Minimally invasive autopsies, using a combination of MRI scans and other techniques, such as blood tests, can accurately determine the cause of death in fetuses and babies nearly as well as conventional autopsies, according to new research published in The Lancet. Post-mortem MRI is currently offered by some medical centres in the UK, but until now, evidence for its accuracy compared to conventional autopsies has been scarce. The study, led by led by Dr. Sudhin Thayyil and Professor Andrew Taylor of ...

Olympus announces that the company's ultrasound endoscopes will now be powered by the ProSound F75 Ultrasound Processor.The ProSound F75 Ultrasound Processor, developed in partnership by Hitachi Aloka Medical, Ltd., provides physicians with high-quality imaging that aids in more accurate diagnosis of diseases of the GI track and surrounding organs such as the pancreas, bile duct, liver, spleen and gallbladder as well as assessing a variety of cancers. The newly introduced platform improves workflow from ...

As healthcare moves from a volume to a value proposition, building better, more efficient patient care is increasingly important. Radiologists will learn skills to help navigate this transition, become better leaders, and thrive under new delivery and payment systems, at the American College of Radiology's (ACR) Radiology Leadership Institute (RLI) RLI Annual Event, to be held July 25-28, at the Kellogg School of Management on Northwestern University's Evanston, IL, campus. Former senator, Tom Daschle, ...

PRNewswire-Elekta and Royal Philips Electronics announce that Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Canada) will join their growing consortium to validate the clinical potential of MRI-guided radiation therapy.Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the sixth largest cancer center in North America, is the fourth member to sign the research agreement to evaluate the new technology, which merges radiation therapy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a single system. Current clinical members of the group ...

(BUSINESS WIRE)-Fry Construction, a specialist in the precision construction of medical facilities for over 29 years, announces the successful completion of a state-of-the-art cancer treatment facility that provides advanced noninvasive robotic radiosurgery options to patients in North Texas.Premier Cancer Centers Dallas opened in April 2013, offering stereotactic radiosurgery, intensity-modulated radiation therapy and the Accuray TomoTherapy® H™ Series all in one location. The new facility ...

Digital direct radiography (DR) is significantly more effective than computed radiography (CR) at detecting breast cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.The findings are the first to show a difference between the two types of digital imaging when compared with screen film mammography and suggest that women should be informed of the potential for lower cancer detection with CR, the researchers said.Digital mammography, which takes an electronic image of the breast that ...

Providing clinicians real time data to optimize radiation dose management during cardiac procedures, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. introduces the FDA-cleared Dose Tracking System for InfinixTM-i cardiovascular X-ray. The Dose Tracking System visualizes X-ray emissions like never before through an easy-to-read color-coded display."We partnered with Toshiba to develop the Dose Tracking System to further improve the safety and well-being of patients during interventional procedures," said Dr. Neil ...

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) are pleased to announce the publication of the joint guideline on radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence. The 81-page document represents an intensive collaboration among experts in the radiation oncology and urology fields, led by Richard K. Valicenti, MD, MA, professor and chair of the department of radiation oncology at the University of ...

The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) third edition of evidence-based lung cancer guidelines, Diagnosis and Management of Lung Cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines, recommends offering low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) scanning for lung cancer screening to people with a significant risk of lung cancer due to age and smoking history.Published as a special supplement to the May issue of CHEST, ACCP's peer-reviewed journal, the ...

Electrophysiology (EP) clinical teams require a unique set of technologies to perform accurate and safe exams. Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. offers these clinicians an InfinixTM-i cardiovascular X-ray system tailored for EP procedures with a new package of features, accessories and technologies. This package maximizes room utilization, improves workflow and enhances safety. System Design: Infinix-i's C-arm movement provides complete patient coverage while creating an access halo (180 ...

Newswise - Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have collaborated with researchers in China, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Germany to devise a new computational method for assessing lung cancer tumors using CT, PET or MRI diagnostic technologies. The method, called single click ensemble segmentation (SCES), uses a new computer algorithm developed by the researchers to help segment and extract features of a tumor. The new approach not only improves diagnosis and prognosis ...

The American College of Radiology (ACR) recognized medical facilities in New Jersey and Maine as the first-ever Diagnostic Imaging Centers of Excellent (DICOE), recognizing a distinctive level of excellence in diagnostic imaging. The awards to the Hackensack University Medical Center in Bergen County, N.J. and the Mount Desert Island Hospital in Bar Harbor, Maine were presented at the ACR annual meeting May 7 in Washington."The DICOE award, new in 2013, reflects excellence at multiple levels - the ...

The Focused Ultrasound Foundation, Royal Philips Electronics and InSightec Ltd announced that they are collaborating with leading clinicians in the field and support the establishment of a multicenter registry to evaluate MR-guided focused ultrasound treatment for uterine fibroids (also known as uterine leiomyomas).  The international registry, titled RELIEF (REgistry for Leiomyoma: International Efficacy of Focused Ultrasound) will start in the second half of 2013. Over a three-year period, the ...

Siemens Healthcare has announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared the company's CAIPIRINHA (Controlled Aliasing in Volumetric Parallel Imaging Results IN Higher Acceleration) software as part of Siemens' syngo MR D13A software package for parallel magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The software helps enable patients with breath-holding difficulties to reduce the amount of time they hold their breath by up to 50 percent without sacrificing imaging resolution or contrast.Siemens' ...

SonaCare Medical, a provider of minimally invasive high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) technology, announces launch of the FDA-Cleared Sonatherm® HIFU Surgical Ablation System at the the108th Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA), in San Diego, May 4-8, 2013 (booth #3611). A state-of-the-art laparoscopic HIFU surgical ablation system, Sonatherm is the only HIFU system 510(k) cleared for the laparoscopic or intraoperative ablation of soft tissue. Sonatherm uses HIFU energy ...