Clinical News: Page 1691

Quantum gains Colo. customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiographic imaging equipment company Quantum Medical Imaging has completed an installation of its Q-Rad DRX system at the health center of the University of Colorado.
February 4, 2013
SIR, SVS launch study on vein filter use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and the Society for Vascular Surgery (SVS) are planning to plan to launch a large-scale, multispecialty prospective study to evaluate the use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters and related follow-up treatment.
February 4, 2013
ViewRay names new president/CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay has named Chris Raanes as its president and CEO effective immediately.
February 4, 2013
Risks of CT-induced cancer minuscule to young adults
By Eric Barnes
A long-term analysis of nearly 22,000 young adults undergoing CT scans shows that they are at far greater risk of dying from underlying disease than from radiation-induced cancer, according to a study in Radiology.
February 4, 2013
Study shows PiB-PET detects amyloid plaque in heart
By Wayne Forrest
Swedish researchers are expanding the use of PET imaging with carbon-11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B (PiB) to cardiac amyloidosis, confirming the biomarker's ability to detect amyloid plaque deposits in the heart in a first-of-its-kind study in the February issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
February 4, 2013
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NFL, GE to partner on concussion imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Football League (NFL) is planning to form a partnership with GE Healthcare to develop imaging technology that would detect concussions, according to an article published on February 2 in the New York Times.
February 3, 2013
Study: Use CCTA 1st for lower-risk chest pain patients
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Choosing cardiac CT angiography (CCTA) first to assess chest pain is more cost-effective than initial stress myocardial perfusion cardiac MR for all but the highest-risk patients, according to a presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
February 3, 2013
Endosense hits U.S. milestone with catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Catheter ablation technology developer Endosense announced that its TactiCath Quartz contact force-sensing ablation catheter has been used for the first time in the U.S. in a catheter ablation procedure at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville.
February 3, 2013
Navidea announces U.S. clinical trial partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has entered into an agreement with Maimonides Medical Center in New York City to investigate the utility of its Lymphoseek product in lymphatic mapping procedures for colorectal cancer.
February 3, 2013
Resonance Health's FerriScan R2-MRI gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging laboratory services provider Resonance Health announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given the company permission to market its FerriScan R2-MRI device as an imaging companion diagnostic device in the use of Exjade pharmaceutical therapy.
February 3, 2013
ACR releases LI-RADS updates
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) has released the latest version of its Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) to standardize terminology and criteria in the interpretation and reporting of imaging examinations of the liver.
February 3, 2013
Study lists 7 factors showing need for CT in pediatric trauma
By Eric Barnes
California researchers who examined more than 12,000 children who had blunt abdominal trauma have identified seven factors that necessitate a CT scan in the emergency department, according to a study in the Annals of Emergency Medicine.
January 31, 2013
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