Radiology News p64 Result Pages • 'Multidrug-resistant bacteria can be spread in the intensive care unit by portable X-ray machines and their operators, Israeli researchers found. The surfaces of the machines yielded samples that contained resistant Gram-negative bacteria about 40% of ...' Thursday, 6 August 2009 by www.medpagetoday.com • 'Nuclear Medicine Professionals, Inc. (NMPI) announces the acquisition and launch of its fifth portable nuclear camera. The size of NMPI's fleet of mobile cardiac imaging units has increased 40% in 2009 alone. According to NMPI President John ...' Wednesday, 5 August 2009 by www.prweb.com • ' A team of Brookhaven and Argonne National Laboratory researchers has demonstrated a reliable path for sculpting an intricate x-ray focusing lens out of diamond. Their technique, which was published in the January 2009 edition of the Journal of ...' Monday, 3 August 2009 by www.physorg.com • Patent Awarded for a New X-ray Imaging Technology with Capability Unrealized with Present Day Radiological Modalities 'Now, a newly patented x-ray microscope technology makes it possible to see every wire in a stent, magnified 25 times larger than actual size, as clearly as if it were being viewed through a microscope, while exposing the animal and researcher to ...' Wednesday, 29 July 2009 by www.prweb.com • 'The tubes that power X-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina has developed new ...' Tuesday, 28 July 2009 by www.newswise.com • 'SNM and a coalition of eight other organizations have issued a white paper urging Congress to take steps to maintain adequate supplies of Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), a radioactive substance that is the basis for a common medical isotope used in more than 80 ...' Tuesday, 28 July 2009 by www.eurekalert.org • ' YXLON International, a leading provider of industrial X-ray inspection systems and computed tomography solutions for the industrial, non-destructive testing of materials, takes pride in the successful market launch of its new standard solution for ...' Tuesday, 28 July 2009 by www.openpr.com • 'Ever since the 1985 discovery of buckminsterfullerene (formally known as C60), this molecule, with its perfect shape and high symmetry, has fascinated scientists, physicists, and chemists alike [1, 2, 3]. Similar to a soccer ball, the molecule consists ...' Monday, 27 July 2009 by physics.aps.org • 'IRIS QA, LLC, a leader in the development of software based analysis tools for the CT, MR and NM imaging systems, announces the launch of a new Nuclear Medicine (NM) Took Kit application which provides a simple windows based interface that supports ...' Monday, 27 July 2009 by www.prweb.com • 'Canadian scientists at the University of Alberta's Cross Cancer Institute are developing a new technology that integrates two existing medical devices -- medical linear accelerators, or 'linacs,' which produce powerful X-rays for treating cancer, and ...' Monday, 27 July 2009 by www.eurekalert.org Result Pages Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. - Dave Barry |