Clinical News: Page 1565

Konica Minolta completes 1st U.S. ImagePilot installation

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging has completed the first installation of its ImagePilot Aero digital radiography system in the U.S.

November 20, 2013

CIVCO's EX3 Stepper gets FDA OK

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CIVCO Medical Solutions now can market its EX3 Stepper low-dose-rate and high-dose-rate ultrasound-guided brachytherapy system.

November 20, 2013

Noncathartic CTC prep might boost screening compliance

By Eric Barnes

The use of noncathartic bowel preparation before CT colonography (CTC) delivers good sensitivity for clinically significant polyps, and may also increase colorectal cancer screening compliance, according to a report in the American Journal of Roentgenology.

November 20, 2013

Dinosaur vertebra fossil rises up in 3D from CT data

By Nicole Pettit

Noninvasive imaging techniques have long proved valuable for digging up the stories of fossils without damaging them. In a new study published online in Radiology, German researchers have gone a step further, making a carbon copy of a dinosaur vertebra using CT data and 3D printing.

November 20, 2013

Piramal signs PET agent deal with Ci-Co Healthcare

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Piramal Imaging has entered into a strategic partnership with Ci-Co Healthcare.

November 20, 2013

FDA warns of risks with Lexiscan, Adenoscan stress agents

By Wayne Forrest

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on November 20 issued a warning about a "rare but serious risk of heart attack and death" with the use of two cardiac nuclear stress test agents made by pharmaceutical developer Astellas.

November 19, 2013