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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TomTec, the leading innovator for cardiac image analysis and image management, shows its new cardiac multimodality workstation at the RSNA in Chicago! TomTec will present at the RSNA a wide range of applications for cardiac/vascular ultrasound, cardiac MRI, XA and nuclear medicine integrated into one multimodality workstation. “Several leading PACS and CPACS companies...
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A BCer in Toronto (Free subscription) | yesterday
While the politicians and the media may have moved onto other, seemingly sexier crisisis ( ed. surely not sexier than cancer ? ), that doesn't mean the isotope crisis has gone away, or has even been solved by Lisa Raitt and the Conservatives. Indeed, doctors are warning that the (Conservative-mishandled) isotope crisis could be worsened by the (Conservative-mishandled) H1N1 flu pandemic. Provinces...
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Eurekalert (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
( Society of Nuclear Medicine ) SNM will hold its Conjoint Mid-Winter Meetings Jan. 27-Feb. 2, 2010, at the Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, N.M. This year, SNM joins its annual Mid-Winter Educational Symposium with the 2010 Annual Meeting and Educational Symposium of the American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), the Nanomedicine and Molecular Imaging Summit and the Clinical Trials...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Short-term follow-up is a reasonable alternative to invasive biopsy of palpable (capable of being touched or felt) breast lesions with benign imaging features, particularly in younger women with probable fibroadenoma (non-cancerous tumors that often occur in women during their reproductive years), according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. The study,...
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Full Comment (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
If Iran were a normal country, the offer would have been handsome. Iran claims to want enriched uranium for medical treatments and research into civilian nuclear energy. But enriching uranium is a very costly process, and Iran is not a rich country. So last month, the International Atomic Energy Agency proposed a deal, based on a Russian proposal. Instead of enriching uranium itself, Iran would ship...
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Impolitical (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
A video put out by a group called " United for a Secure Stable Supply ," advocating for Canadian medical isotope production. From their press release: The global medical isotope shortage began in May 2009, when Canada announced that its 52-year-old nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, would be closed for repairs for at least three months. But three months later, the government extended...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to a largest of its kind study in the November 15 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation...
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Atomic Insights Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
I have had a busy week trying to time share between a day job and at least some attendance and coverage of the American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting. While searching for other views of the event that I might have missed earlier in the week, I found the below segment titled Nuclear Industry Holds Winter Meeting on Future on Clean Skies News. One thing that might stick in the craw of long time members...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT.
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), a premier supplier of X-ray tubes and flat panel digital image detectors, will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and its line of X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging at the MEDICA 2009 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 18-21, 2009.
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Toronto Sun - News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
A squeeze on medical isotopes caused by the continuing shutdown of the Chalk River reactor threatens enrolment in training programs for nuclear medicine technologists.
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
BOSTON, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (Nasdaq: PRXL), today announced that it has expanded its leading medical imaging capabilities with advanced nuclear imaging functionality for cardiology clinical trials. Perceptive has incorporated into its medical imaging technologies components...
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Skincare beauty products (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
A radiologist is responsible for deciphering the results of a digital imaging test. The services that radiology covers may include body imaging, breast care exams, cardiovascular imaging, emergency testing, nuclear medicine, pediatric radiology, ultrasound, fluroscopies, intervention radiology, neuro-radiology and musculoskeletal…
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded nearly $9.7 million over five years to the Radiation Effects Research Foundation (RERF), Japan, to study the effects of atomic bomb radiation and aging on the human immune system.
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aarkstore | 09/15/2009
Summary Quantum Energy Limited (QEL) is an renewable energy solutions providing company. It is engaged in manufacturing and distribution of energy saving hot water systems, and building heating systems and swimming pool heaters for the residential, commercial and industrial markets. It is also engaged in the distribution of high-end medical products in the field of nuclear medicine. The company operates...
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julieadam | 09/14/2009
Without a doubt, India has become the medical tourism capital of the modern world. Offering the latest technological advances, experienced and expert physicians and surgeons and the very best in patient care, health tourism in India has secured her place in the world as a premier medical travel destination. Specializing in orthopedic, cardiac surgery in India those looking for heart transplant and...
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millerpu6d | 08/13/2009
Watch the latest radiology videos on www.radiologytube.com and learn how to become a radiologic technologist. We also have ultrasound, nuclear medicine, cat scan, and mri videos. mri, radiology, ultrasound, medicine, videos http://www.radiologytube.com