Clinical News: Page 1693

Nordion posts net loss, mulls over strategic options

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

In the wake of a difficult fiscal 2012, Nordion has hired advisors to explore strategic alternatives.

January 30, 2013

More from Arab Health; CMS panel weighs amyloid PET; Medical Imaging Confidence Index

By Erik L. Ridley

January 30, 2013

Digisonics nabs Calif. contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics said it has received a contract with a California healthcare network for its cardiovascular information system.

January 30, 2013

UCLA signs on to Human Brain Project

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The University of California, Los Angeles' (UCLA) Laboratory of Neuro Imaging has entered into a partnership with academic centers from Europe and around the world to map the human brain.

January 30, 2013

CMS committee not yet swayed on brain amyloid PET imaging

By Wayne Forrest

A U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) advisory committee said on Wednesday that more studies are needed to confirm the efficacy of Eli Lilly and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals' Amyvid radiopharmaceutical for brain beta-amyloid PET imaging.

January 30, 2013

Arab Health: Take care with tablets in clinical practice

By Philip Ward

DUBAI - Tablets and mobile devices offer huge potential for viewing images, particularly in the emergency room and in consultations with referring physicians, but they will not replace diagnostic workstations, predicted two expert speakers on day three of Arab Health.

January 29, 2013

PET/CT predicts response to endorectal radiotherapy

By Eric Barnes

PET/CT results can predict which patients will respond to high-dose-rate endorectal brachytherapy for stage II and III rectal cancer, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. The results could pave the way for easier treatments and better outcomes.

January 29, 2013

Navidea to raise $4.8M in financing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals has initiated a sale of common stock to raise approximately $4.8 million toward its ongoing operations.

January 29, 2013

Functional MRI shows doctors feel empathy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A new study published online January 29 in Molecular Psychiatry used functional MRI (fMRI) to evaluate whether doctors feel their patients' pain and experience their relief following treatment.

January 29, 2013

Intio unveils SyncView

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional oncology technology developer Intio has introduced SyncView, a software feature that allows interventional oncologists to view a segmented target lesion during CT-guided ablation procedures in conjunction with the post-treatment ablation zone.

January 29, 2013

PET MPI with flurpiridaz F-18 tops SPECT MPI

By Wayne Forrest

PET myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with flurpiridaz F-18 is "safe and superior" to SPECT MPI with technetium-99m for image quality, interpretation, coronary artery disease diagnosis, and patient tolerance of the tracer, according to a study published in the January 29 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

January 29, 2013

Arab Health: Disappearing women cause anguish after screening

By Philip Ward

DUBAI - Fresh data about the Egyptian breast cancer screening program released on the second day of Arab Health confirm that "unreachables" -- patients with suspicious cases who fail to show for follow-up -- remain a serious problem.

January 28, 2013

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