Digital X-Ray: Page 307

Alliance gets OK for AcuNav reprocessing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Single-use medical device reprocessor Alliance Medical of Phoenix has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance to reprocess AcuNav ultrasound catheters from Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA.
October 16, 2005
Ferrania, PLH partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ferrania LifeImaging has signed an agreement with U.K. imaging distributor PLH Medical.
October 13, 2005
Panoramic x-rays prove suitable for dental age calculation
By Shalmali Pal
In the mid-90s, Dr. Sigrid Kvaal and colleagues in Oslo, Norway, proposed x-ray as a noninvasive way to estimate the age of adults in forensic work and archaeological studies. More recently, a group from the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven, Belgium, tested Kvaal's dental age calculation technique on panoramic dental radiographs.
October 11, 2005
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Siemens enhances Axiom Artis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions has added new remote-control technologies to its Axiom Artis angiography system.
October 10, 2005
Philips, HSS team up for CR/DR education
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems and the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City are collaborating to develop CR/DR conversion educational resources.
October 9, 2005
Digital imaging grows at rad therapy sites
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The use of digital image management at radiation oncology sites has grown dramatically over the last several years, according to a new report published by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, IL.
October 9, 2005
AnthroCare gets 510(k) for bone cement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer AnthroCare of Austin, TX, has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for a new bone cement designed to be used during vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures.
October 9, 2005
Schering, Epix score European approval for Vasovist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals and marketing partner Schering have received clearance to market Epix's Vasovist blood-pool contrast agent in the European Union.
October 4, 2005
Lead levels leech BMD in women long after exposure
By Shalmali Pal
Women exposed to high levels of lead (PB2+) continue to show reductions in bone density even years later, according to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Bone's tendency to act as a storage site for lead may result in an increased risk for osteoporosis.
October 4, 2005
GE cleared to launch Altitude
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for OEC Altitude, a new fluoroscopic imaging system.
October 3, 2005
Shimadzu brings Safire to UMC Health System
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shimadzu Medical Systems USA has equipped three catheterization labs at University Medical Center (UMC) Health System of Lubbock, TX, with its Safire flat-panel detectors.
October 2, 2005
Medtronic signs O-arm distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Medtronic has signed an exclusive worldwide marketing and distribution agreement with Littleton, MA-based Breakaway Imaging for its O-arm imaging system, according to the Minneapolis-based firm.
September 28, 2005
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