Medical Imaging News

Carotid Surgery Simulator (WHOI)
Carotid Artery Disease The carotid arteries are the main blood vessels that supply blood to the head. There is one main carotid artery on each side of the neck.
Clinical Relevance of Musical Murmurs in Color-Coded Carotid and … – AJNR (subscription)

High-Tech CT Useful in Spotting Heart Disease
Austin American-Statesman – CT angiography (CTA) with a 16-detector scanner was used to check for narrowing of the patients’ coronary arteries. “Our results indicated that a negative finding on computed tomography angiography virtually eliminated the possibility of having …
Golfers, not patients, should work on strokes (The Facts)
Every year, 960,000 Americans die of stroke, this country s No. 3 killer. Clogged carotid arteries can cause stroke. Carotid arteries are located on either side of our neck. They deliver oxygen-rich blood from the heart to the head.
Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia (ARVD) – WSOCtv.com

Rush Researchers Explore Use of Nanotechnology as Diagnostic and
WebWire – One goal of the research is to develop novel medical imaging and a drug delivery vehicle that will drive state-of-the-art screening, treatment and prevention of women s disease to a new level. Related Links Rush University Medical Center www.rush.edu

Who’s who in optical sciences at the UA
Arizona Daily Star – His area of expertise is medical imaging, things related to CT scans, MRIs and other forms of gathering images of the insides of humans and animals. Specifically, Kupinski is concerned with image quality. One of the things he and his team do is try

Researchers seek to solve mystery of natural HIV control
WebWire – program in the United States, with an annual research budget of nearly $500 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging

Computer Visualization Puts Cars Back on Buffalo’s Main Street
University at Buffalo Reporter – CCR’s capability in visualizations for urban-planning applications developed out of its efforts in high-end and scientific visualization, for applications such as medical imaging and data-intensive visualization, some of which required supercomputers

Capps concerned about privacy of electronic health records
San Luis Obispo Tribune – For these patients, doctors in Texas, Arkansas and other states that took in Katrina refugees could call up medical charts, prescriptions, lab results even videos of medical imaging tests. Congress is trying to bring the benefits of computerized

Ranchers donate to hospital project (Billings Gazette)
CAMERON – The Sun West Ranch, a “shared ranch” development near here, has pledged at least 500,000 to an effort to build a new hospital in Madison County.
Health Watch: CT Scan Could Replace CAT Scan – CBS4Boston

The Head-To-Toe High-Tech Checkup
Local 6 – Using a series of sophisticated imaging scans including a battery of ultrasounds, a full-body computed tomography scan (also known as a CT scan) and a magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, check of the brain Dr. Daniel Cosgrove at the La Quinta …
Girl, 12, dies at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon (Amusement Business)
A 12-year-old girl died Thursday evening after passing out at the wave pool at Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon near Orlando. It was the third time in three months that a youth has suddenly and mysteriously fallen critically ill while visiting Walt Disney World.
Detecting Blockages in Coronary Arteries with Cardiac CT Scan – Kansas City infoZine

Sanjay never visited doc till 2 months ago
Times of India – He has undergone preliminary tests and a special CT scan, all of which suggest that in terms of vasculature and functionality both his organs are complete. He now needs to undergo a surgery to rectify the problem. The completeness of both the …