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Biotronik gets conditional FDA approval for ProMRI trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biomedical device company Biotronik has received approval with conditions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's ProMRI clinical trial via an investigational device exemption.

January 17, 2013

Philips updates EP navigator technology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has launched a new version of its EP navigator technology, a 3D rotational angiography technique that provides real-time anatomic details of cardiac structures for electrophysiology (EP) procedures.

January 17, 2013

AAPM issues guidelines for radiation therapy error databases

By Cynthia E. Keen

With the goal of improving radiation therapy safety, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has published technical recommendations to aid developers of databases that are designed to track and record treatment errors and near misses.

January 17, 2013

Dual-tracer PET/CT helps pick patients for liver transplant

By Wayne Forrest

Dual-tracer PET/CT is more effective than contrast-enhanced CT for hepatocellular carcinoma staging and may warrant "serious consideration" for use in determining which patients could benefit the most from a liver transplant, according to a study published online January 15 in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

January 17, 2013

Value of fMRI for cognition is questioned

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

While functional MRI (fMRI) has been used over the past 20 years to explore brain activity, some scientists are questioning whether the modality has actually accumulated much knowledge about cognitive processes.

January 16, 2013

Fla. site installs 1st GE Optima CT540 in U.S.

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Jupiter Medical Center of Jupiter, FL, has installed GE Healthcare's Optima CT540 -- the first installation in the U.S., according to the center.

January 15, 2013

Ultrasonix launches needle-positioning technology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has launched new needle-positioning technology for its SonixTouch and SonixTablet ultrasound systems.

January 15, 2013

Lilly's Amyvid PET agent gets European clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals have received approval from the European Commission for their Amyvid (florbetapir F-18) radiopharmaceutical.

January 15, 2013

USPSTF to revisit carotid artery stenosis screening

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) plans to review its guidelines on the use of imaging to screen patients for asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis.

January 15, 2013

DBT bests mammo for working up suspicious lesions

By Kate Madden Yee

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is more accurate than mammography for working up suspicious findings on screening exams, which could translate into fewer recalls and unnecessary biopsies, researchers from Pittsburgh report in the January issue of Radiology.

January 15, 2013

Sirtex dose sales surge in fiscal Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Liver cancer therapy firm Sirtex Medical said that dose sales of its SIR-Spheres microspheres grew 29% in the U.S. for its 2013 fiscal second quarter.

January 15, 2013

MRI tumor features help predict breast cancer recurrence

By Wayne Forrest

Certain tumor features as seen on contrast-enhanced breast MRI may be predictive of breast cancer recurrence, potentially helping clinicians assess prognosis and determine the most appropriate treatment, according to a study from the University of Pennsylvania.

January 15, 2013

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