Sussex Foundation Fund Raising campaign Gets Huge Support

The Sussex Health Centre Foundation has recently started a campaign to raise funds in order to acquire a digital mammography unit. The campaign got a huge support following the province's announcement of providing a fund of $168,000.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1640-sussex-foundation-fund-raising-campaign-gets-huge-support.html

Boone Memorial Hospital Installs A New Digital Mammography Unit

Boone Memorial Hospital, Madison, WV, announced that it has installed a new digital mammography unit. The hospital aims to fight breast cancer, the second cause of cancer-related mortalities between women. A ceremony was held at the hospital to welcome the new unit. It was attended by a number of breast cancer survivors, such as Janet Dent.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1638-boone-memorial-hospital-installs-a-new-digital-mammography-unit.html

A New Cardiac Imaging Technique Designed In UK

A new technique for "slicing" 3D cardiac images into sections through the use of computer software has been designed for the first time by a cardiologist in Southampton. UK. The new technique is called multiplane review (MPR) 3D echocardiography. It provides its user with the ability to detect cardiac abnormalities more precisely than the conventional 2D or the standard 3D images.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1625-a-new-cardiac-imaging-technique-designed-in-uk.html

Medtronic's Ensura MRI-Compatible Pacemaker Receives CE Mark

Medtronic, Inc., a major company providing cardiac pacemakers, announced that its Ensura MRI SureScan pacing system has received a CE (Conformité Européenne) mark.  Ensura MRI is a pacemaker that can be used safely by patients who undergo MRI scans. Ensura MRI represents the second generation of MRI-compatible pacemakers; it is available in several European countries but still not available in the United States.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1626-medtronics-ensura-mri-compatible-pacemaker-receives-ce-mark.html

Lymphoseek Provides A New Option For Imaging Head And Neck Cancers

A new imaging agent for detecting head and neck cancers is currently under development. The agent, Neoprobe’s Lymphoseek, will be the result of cooperation between researchers from two companies, Phylogeny, from Columbus, Ohio, and Neoprobe, a company based in Dublin, Ohio.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1627-lymphoseek-provides-a-new-option-for-imaging-head-and-neck-cancers.html

SNM Expects Persisting Medical Isotopes Shortage

There is an ongoing international shortage in medical isotopes. The shortage is resulted by number of factors, including the fact that is a number of nuclear reactors have stopped their operations for maintenance. One of such reactors was that of the National Research Universal (NRU), Chalk River reactor, in Canada.


http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1629-snm-expects-persisting-medical-isotopes-shortage.html

Beekley Produces A Solution For better Taste Of Oral iodinated Contrasts

Oral iodinated compounds are used as a contrast agent for several diagnostic imaging techniques. However, a large number of patients are complaining about the bitter taste of these compounds. The oral iodinated contrast gents are administered in the form of a pill that patient takes prior to the imaging procedure.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1630-beekley-produces-a-solution-for-better-taste-of-oral-iodinated-contrasts.html

Non-Invasive Screening Test Reduces Invasive Examinations To Identify Bowel Disease, Study

A new study published in the British Medical Journal, involved a simple screening test which identifies patients who are most likely to have inflammatory bowel disease and reduces the need for expensive, invasive and time consuming endoscopies.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1632-non-invasive-screening-test-reduces-invasive-examinations-to-identify-bowel-disease-study.html

African American Women Have Higher Risk For An Aggressive Type Of Breast Cancer

According to a new study, African American women have higher risk for a more aggressive and harder-to- treat type of breast cancer. The study was carried out by doctors from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. They were checking breast cancer risks among three groups of patients, African-American women, white women and African women. The study was published online in the July 13 issue of journal Cancer.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1634-african-american-women-have-higher-risk-for-an-aggressive-type-of-breast-cancer.html

UK Markets First To Order New Aera And Skyra MRI Systems From Siemens

The first orders of the MAGNETOM® Aera 1.5 Tesla and MAGNETOM® Skyra 3 Tesla MRI systems, launched into the UK market, as  Siemens Healthcare was pleased to announce. The first hospitals to place orders include Wythenshawe Hospital, part of University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust (UHSM), Guys Hospital, part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Kidderminster Hospital, part of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust and Royal Brompton Hospital, part of Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Foundation Trust.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1635-uk-markets-first-to-order-new-aera-and-skyra-mri-systems-from-siemens.html

Newborns being screened for 16 diseases In Saudi Arabia

According to statistics that have been recently done by the Ministry of Health, the Kingdom has the highest rate of disability-causing diseases at birth, as the ratio is one to 1,000, while in other countries, like the US, Germany and Australia, the ratio is 1 to 4,000, and in Japan 1 in 7,000. Therefore now in Saudi Arabia, the Saudi Program for Early Screening for the Newborn, managed by the Prince Salman Center for Disability Research and sponsored by the Ministry of Health, screens newborns for 16 different diseases and helps scientists and researchers in their research to remedy many hereditary diseases.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1636-newborns-being-screened-for-16-diseases-in-saudi-arabia.html

Franciscan Healthcare Provides Digital Mammography In Rural Areas

Franciscan Skemp Healthcare announced that is going to provide mobile digital mammography and bone density testing services to its patients at Franciscan’s regional clinics. The La Crosse healthcare system has acquired a couple of mobile vans, one for digital mammography while the other will be used for bone density testing. The vans are going to start serving in rural clinics by the 4th of August.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1637-franciscan-healthcare-provides-digital-mammography-in-rural-areas.html

Brain MRI Used To Guide Individuals In Choosing Their Careers

In a new study, researchers are evaluating the chance of using brain MRI scans to guide individuals while they are choosing their careers. Although there are several tests that are used to suggest the better work choices for a person, such as General aptitude and specific mental ability tests, brain MRI scans can prove to be useful for the same task. The study was published in the journal BMC Research Notes.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1624-brain-mri-used-to-guide-individuals-in-choosing-their-careers.html

A New Approach For Reducing Radiation Exposure During Cone Beam CT

According to a new study, using a new approach in processing X-ray data would reduce, by nearly 10%, the radiation delivered to patients while undergoing cone beam CT scans. The study was carried out by researchers from the University of California in San Diego. The study will be highlighted at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Philadelphia.

http://www.healthimaginghub.com/article/1621-a-new-approach-for-reducing-radiation-exposure-during-cone-beam-ct.html