ImagingEconomics | The "World Healthcare IT Market: Trends & Forecast (2010 - 2015)" analyzes and studies the major market drivers, restraints, and opportunities in North America, Europe, Asia, & Rest of the world. The global healthcare IT market is expected to grow from $99.6 billion in...
At-home x-rays may reduce the delirium elderly patients can suffer during the procedure, new research suggests. A pilot study of 69 patients found that 17% of those who had x-rays in the hospital -- but none of those treated at home -- suffered delirium and required...
DiagnosticImaging | Increasing use of CT scanning in emergency departments has corresponded with fewer hospital admissions, according to a new study published online in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. A team of researchers led by Keith Kocher, MD, of the University of Michigan, assessed emergency department...
AuntMinnie | Canadian researchers have found that PET scans with the radiopharmaceutical rubidium-82 can predict major adverse cardiac events independent of other parameters, according to results published online August 9 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study, from the University of Ottawa...
AuntMinnie | Ignoring manufacturer guidelines for imaging equipment is usually inadvisable, but Kuwaiti researchers have found that doing so for digital radiography (DR) lumbar studies can reduce radiation exposure, according to a poster presentation at last week's American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting. The...