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Eckert & Ziegler reports loss in Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Isotope technology firm Eckert & Ziegler reported disappointing sales for the last quarter of 2014.
January 4, 2015
TiaLinx to develop RF imaging unit for breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiometry sensor developer TiaLinx announced that it is developing AR60-A, a laptop-sized, portable system that uses radiofrequency (RF) imaging to detect abnormal tissue in female breasts.
January 4, 2015
FDA approves Gadavist MR contrast for kids younger than 2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its Gadavist (gadobutrol) injection for use with MRI in pediatric patients younger than 2 years old.
January 4, 2015
MRgFUS pioneer Jolesz dies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dr. Ferenc Jolesz, a pioneer of MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery, has died, according to an announcement from the Focused Ultrasound Foundation. Jolesz died suddenly early on December 31, according to the foundation.
January 4, 2015
Tomo plus digital mammography decreases recalls by 37%
By Kate Madden Yee
Adding tomosynthesis to digital mammography for breast cancer screening reduces recall rates by 37%, with the technique recording better performance for certain types of breast abnormalities, according to a new study in the January issue of Radiology.
January 4, 2015
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ACS: Cancer deaths drop 22% over 2 decades
By Brian Casey
The American Cancer Society (ACS) recently reported that there has been a 22% drop in mortality from cancer in the U.S. over the past two decades, a decline that translates into the avoidance of over 1.5 million cancer deaths.
January 1, 2015
AJR: CT shows evidence of lung cancer spread via airways
By Eric Barnes
New research with CT supports the hypothesis that lung adenocarcinoma may spread through the airways and not just through the blood. So-called aerogenous metastasis of lung cancer has implications for staging, management, and prognosis and may be underrecognized, the authors report in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
December 29, 2014
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Breast screening dominates AuntMinnie's top 10 stories in 2014
By Brian Casey
December 29, 2014
CAD detects lymph nodes at chest CT
By Eric Barnes
A new automated tool developed at the National Institutes of Health can detect mediastinal and abdominal enlarged lymph nodes more accurately than previous techniques, according to a presentation at the 2014 RSNA meeting.
December 23, 2014
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Zecotek settles Philips, Saint-Gobain lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Zecotek Photonics announced that its subsidiary, Zecotek Imaging Systems, has settled its patent infringement lawsuits against Philips Healthcare and Saint-Gobain.
December 22, 2014
AMIC resubmits Y-90 RadioGel to FDA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope producer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) has filed a de novo submission with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its yttrium-90 (Y-90) RadioGel brachytherapy cancer device.
December 22, 2014
MRI might point to alternative OCD treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI sequences have discovered brain variations that may help physicians predict which patients will respond to a neurosurgical procedure to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
December 22, 2014
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