Archive for February, 2009

Radiographers

The Job
You will perform general radiography independently at a high level to produce good quality diagnostic images with demonstration of excellent patient service orientation.
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Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Multislice CT can help guide surgery for infective endocarditis

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 13 - In patients with infective endocarditis, the accuracy of multislice CT for detecting valvular abnormalities is close to that of transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), and the newer technique could help in surgical planning, according to a report in the February 3 Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

Ultrasound elastography shows potential in thyroid nodules

Ultrasound elastography may be useful as an adjunct for the challenging task of evaluating thyroid nodules, according to a pair of recent studies.
In the first study, a multicenter trial concluded that combining elastography with grayscale ultrasound and color Doppler offers the potential of improving the characterization of thyroid nodules. Meanwhile, a separate Korean study also [...]

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Radiation benefits women with early breast cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A review of published studies confirms that the addition of radiation therapy to breast-conserving surgery in the treatment of a noninvasive early form of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) substantially decreases the risk of recurrence of either DCIS or invasive breast cancer in the affected breast.
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Childhood Cancer Survivors Not Getting Recommended Mammograms

TUESDAY, Jan. 27 (HealthDay News) — Almost half of female childhood cancer survivors under the age of 40 who had chest radiation as part of their treatment are not following the recommended advice to get screening mammograms sooner than other women, new research shows.
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Saturday, February 7th, 2009

Study shows GE Healthcare’s VisipaqueTM associated with lower incidence of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy and Cardiovascular Events in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease compared to iopromide

Dubai, UAE; February 4, 2009: A first-ever 208-person study comparing the renal safety, occurrence of cardiovascular adverse events and diagnostic image quality of GE Healthcare’s isosmolar contrast media (CM) iodixanol (Visipaque) and the low-osmolar CM iopromide in select patients concluded iodixanol is associated with lower incidence of contrast-induced neuropathy (CIN) and cardiovascular events (CV) than [...]

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009