1. Certegra P3T

... of PE exams ranked “diagnostic without limitation” when compared to standard protocol.*2 P3T Abdomen personalizes CT imaging of abdominal organs including the liver, pancreas and kidneys. *At a slightly ...

2. Certegra Informatics Platform

... “diagnostic without limitation” when compared to standard protocol.*P3T Abdomen personalizes CT imaging of abdominal organs including the liver, pancreas and kidneys.*At a slightly higher contrast dose ...

3. IG4 Plug-N-Play Delivery System

... instrument “tracking.” This ability to “see inside” allows clinicians to accurately target the lesion within a moving organ such as the lungs, kidneys or liver. The Veran IG4 system also enables clinicians ...

4. CT-scan Screening for LAM Cost-effective
(Communities/CT)

... but serious lung disease that occurs when an unusual type of cell begins to grow out of control and spread to restricted areas in the body, including the lungs, kidneys, lymph nodes and vessels.   ...

5. Hemas Hospital Introduces 4D Ultrasound Scanner
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... important organs including the heart, brain, kidneys etc. and the function of fetal blood circulation,” he said. The new 4D ultrasound scanner also enhances the ‘Maathru’ package that Hemas Hospital has ...

6. MRI Predicts Kidney Failure in Diabetics
(Communities/MRI)

... present in the brain, it could be an indicator that small-vessel damage is present in the kidneys as well, suggests the new study by Takashi Uzu, MD (Shiga University School of Medicine, Otsu, Japan). ...

7. Cibola Hospital Expands General Ultrasound Services
(Communities/Ultrasound)

... including evaluating blood flow within the heart, detecting breast cysts or gallstones, assessing the health of unborn babies, and examining the prostate, uterus, liver, kidneys, pancreas, colon, and urinary ...

8. CT Detects Many Kidney Abnormalities
(Communities/CT)

Study finds CT Scans detects abnormalities in the kidneys and their blood vessels. The study shows about 25 percent of healthy people have abnormalities in the kidneys and their blood vessels, but most ...

9. Heart Test Found Safe for Pre-transplant Kidney Patients
(Communities/Cardiac Vasculature)

... coronary angiography. The researchers found that patients' kidney function was similar before and after coronary angiography, indicating that the procedure was not harmful to the kidneys. The screening ...

10. FDA to Take a Second Look at Warnings on MRI Drugs
(Communities/MRI)

... impaired kidneys. As we reported yesterday, hundreds of MRI patients who had serious kidney problems have contracted a rare, debilitating and sometimes fatal disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis ...

11. Specter of MRI Disease Haunts GE
(Communities/MRI)

The patients had been injected with a GE dye that makes images more distinct. They all had weak kidneys before receiving the dye.In May 2006, medical regulators in Denmark issued a warning that signaled ...

12. Veran's unique IG4 Plug-N-Play Delivery System
(Company News/Veran Medical Technologies, Inc)

... to accurately target the lesion within a moving organ such as the lungs, kidneys or liver. It enables clinicians to display rich and varied diagnostic information such as contrast enhanced, computed tomography ...

13. CT-Determined Stone-Free Rates for Ureteroscopy of Upper-Tract Stones
(Communities/CT)

Most series on ureteroscopy for urolithiasis use postoperative plain radiography of the kidneys, ureters, and bladder (KUB) or intravenous urography (IVU) to determine outcomes. These imaging modalities, ...

14. Researchers create smaller, brighter probe tailored for molecular imaging and tumor targeting
(Communities/Nuclear Molecular)

... able to make them small enough (in the 5 nanometer range) to remain in the bloodstream for a reasonable amount of time and be efficiently excreted by the kidneys. Researchers were also able to increase ...

15. Iso-Osmolar x-ray dye falters in PCI study
(Modalities/Radiology )

SCAI-ACCi2 - A new study has found that an x-ray dye intended to reduce stress on the kidneys did not prevent renal injury during PCI in patients who already had compromised kidney function. A new ...

16. Innovative technologies promise new solutions to cardiology's challenges
(Imported/Imported)

... including relaxation of blood vessels, slowing of the heart rate, and increased fluid excretion by the kidneys. Previous studies suggested that the Rheos device significantly reduced both systolic blood ...

17. 'Virtual patient' to simulate real-time organ motions for radiation therapy
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... simulations could allow doctors to spot the small fractions of time when the lungs, liver, kidneys, and eventually the heart, are stationary relative to the external radiation beams. These opportune moments ...

18. Bacteria ferry nanoparticles into cells for early diagnosis, treatment
(Imported/Imported)

... genes to various organs, including the liver and kidneys. "The cells in the organs receiving the bacteria with nanoparticles made the intended therapeutic proteins and emitted a light similar to a firefly's ...

19. Angioplasty procedure has potential to damage kidneys
(Radiology News/Radiology Articles)

... that just putting the protection device in place releases particles that reach the kidneys. “The study raises many questions, including how well the protection device works and can we predict which plaques ...

20. Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
(Imported/Imported)

... not recommended if patients are good surgical candidates who are healthy, younger, and have two normal kidneys, because long-term follow-up is lacking and therefore the durability of cure is not confirmed. ...