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E-Z-EM sponsors VC CME
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, is providing support to several U.S. educational institutions, as well as the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR), for 2004 continuing medical education courses in virtual colonoscopy.
March 10, 2004
Siemens debuts CT cardiac risk model
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, is highlighting a new method for using multislice CT in connection with other risk factors to predict the likelihood that a patient will have a future cardiac event. The company is demonstrating the technique at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 9, 2004
Toshiba touts cardiac advances at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - Toshiba America Medical Systems is giving attendees at the American College of Cardiology meeting their first look at several new products the Tustin, CA, vendor has rolled out in the past several months.
March 8, 2004
Sixty-four-slice scanner paces GE's ACC products
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - GE Healthcare of Waukesha, WI, is using this week's American College of Cardiology meeting to unveil its entrant in the next-generation multislice scanner race -- LightSpeed VCT, a 64-slice scanner.
March 8, 2004
Sixteen-slice scanning extends CT's reach in coronary arteries
By Brian Casey
NEW ORLEANS - Scanning the coronary arteries has long been a tough nut for newer cardiac imaging modalities such as CT and MRI. However, the relentless march of new technology is extending the reach of these modalities into the coronaries, where motion artifacts can confound older scanners.
March 7, 2004
Philips launches new cardiac MRI at ACC show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NEW ORLEANS - Philips Medical Systems is launching a range of new products at this week's American College of Cardiology meeting, including a new cardiac MRI scanner based on the Achieva platform introduced at last year's RSNA meeting.
March 7, 2004
CT beats MR, perhaps temporarily, in virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In a study presented today at the European Congress of Radiology, Dr. Roman Fischbach from the University of Muenster in Germany compared virtual colonoscopy in both modalities using four scanners: CT in 4- and 16-slice models and MRI in 1.5- and 3.0-tesla machines.
March 7, 2004
AngioDynamics readies IPO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
E-Z-EM’s wholly owned subsidiary AngioDynamics has filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering (IPO) of common stock.
March 7, 2004
New tagging, subtraction techniques aim for better compliance in VC
By Eric Barnes
Researchers are continuing their efforts to perfect stool tagging and digital subtraction techniques, hoping to someday make virtual colonoscopy easy enough for the masses -- and potentially save many lives. Radiologist Dr. Michael Zalis, who heads up CT colonography at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, talks about minimal prep imaging and digital subtraction techniques.
March 7, 2004
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Radiologist reports initial impressions of 40-slice CT
By Tracie L. Thompson
VIENNA - The CT world has been buzzing since the introduction of the next generation of multislice CT scanners at last year's RSNA meeting. Attendees at the European Congress of Radiology got a sneak peak at the capabilities of these new machines.
March 6, 2004
MDCT reliably gauges vascular infiltration in pancreatic cancer
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - Radiologists at the University of Pisa in Italy have found high-resolution MDCT to be a reliable predictor of the degree of vascular infiltration in pancreatic cancer, light years ahead of what single-slice exams once produced, and comparable to US-guided laparoscopy.
March 5, 2004
New fusion method joins MR and CT in prostate cancer therapy planning
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - CT and MRI, both anatomical and functional, can be combined to improve the targeting of radiation therapy of the prostate, according to researchers from the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands. At today’s prostate imaging sessions of the European Congress of Radiology, Jorn van Dalen, Ph.D. presented a study utilizing the novel coregistration method the group created.
March 4, 2004
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