used to quantify cellular proliferation

University of Michigan - Laparoscopic-guided liver biopsy safe and informative in pediatric HSCT

University of Michigan - Magnetic resonance imaging detects abnormalities associated with osteoarthritis severity

University of Milan - Small adnexal masses differentiated via transvaginal sonographic imaging

University of Minnesota - Novel 3-D electrocardiographic imaging modality uses noninvasive body surface measurements

University of Mississippi - Colonic chicken-skin mucosa in children with polyps is not a preneoplastic lesion

University of Oxford - Anxiety for women recalled for second mammography is similar regardless of family history

University of Pittsburgh - Treatment planning of epidermoid tumor aided by FLAIR and DWI

University of Rome Tor Vergata - Percutaneous kyphoplasty effective for treatment of intractable pain due to vertebral collapse

University of Toronto - Optical transillumination spectroscopy is a good predictor of tissue density

University of Toronto - Simultaneous MRA and carotid ultrasound has high sensitivity and specificity

University Vita-salute, Milan - Better outcomes achieved with laparoscopic than open colectomies

Washington State University - Native surface protein NcSRS2 reduces congenital Neospora caninum transmission

William Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak - Studies describe new findings in cardiology research

Yamaguchi University - Quantitative CT deemed superior to spirometry in predicting air leak duration