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1. Storming the Gates: Sentinel Lymph Node Targeting & Assessment

   ... isosulfan blue dye, says Anne M. Wallace, MD, professor of clinical surgery and chief of plastic surgery at the University of California, ... during surgery. From one of our recent comparative studies of 200 patients, we can conclude that the amount of sentinel nodes that ...

   mrivera - 2013-05-21 12:00

2. Imaging Parkinson’s: The Search for Biomarkers

   The days of the clinical exam leading the way in evaluating Parkinson’s disease are on the ... point it’s of greatest interest to intervene is when the clinical exam is probably weakest.” Every patient suspected of having ... during the Parkinson’s Progression Markers Initiative studies. Some sites may have restraints for keeping a head still, but all ...

   mrivera - 2013-05-21 11:02

3. In Translation: Easing PET/MR into Clinical Practice

   ... However, when the technology will debut in mainstream clinical practice remains up in the air. Some experts contend PET/MR is gaining ... Medicine reviewed several neurological and neuropsychiatric studies. Simultaneous PET/MR could become the technology of choice for these ...

   mrivera - 2013-05-21 10:06

4. Radiology? There’s an App for that—The iPad & Imaging

   ... mobile device, but it’s not ready to replace the standard clinical workstation in a reading room. That said, a few studies have compared the tablet with consumer-grade LCD monitors and found ...

   mrivera - 2013-05-03 13:14

5. Radiology Workflow: Recognizing Clinical & Financial Benefits of Implementing a Full RIS-PACS-Reporting Solution

   ... despite the increased demands on radiologists to read more studies, with more images per exam. Report turnaround time, patient throughout ... Administrators & Imaging Informatics Professionals - Clinical: CMIOs, CMOs, CNOs, Physicians, Nurses, Hospitalists, Informaticists, ...

   adill - 2013-05-02 13:10

6. Patient Management: When ICD Leads Go Awry

   ... a patient with a failing lead or a recalled lead is a clinical challenge, due to a host of factors that must be balanced when ... to introduce new leads without sufficient human studies or data regarding long-term performance. Noting that ICD ...

   mrivera - 2013-05-02 09:36

7. MD/MBAs: Fixing Hearts & Healthcare

   The clinical and business aspects of medicine traditionally have been seen as polar ... that facilitates research in areas such as population studies or epidemiology. But cardiologists appear to be embracing the option of ... acquisition campaign to add private practices to their clinical group. The division is now in the black and profitable. “We now ...

   mrivera - 2013-03-15 17:14

8. Promise & Downfall of Personalized Medicine

   ... with adequate training to read and interpret those studies to capture their maximum value. The challenge to those of us who are champions of molecular imaging is to conduct clinical studies that not only demonstrate sensitivity, specificity and ...

   mrivera - 2013-03-04 13:33

9. PET Could Outshine Other Modalities for CAD

   ... is truly moving in on traditional CT and SPECT territory in clinical practice remains to be seen. Adoption of PET in recent years has ... Rad 2009;16[6]:935-948). Currently in the U.S., PET studies require pre-approval for reimbursement, which is not expected to become ...

   mrivera - 2013-03-04 13:26

10. Florbetapir: Alzheimer’s Imaging Inches Into Practice

    ... accumulating in the brain a decade or more before onset of clinical impairment. Florbetapir PET results provide sensitivity and ... differential diagnosis, which includes standard MRI brain studies, neuroquant volumetric analysis and normal pressure hydrocephalus ...

    mrivera - 2013-03-04 13:07

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