Radiology News p62 Result Pages • 'Computed tomography (CT) scans are better than standard radiography (X-rays) in showing the extent of disease in patients with the H1N1 virus, according to a study to be published online Oct. 21, 2009, in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The study ...' Wednesday, 21 October 2009 by www.eurekalert.org • 'Passing kidney stones is often described as the worst pain people have ever experienced. Even worse, about half of kidney stone sufferers will get another stone within the following five years. Worse still, it's often the initial treatment that leads ...' Tuesday, 20 October 2009 by www.livescience.com • 'A medical imaging procedure known as lung scintigraphy may be more reliable than pulmonary CT angiography (CTA) for identifying or excluding pulmonary embolism (PE) in pregnant patients, according to a study published in the November issue of the ...' Tuesday, 20 October 2009 by esciencenews.com • 'A report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) physicians calls into question the longstanding belief that pulmonary embolism (PE) - the life-threatening blockage of a major blood vessel in the lungs - is caused in trauma patients by a ...' Monday, 19 October 2009 by www.eurekalert.org • 'Groundbreaking work by scientists from Switzerland, Finland and Germany has lead to a new world record in X-ray microscopy. For the first time ever, features below 10 nanometres (nm) in width were resolved. Key to this new world record was doubling ...' Wednesday, 30 September 2009 by www.nanowerk.com • 'The potential of laser technology seems inexhaustible. Fresh proof has now been presented by an international team at Munich's Cluster of Excellence 'Munich Centre for Advanced Photonics' (MAP), in the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics (LAP) of ...' Tuesday, 29 September 2009 by www.idw-online.de • 'SNM is calling on Congress to support the Consistency, Accuracy, Responsibility and Excellence in Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy Act (CARE bill), which would ensure that states set minimum education and credentialing standards for nuclear ...' Tuesday, 29 September 2009 by www.eurekalert.org • 'American Science and Engineering Inc. introduced its mobile cargo and vehicle inspection system capable of penetrating 12 inches of steel. AS&E, a leader in X-ray detection, introduced its MobileSearch High-Energy cargo and inspection system for the ...' Wednesday, 23 September 2009 by www.upi.com • 'A team of researchers led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) radiologists has developed a computed-tomography-based protocol that identifies both narrowing of coronary arteries and areas of myocardial ischemia - restricted blood flow to heart ...' Tuesday, 15 September 2009 by www.eurekalert.org • '(Boston) In its quest to find new strategies to treat osteoarthritis and other diseases, a Boston University-led research team has reported finding a new computer tomography contrast agent for visualizing the special distributions of ...' Tuesday, 1 September 2009 by www.eurekalert.org Result Pages There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. - Douglas Adams |