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Gammex rmi awarded grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation monitoring developer Gammex rmi of Middleton, WI, has received a phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to develop advanced digital phantoms and software for neonatal radiology quality control.
February 10, 2005
Konica Minolta wins HPG contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA of Wayne, NJ, said it has been selected by Healthtrust Purchasing Group (HPG) of Brentwood, TN, for a CR contract.
February 9, 2005
Analogic back on Nasdaq
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Nasdaq listings qualification panel has determined that Analogic is now in compliance with requirements for continued listing on the Nasdaq national market, the Peabody, MA-based firm said.
February 7, 2005
Iso-osmolar contrast comparable to low-osmolarity agents for PE
By N. Shivapriya
Iso-osmolar contrast agents do not offer significant advantages over low-osmolarity agents in arterial enhancement quality in CT angiography studies, a study published online in Radiology has concluded.
February 3, 2005
Report finds vendors enable excess radiation doses in pediatric CR, DR
By Tracie L. Thompson
Every x-ray tech knows it's important to keep radiation exposure "as low as reasonably achievable," especially in children. But CR and DR systems systematically allow for the overexposure of young patients, according to a report from a 2004 ALARA conference sponsored by the Society for Pediatric Radiology.
February 3, 2005
Agfa brings Impax to Belgian hospital
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare will be installing its Impax PACS network and CR technology at AZ Sint-Maarten Hospital, also in Belgium.
February 2, 2005
CT venography plus CTPA finds more pulmonary embolism
By Eric Barnes
Pulmonary embolism isn't ruled out nearly as often when indirect CT venography is added to standard CT pulmonary angiography, according to radiologists from New York City. Their study found that the combined imaging approach increased the detection of thromboembolic disease detection by 20% compared with CT pulmonary angiography alone.
January 31, 2005
AuntMinnie's IMV MarketStat #34: Mix of CT scanners by detector type
As of IMV's 2004 CT census, 51% of all installed CTs had multislice detectors, 42% had single-slice spiral detectors, 4% had traditional detectors (nonspiral), and 3% had spiral detectors in which the single versus multislice status was unknown.
January 30, 2005
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Drug-eluting stents top balloon angioplasty for preventing in-stent restenosis
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Sirolimus- or paclitaxel-eluting stents were superior to conventional balloon angioplasty for preventing restenosis in patients with in-stent restenosis, according to a recent study by German researchers.
January 30, 2005
Epix hit with class-action suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, MA, has been hit with a class-action lawsuit related to a recent approvable letter the company received for its lead product in development, MS-325.
January 27, 2005
Cook releases Coda catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook reported that its Coda balloon catheter has been released for the endovascular market.
January 24, 2005
StorComm, Swissray get Washington install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS provider StorComm and digital radiography provider Swissray International of Elizabeth, NJ, have been selected to provide products to Washington Orthopaedic Center in Centralia, WA.
January 18, 2005
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