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Mayo group seeks to optimize pancreatic MDCT protocols
By Eric Barnes
While its incidence has been declining for several decades, pancreatic cancer is still expected to kill more than 30,000 Americans in 2003. A group from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, is examining the value of multislice CT for arterial, pancreatic, and hepatic-phase imaging for the detection of pancreatic malignancy.
October 26, 2003
BodyScan Imaging goes public
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electron-beam tomography scanning firm BodyScan Imaging of Irvine, CA, has gone public through the acquisition of a publicly held shell company, Medical Career Colleges.
October 22, 2003
GE unveils CT for RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems debuted its CT system dedicated to radiotherapy planning, the LightSpeed RT, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) meeting in Salt Lake City.
October 21, 2003
Analogic declares Q4 dividend
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
On the strength of a record fourth quarter, imaging technology developer Analogic of Peabody, MA, has declared a cash dividend for the period.
October 19, 2003
Siemens touts CT speed gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced Speed4D, a new CT technology that adds speed improvements, dose optimization, and workflow management advances, according to the Malvern, PA-based vendor.
October 19, 2003
Analogic posts record 2003, restates results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging technology developer Analogic reported fiscal fourth-quarter revenues of $82 million, down 7.8% compared with the $88.9 million reported in the fourth quarter last year.
October 14, 2003
Eclipse adds NovaMed to dealer network
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT refurbisher Eclipse Medical Imaging of Vacaville, CA, has expanded its dealer network through an agreement with NovaMed, a third-party asset-management service provider based in Trumbull, CT.
October 14, 2003
Group credits 3D reading for best-ever VC results
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - U.S. military researchers were all they could be at this week's International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy. At Monday's opening sessions, Navy radiologist Dr. Perry Pickhardt reported the most accurate results ever seen in a large virtual colonoscopy trial.
October 14, 2003
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Multiphase CT shows middling sensitivity for pancreatic insulinoma tumors
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN analyzed the enhancement characteristics of insulinomas using multiphase CT, and also assessed the ability of this modality to localize these tumors.
October 14, 2003
PET and PET CT Oncology Image Interpretation for Reading Physicians
This CD is a tremendous resource for all physicians who interpret these studies, as well as for residents preparing for board exams. One of the strengths of this program is the large number of cases, offering a full spectrum of normal imaging results.
October 13, 2003
DeJarnette sets release date for BreakAway
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer DeJarnette Research Systems of Towson, MD, plans to begin shipments on November 1 of BreakAway, a new software product designed to help imaging facilities deal with the massive quantities of data produced by multislice CT scanners.
October 12, 2003
Mass appeal: VC CAD doesn't stop at polyps
By Eric Barnes
The University of Chicago has been at the forefront of VC CAD research, thanks to its successful deployment of a shape-and-texture-based polyp detection scheme and a colon segmentation technique to reduce false positives. Now the project comes full circle with a CAD scheme that detects masses as well as lesions.
October 9, 2003
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