Radiopaedia Releases Practice Application for The iPhone

436534gopRadiopaedia.org, a Wiki for radiologists, has released a teaching file for the iPhone. The app contains a collection of cases to prepare for exams or simply to use as a refresher in clinical work.

Here’s a screencast showing the features of the app:

Product page: Radiology Teaching file…

Sports teams using mobile CT scanner

Mobile CT scannerEric Bailey from NeuroLogica Inc, a Danvers, MA company, recently brought his miniaturized CereTomâ„¢ CT scanner to a boxing match. He positioned it just off the ring, and offered the organizers the ability to diagnose anything that might happen, right on the spot. Lo and behold, after a match that ended with an off the ring CT scan, Lorenzo Bethea was rushed by ambulance to a hospital for diagnosed intracranial bleeding. His life was saved. American football teams have taken notice and some are purchasing the relatively mobile and affordable CereTom scanners for their fields.

… the Las Vegas incident intrigued enough teams in the NFL that two — the Oakland Raiders and Indianapolis Colts — have agreed to use the CereTom in their home stadiums. The hope, Bailey said, is that teams can use the CereTom to immediately examine players for serious underlying conditions that might not register in regular screenings.

“This should help advise the physicians and help make decisions in real time,” Bailey said.

From MedGadget.