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CAD marks: To save or not to save?
By Cynthia E. Keen
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) has become part of the diagnostic component of a mammography exam. And while there is no legal or professional requirement to keep CAD markings, radiologists may want to save them, according to some healthcare legal experts.
August 31, 2005
CMS approves VC after failed colonoscopy in Midwest
By Eric Barnes
Beginning October 16, Medicare in four Midwestern states will pay for a virtual colonoscopy (CT colonography) exam after diagnostic colonoscopy fails for any reason. The local coverage decision also authorizes an initial VC examination for two indications without the need for initial failed colonoscopy.
August 29, 2005
Varian gets New Zealand install, board appointments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has installed its Clinac 2100iX medical linear accelerator, as well as its On-Board Imager for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), at Christchurch Hospital in Christchurch, New Zealand.
August 29, 2005
ART cites equivalency with mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies reported that a study in the August issue of the journal Academic Radiology demonstrated the sensitivity of near-infrared (NIR) optical techniques to the metabolic functions of breast tissue in comparison with traditional mammography.
August 25, 2005
Best Medical to acquire Novoste's VBT assets
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Best Medical International of Fairfax, VA, has signed an agreement to acquire all the vascular brachytherapy (VBT) assets of Norcross, GA-based Novoste.
August 25, 2005
Fluke releases triage tags
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Radiation Management Services unit of Fluke Biomedical has rolled out Statband Triage Tags, precoded tags for patient identification and triage status during a radiological emergency.
August 24, 2005
Varian promotes execs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has promoted executive vice president and COO Timothy Guertin to president and COO.
August 23, 2005
VC acquisition: Simple steps optimize imaging results
By Eric Barnes
Recent virtual colonoscopy studies are stark proof of the power of acquisition protocols to affect sensitivity, according to a leading VC researcher. When the virtual exam is performed correctly, he said, its accuracy rivals that of conventional colonoscopy. When the protocol is wrong, the results are unacceptable.
August 23, 2005
EUS-FNA, mediastinoscopy combo boosts preoperative lung cancer staging
By Erik L. Ridley
Performing both transesophageal ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) and mediastinoscopy can identify more tumor invasion or lymph node metastases than either approach on its own for preoperative lung cancer staging, according to an article in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
August 22, 2005
Intraop nets $3 million in financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) developer Intraop Medical reported that it has entered into a $3 million inventory financing and factoring agreement with E.U.C. Holding and E.U. Capital Venture.
August 18, 2005
Oncura extends Amerinet deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cryotherapy developer Oncura, an independent business unit of Amersham that was acquired by Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based GE Healthcare, has signed a brachytherapy seeds product contract with Amerinet of St. Louis.
August 18, 2005
RITA gets 510(k)
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology device developer RITA Medical Systems has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing approval for its Habib4X resection device.
August 18, 2005
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