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Analogic posts Q1 revenue increases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging firm Analogic posted higher revenues for its first-quarter financial results.
December 5, 2007
DALSA debuts High Quanta sensors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital imaging developer DALSA has introduced its High Quanta family of CCD sensors.
December 5, 2007
DSCT matches angiography for stenosis detection -- even in fast hearts
By Jerry Ingram
Dual-source CT (DSCT) offers diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of invasive coronary angiography when it comes to identifying significant coronary artery stenoses, according to researchers from Germany. To test whether DSCT could match angiography in accuracy, they examined patients with suspected coronary artery disease and found DSCT angiography offered high sensitivity for detecting stenosis.
December 3, 2007
Digital x-ray market to hit $7 billion in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The global market for digital x-ray systems is expected to produce $7 billion in sales in 2008 and hit $8.3 billion by 2011, according to a recently released report by market research firm InMedica, a division of IMS Research of Wellingborough, U.K.
December 2, 2007
U.S. bill introduced to hike bone densitometry payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bill that would increase Medicare reimbursement for bone mass measurement has been introduced in the U.S. Congress.
November 29, 2007
Biospace adds Latin American distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
French digital radiography developer Biospace Med has added a new distribution partner for its EOS ultralow dose 2D/3D digital x-ray imager.
November 29, 2007
Computer-aided dental x-ray system quickly identifies victims of mass disasters
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - In 1985, it took 2,800 forensic specialists more than three months to identify the remains of the 520 victims in Japan's worst commercial air disaster, the crash of Japan Airlines Flight 123. If an experimental computer-aided dental x-ray system had been available then, the identification process could have been accomplished in about nine days, according to researchers from Japan.
November 29, 2007
Fluke adds wireless option for CR testing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fluke Biomedical of Everett, WA, has expanded its line of computed radiography (CR) system test devices with the addition of the wireless 07-QRX QA Radchex.
November 28, 2007
Del inks OEM deal with Analogic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Del Global Technologies of Franklin Park, IL, has signed a three-year supply agreement with medical imaging firm Analogic of Peabody, MA.
November 28, 2007
Agfa touts new Impax software, CR technologies
By Brian Casey and Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - New advances in digital x-ray and RIS/PACS software are being showcased in the RSNA booth of Agfa HealthCare of Greenville, SC. The company is highlighting Impax 6.4 and its computed radiography (CR) mammography system, as well as a compact desktop CR reader, new e-learning packages, and a new tabletop printer.
November 28, 2007
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Carestream highlights CR readers, RIS/CAD, mammo CAD
By Brian Casey and Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - At this year's RSNA meeting, Carestream Health of Rochester, NY, is highlighting new additions to its computed radiography (CR) line, as well as RIS/PACS enhancements and new upgrades to its mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) software.
November 28, 2007
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Low-dose coronary CTA diagnoses most patients
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Radiation dose is shaping the debate over coronary CT angiography (CTA) more than any other factor. Even if the test is useful for evaluating coronary artery disease, the question of clinical utility versus the 10-15 mSv radiation dose makes it harder to justify. In a presentation Wednesday at the RSNA 2007 meeting, researchers from France shared their experience in performing more than 1,000 cardiac exams using a step-and-shoot mode.
November 27, 2007
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