Clinical News: Page 1467

fMRI sheds light on depression

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Using functional MRI (fMRI), researchers found unusually high levels of activity in emotional and cognitive brain networks in young adults who had a history of mental illness.

August 26, 2014

Brainlab planning software used in Tel Aviv

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Brainlab said its new Automatic Brain Metastases Planning software is now being used at Assuta Hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel.

August 26, 2014

Sonivate points finger toward future of ultrasound

By Erik L. Ridley

Ultrasound needs a little more of a human touch. That's the concept behind SonicEye, a fingertip-worn ultrasound probe developed by Oregon-based start-up Sonivate Medical. The company is moving SonicEye to market with significant backing from the U.S. Department of Defense.

August 26, 2014

DTI-MRI shows how Wii can improve balance in MS patients

By Wayne Forrest

Using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI), Italian researchers detected brain changes related to improved balance and movement in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who regularly trained on a Nintendo Wii balance board for 12 weeks. Results were published online in Radiology.

August 26, 2014

PET shows how brain benefits from weight loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET images show how weight-loss surgery can curb alterations in brain activity associated with obesity and improve cognitive function involved in planning, strategizing, and organizing.

August 25, 2014

Agfa signs Summa Health

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has received a large digital radiography order from Summa Health System in Ohio.

August 25, 2014

Segmentation technique supports coronary CAD

By Eric Barnes

A new coronary artery segmentation and tracking method is showing promise for supporting computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes that can read coronary CT angiography scans to look for arteries blocked by both soft and calcified plaque, according to research published in Medical Physics.

August 25, 2014

Toshiba approved to operate with U.S. Air Force

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems said that its MR systems have received approval to operate with the U.S. Air Force.

August 24, 2014

Mallinckrodt names VPs after Questcor buy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mallinckrodt said it has made two new leadership appointments in the wake of its recent acquisition of pharmaceutical firm Questcor.

August 21, 2014

Landauer names interim CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation monitoring firm Landauer said that President and CEO William Saxelby will step down next month to be replaced on an interim basis by Michael Leatherman.

August 21, 2014

VuCOMP gets breast CAD clearance in Turkey

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer VuCOMP has received approval to market its M-Vu CAD and M-Vu Breast Density software in Turkey.

August 21, 2014

Dual-use probe combines optical, nuclear imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Researchers from Ohio State University have completed a pilot study with a peptide-based molecule that could function as both an optical and nuclear imaging agent, with both therapeutic and diagnostic uses.

August 21, 2014

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