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IBA results improve in fiscal 2012
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) benefited from increasing market adoption and expanded use of proton therapy treatment, increasing revenues for sales and services by 8.8% during its 2012 fiscal year compared with 2011.
March 18, 2013
Toshiba installs 1st Aquilion RXL scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems announced it has delivered its first Aquilion RXL CT scanner in the U.S.
March 18, 2013
SNMMI offers online dose information
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has launched a new online resource for imaging professionals, referring physicians, and the public on dose optimization for nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures.
March 18, 2013
Mammography false positives cause mental anguish in women
By Kate Madden Yee
False-positive findings on screening mammography cause mental anguish in women that can linger for years after the findings are first reported, according to a new study published in the Annals of Family Medicine.
March 18, 2013
Study affirms CCTA's value to rule out myocardial infarction
By James Brice
Coronary CT angiography (CCTA) is clinically safe and may use medical resources more effectively than conventional methods for evaluating chest pain in patients who are at low or intermediate risk of myocardial infarction, according to research presented earlier this month at the American College of Cardiology meeting.
March 18, 2013
Accuray adds client in Hong Kong
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Hong Kong Adventist Oncology Center has become the first cancer center in Hong Kong to offer treatment with a CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system and a TomoTherapy system, both from radiation oncology firm Accuray.
March 17, 2013
NuView touts breast cancer imaging agent study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer NuView Life Sciences is touting a phase I feasibility study of its NLS-VPAC1 breast cancer imaging agent.
March 17, 2013
Faxitron gets OK to sell in Brazil
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Faxitron said it has received approval from the Brazilian National Health Surveillance Agency to sell its digital specimen radiography systems in Brazil.
March 17, 2013
JAMA IM: Breast screening every 2 years OK for most women
By Cynthia E. Keen
For most women between the ages of 40 and 74, biennial screening mammograms are just as effective as annual exams in identifying advanced-stage breast cancer, reported a study published online on Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Less frequent screening also reduces false-positive results and biopsies.
March 17, 2013
New MRI method 'fingerprints' tissues and diseases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center are developing a new imaging method called MR fingerprinting, which they believe can obtain more information than a traditional MRI.
March 17, 2013
Thales launches R/F detector at ECR 2013
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray developer Thales Group launched a new flat-panel digital radiography (DR) detector at ECR 2013 in Vienna.
March 14, 2013
Proton therapy center opens in Seattle
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProCure Treatment Centers and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance have opened a new proton therapy treatment center, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Proton Therapy.
March 14, 2013
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