1. Acc.10: Philips Simplifies Cardiology Care
(Company News/Philips Healthcare)

... ECG algorithm.  Additionally, it includes advanced ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) decision-support tools, as well as updated gender, age, and lead-specific STEMI criteria that ...

2. HIFU Removes Excess Subcutaneous Fat
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... outside the targeted treatment area," Gadsden reported. "HIFU-treated adipose tissue is efficiently removed by normal inflammatory mechanisms and does not produce any acute or long-term local or systemic ...

3. Radiation not Necessary after Mastectomy
(Modalities/Radiology )

Most early-stage breast cancer patients may not need radiation after mastectomy, because of the low present-day risk of recurrence following modern surgery and systemic therapy, according to researchers ...

4. PET Imaging for Cancer Aggression Prediction
(Communities/PET)

... value (SUV) in lymph nodes may serve as an imaging biomarker for selecting patients for more aggressive systemic chemotherapy," said Yao, of University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland. "Since ...

5. Toshiba’s Contrast-free MRA Improve Patient Safety
(Company News/Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation)

... techniques.” Gadolinium-based contrast agents, the most common contrast agents used for MRA, have been directly linked to nephrogenic systemic fibrosis or nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NSF/NFD) a ...

6. InfraReDx Exhibits at LUMEN 2010
(Company News/InfraReDx)

... exhibiting at LUMEN 2010 InfraReDx , Inc., announced that the Company will be exhibiting at LUMEN 2010, the world's premier ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) meeting, to be held February 25-27, ...

7. MRI Contrast Agent Reduce Side Effects
(Communities/MRI)

... swelled to twice their normal size. Her hair fell out a few days after the procedure, and she was diagnosed with Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF). Roxburgh now uses a wheelchair and has been told that ...

8. Contrast Agent Reduces MRI Health Risks
(Communities/MRI)

... has been linked to a number of adverse health conditions including nephrogenic fibrosing demopathy, nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and advanced kidney failure. This new contrast agents also contains gadolinium, ...

9. New PET Radiotracers Detects Alzheimer's Disease
(Communities/PET)

... of Chile have discovered that two drugs, the benzimidazole derivatives lanzoprazole and astemizole, may be suitable for use as PET (positron emission tomography) radiotracers and enable imaging for the ...

10. Boosting Of HIFU-Induced Anti-tumor Immunity
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... mass as possible. However, this strategy is not most effective in terms of inducing a systemic anti-tumor immunity so that it cannot provide efficient micro-metastatic control and long-term tumor ...

11. VentriPoint to Present Clinical Validation Study
(Company News/VentriPoint Diagnostics Ltd.)

... in this abstract, "Accuracy of Right Ventricular Volume and Function Analysis in Patients with Systemic Right Ventricles using Knowledge Based Reconstruction," is the result of an international collaboration ...

12. MRI : Gadolinium-based Reactions Rare
(Communities/MRI)

... contrast agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) has sparked controversy over the years," said Abujudeh. NSF is a potentially lethal systemic disease that has raised the concern over the use of ...

13. Greenway at IHE North America Connectathon
(Company News/Greenway Medical Technologies Inc.)

... and systemic interoperability across all applications, platforms and settings is key to health IT's shared goal of a national healthcare information network, which will also enhance the outcomes of advanced ...

14. Arab Health 2010: Medical Imaging Conference
(Radiology Conferences/Arab Health Congress 2010)

... Abu Dhabi, UAE      10:30  TIPS (Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt) in the UAE Dr. Jamal Al Koteesh, MD, FRCR, Residency Program Director, Consultant Interventional ...

15. Georgia DCH Introduces Health-e Connect
(Healthcare Informatics/Healthcare Informatics)

... *  Physician practice productivity improvements        *  Improvements in clinical outcomes        *  Systemic and population ...

16. First Robot-assisted Surgery in North Texas
(Modalities/Radiology )

... radiation and systemic chemotherapy to treat that," Mr. Harrison said. "It was pretty terrible." His wife, Kim, helped care for him at home while he recuperated from the series of treatments. In pain almost ...

17. Higher Skin Risk with MRI Drugs
(Communities/MRI)

... of the Food and Drug Administration panel felt current data showed GE Healthcare 's Omniscan and Covidien's Optimark were associated with a higher risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) for patients ...

18. Suit Filed Against Bayer's Magnevist Product
(Company News/Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals)

San Rafael Resident Peter Gerber Sues Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals; Plaintiff Claims Company’s Magnevist Product Caused Fatal Disease. The nation’s first trial of a Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) ...

19. MRI Health Risks Makes FDA Reconsider
(Communities/MRI)

... risks.The three drugs, which allow for a more thorough image of a body when injected in patients prior to MRI scans, have been associated with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis. NSF is a debilitating and potentially ...

20. CT Morphology Stratifies Colorectal Liver Metastases Patients
(Communities/CT)

Computed tomography (CT) assessment of morphologic changes accurately stratified patients with colorectal liver metastases. According to quality of response to bevacizumab (Avastin)-based systemic therapy ...