Health Calendar: 11.17.08 - 11.23.08 (Los Angeles Daily News)

Things to help keep you focused on health this week.

Computer model improves diagnostic sonography (News-Medical-Net)

Doctors use diagnostic sonography or ultrasound to visualise organs and other internal structures of the human body.

Computer Model Improves Ultrasound Image (Medical News Today)

Doctors use diagnostic sonography or ultrasound to visualise organs and other internal structures of the human body. Dutch researcher Koos Huijssen has developed a computer model that can predict the sound transmission of improved designs for ultrasound instruments. The computer model is capable of processing large quantities of data and can be run on both a PC and a parallel supercomputer.

Women must take initiative (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)

If there is a woman who has never worried about the health of her breasts, chances are no one among her family or friends has had breast cancer. Chances are, too, she has never been told after a mammogram that her breasts are cystic or dense and difficult to examine, or that they contain tiny calcium deposits that are usually harmless but bear watching.

View the Archived Net Seminar (Diagnostic Imaging)

Strain imaging, or elastography, has become a common ultrasound technique to assess properties of suspicious masses in the breast. Recently, researchers have begun exploring new clinical targets for the technique, from evaluating thyroid masses to confirming the margin of ablated tumors.

Sonography In Space

Research conducted on the International Space Station ensuring that astronauts could accurately perform remotely-guided sonograms was published in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Images

Monday, November 17, 2008 Images PRO-CHOICE ARGUMENT: Part III "Anti-abortionists are so cruel that they insist on showing hideous pictures of dead babies.

Sonography in space

Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore and Washington DC Astronauts on extended space missions can get injured or develop diseases, necessitating immediate diagnosis and treatment.

Oregon Institute of Technology Acquires Toshiba Aplio Artida 4D Ultrasound System

To offer its students access to the most advanced medical technology available, Oregon Institute of Technology has acquired the Toshiba Aplio TM Artida 4D ultrasound system.

Care Net Center banquet to feature live ultrasound

Care Net Pregnancy Resource Center will present a live ultrasound at its annual fundraising banquet Thursday night.

PHG Spotlight Shines on McGaha & Merka

My name is Melissa McGaha, I live in Honea Path. I have been married for thirteen years to my husband, Paul.

Ex-RGCC trustee wins recognition

A Gallipolis woman's dedication to higher education and community service was recognized last week when Pauline Wetherholt received the 2008 "Outstanding Achievement in Trusteeship" award from the Ohio ...

Lantheus Medical Imaging Awarded Second Consecutive Sole-Source...

Company ' s Ultrasound Contrast Agent Will Be Offered Exclusively to More Than 1,600 Member Hospitals Nationwide N. BILLERICA, Mass.-- --Lantheus Medical Imaging, a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, ...

Medipattern's Cindy Rapp Receives "Pioneer Award"

Attention: Business/Financial Editors: The Medipattern Corporation , a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity, is pleased to announce that ...

Randomized controlled trial to treat migraine with acupuncture: design and protocol

We report the design and the protocol of a randomized controlled trial to treat Migraine with acupuncture aimed to testify whether acupuncture is effective for treating migraine, and its effectiveness maybe is ...