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• in Gadgets
  Healthcare Gets Big Boost from High Def
  New technology - most widely used for consumer electronics - is also changing medicine forever.
  by sdgully / on Dec 18, 2011
• in Technology
  Dr. Watson, I Presume
  If Watson can win at Jeopardy, he can probably read an X-Ray.
  by shadowdoc1953 / on Feb 17, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “radiology”

 

• Reducing Health Risks To Humans On Future Missions Into Deep Space

  
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  Space scientists from the University of New Hampshire (UNH) and the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) report that data gathered by NASAs Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) show lighter materials like plastics provide effective shielding against the radiation hazards faced by astronauts during extended space travel. ...
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• TechTool Thursday 031

  
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  TechTool review of  CT Scanning in Critical and Emergency Care by Frasford Pty Ltd on iPad       Website : – iTunes  - Website CT Scanning in Critical and Emergency Care aims to teach ED health professionals to better understand CT scans and pick up common abnormalities.  It contains ...
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• Improved Radionuclide Drug Treatment Planning With 3D Patient Models And Quantification Of Therapeutic Dose

  
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  External beam radiation treatment has long been manipulated into the unique shape of patients tumors for personalized cancer care. Technology providing a means of patient-specific radionuclide drug therapies has not been standardized, as it has been limited to software that requires oncologists to manually define the ...
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• SPECT/MR Molecular Imaging System Makes Its Debut

  
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  The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imagings 2013 Annual Meeting marks the unveiling of the successful application of a new preclinical hybrid molecular imaging system - single photon emission tomography and magnetic resonance (SPECT/MR) - which has exceptional molecular imaging capabilities in terms of ...
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• "aboriginal landscapes of fabulous hybrid creatures"

  
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  Marguerite Humeau is an artist who has made reconstructions of extinct creatures vocal tracts , extrapolating from extant species and fossil remains. The Extinction Orchestra . Back Here, Below, Formidable composed of soft tissue, the vocal chords of animals do not fossilize; only the surrounding bone is ...
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• CT Scans Associated With Increased Cancer Risk

  
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  An analysis of seven healthcare systems in the U.S. has found that pediatric radiation exposure from CT scans can potentially double the risk of cancer caused by radiation. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, revealed that the number of CT scans among young children has more than doubled from 1996 to ...
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• A Study on CAD Sciences accelerates response with WebEx Support Center.

  
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  A Study about CAD Sciences accelerates response with WebEx Support Center. Founded in 2002, CAD Sciences is the technology leader in the advancement of computer-assisted modeling of contrast-enhancement in MR imaging of cancer. Radiologist customers worldwide currently use the company’s Server2™ and WorkSpace™ ...
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• Obamacare to cut imaging tests

  
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  As health care reform continues, some medical imaging providers predict fewer radiology studies will be ordered for patients who need them.
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• Friend sent me this slide from her radiology class.

  
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  [IMG: http://www.theviraltrend.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/bce8DiuLusb.jpg]
  2 weeks ago

• Pioneering Medical Technology Company, Optivus Proton Therapy, Inc., Celebrates 20th Anniversary

  
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  Innovators in proton beam treatment technology celebrate 20 years changing the landscape of the radiation therapy field SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., May 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ – No other medical technology company can make the claim they’ve been solely focused on “Saving Lives with Proton Therapy,” for more than ...
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• Researchers Calculate The Radiation Exposure Associated With A Trip Mars

  
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  On November 26, 2011, the Mars Science Laboratory began a 253-day, 560-million-kilometer journey to deliver the Curiosity rover to the Red Planet. En route, the Southwest Research Institute-led Radiation Assessment Detector (RAD) made detailed measurements of the energetic particle radiation environment inside the ...
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• Study Finds That Radiation Oncology Research Is Critically Underfunded By The National Institutes Of Health (NIH)

  
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  Radiation oncology research received 197 grants, totaling only 1.6 percent ($85.5 million) of the $5.4 billion in cancer research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, according to a study available online and in the June 1, 2013, print issue of the International Journal of ...
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• A Protocol to Extend Survival After Inoperable Pancreatic Cancer

  
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  Surgical resection of adenocarcinoma can significantly improve survival, but only 20% of patients are candidates to undergo this treatment. Typically, patients with unresectable pancreatic adenocarcinoma receive palliative, non-curative therapy. Recent research, however, suggests that accurate radiographic restaging, ...
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• Colovesical Fistula

  
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  Descending and sigmoid colon show multiple small diverticuli. Urinary bladder shows tiny dot of free air. Loop of sigmoid colon is very close to superior-lateral aspect of bladder with loss of fat interface. Features are s/o Colo-Vesical Fistula. Tract of fistula could not be visualized. Minimal fat stranding noted ...
  3 weeks ago

• Mobile devices and apps getting popular with radiologists

  
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  Portable tablets and mobile apps are a growing trend in radiology, according to the 2013 Diagnostic Imaging Watch report released by Novation, an Irving, Tex.-based hospital and healthcare supply... read more
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• NHS Fife could outsource radiology

  
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  According to news article in  thecourier.co.uk   With the health board struggling to attract qualified radiologists, foreign doctors could be called in to plug the gap. According to news article they may  actually use radiologists in Australia.  From Sumers Radiology Site http://www.sumerdoc.blogspot.com ...
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• Reference reports in Ophthalmology, Coronary Stents and Tissue Engineering

  
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  MedMarket Diligence is making available previously published, comprehensive analyses of three different medtech markets. The markets covered in the three reports are: Ophthalmology Diagnostics, Devices and Drugs (see link ) Coronary Stents: Drug-Eluting, Bare, Bioresorbable and Others  (see link ) Tissue ...
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• Who should be able to certify medical necessity?

  
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  These days, there is a lot of talk about expanding scopes of practice for the group of folks who used to be called physician extenders and then midlevel providers and more recently non-physician providers, many of whom are now getting degrees with the title “doctor” incorporated. While it seems to vary, these ...
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• Weighing The Reward of Radiology Information Systems

  
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  Employing computed tomography (CT) scans has both advantages and risks. CT has led to revolutionary enhancements in the diagnosis and treatment of many diseases, as well as nearly ending the need for exploratory surgery and many other invasive procedures. The risk involved is that a CT scan delivers 70 times as much ...
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• Inattentional blindness, unintentional consequences

  
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  We are all at risk of missing the giant man in the gorilla suit every day in ED. The Invisible Gorilla study is a classic –  watch the video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGQmdoK_ZfY The viewer is asked to count the number of times the people in white shirts pass the ball to each other.   At some ...
  4 weeks ago

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