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April 2008 Newsletter

Case of the Month
William Storms, M.D.
William Storms Allergy Clinic
1625 Medical Center Point, #190
Colorado Springs, Colorado
MiniCAT #150
A 36 y/o male presented with multiple sinus infections over the previous six months and no relief from antibiotics. He was first diagnosed with chronic sinusitis, worsening persistent allergic rhinitis, and nasal polyposis. Advair, Nasonex, Astelin and Singulair had been initially prescribed. A 12 days course of prednisone was prescribed to alleviate symptoms, and CT scanning was recommended at the four-week follow-up visit.
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Customer Feature
William Storms, M.D.
William Storms Allergy Clinic
1625 Medical Center Point, #190
Colorado Springs, Colorado
MiniCAT #150

The William Storms Allergy Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado is a full service allergy clinic which provides diagnosis and treatment of nasal allergies, hay fever, asthma, chronic cough, bee allergies, sinusitis, food allergies, eczema and hives, and more.  The staff includes Dr. Storms, nurse practitioners, certified asthma educators and board certified CT technologists.
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Mayo Clinic Releases Research on MiniCAT for Dosimetry and Image Quality
 Title: Dosimetry and Image Quality Evaluation of a Dedicated Conebeam CT System for Sinus
and Temporal Bone Applications

Authors: L. Yu*, T. Vrieze, M. Bruesewitz, J. Kofler, C. McCollough, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
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Better Patient Care Fueled by the Magic
The Contemporary Resort in Orlando, FL played host to the 3rd Annual Maximizing Managed Radiology for Health Plans where ENT Drs. David Nielsen and Gavin Setzen shared the benefits of point-of-care imaging for better patient care with some of the top executives in the healthcare industry.
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Upcoming Events
COSM 2008
Xoran will be displaying MiniCAT and xCAT ENT in booth #404 in Orlando, Florida May 1 – 4 at this year's Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meeting. The meeting takes place at the beautiful JW Marriott Orlando Grande Lakes Resort.

Xoran is hosting a dinner on Saturday, May 3rd at 6:30pm featuring Dr. David Conley of Northwestern University speaking on the topic of “Optimizing ENT Patient Management with a Point-of-Care CT”. If you are interested in attending, please email kisaac@xorantech.com or call 734-418-5137. We hope to see you there!
www.cosm.md

Featured Topics at COSM 2008
May 2nd 8:07am
Combined Image Guidance and Intraoperative Computed Tomography in Facilitating Endoscopic Orientation Within and Around the Paranasal Sinuses
Sarah Wise, MD, Richard Harvey, MD, Patrick Sheehan, MD, Rodney Schlosser, MD
Atlanta, GA

May 2nd 8:35am
Clinical Utility of Intraoperative Volume CT Scanner for Endoscopic Sinonasal and Skull Base Procedures
Pete Batra, MD, Seth Kanowitz, MD, Martin Citardi, MD
Cleveland, OH
CT Accreditation Webinar April 30th
Register early, space is limited!
The AOA will host a webinar in response to the condition for reimbursement policy of United Healthcare to require accreditation by every freestanding facility and physician office that performs outpatient imaging services. The webinar will cover the third party accreditation requirements for specialty CT by the Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation for Computed Tomography Laboratories (ICACTL). The featured speaker will be AOA member, Jolene Eicher. Jolene has successfully completed the accreditation process and has been granted accreditation in the areas of Sinus and Temporal bone by ICACTL.
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