Clinical News: Page 1548

Fluke buys Unfors RaySafe

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fluke Biomedical has acquired testing-instruments provider Unfors RaySafe.

February 4, 2014

Toshiba lands large ultrasound order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has delivered nine Aplio 500 ultrasound scanners to outpatient imaging services provider Epic Imaging in Oregon.

February 4, 2014

North Shore-LIJ opens new rad therapy facility

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The North Shore-LIJ Cancer Institute has opened a $47 million, 30,000-sq-ft radiation therapy facility in Lake Success, NY.

February 4, 2014

SWI-MRI shows brain changes in hockey players

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Susceptibility-weighted MRI (SWI-MRI) can identify microstructural changes in the brains of male and female college-level ice hockey players that may be due to concussions.

February 4, 2014

MRI helps predict catheter ablation success in A-fib cases

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Delayed-enhancement MRI can help predict which patients with atrial fibrillation (A-fib) are most likely to benefit from catheter ablation, according to a prospective study in the February 5 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

February 4, 2014

Report: MRI scanner installed base is long in the tooth

By Erik L. Ridley

The average age of the installed base of MRI scanners in the U.S. grew from 8.7 years in 2010 to 11.4 years in 2013, meaning that many scanners could be due for a replacement, according to a new market research report by IMV Medical Information Division.

February 4, 2014