Clinical News: Page 1720

Hitachi Aloka debuts Noblus US scanner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Hitachi Aloka Medical has unveiled Noblus, a new ultrasound scanner.

November 19, 2012

FDA clears TomTec's Image-Com 5.0 software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Image-Com 5.0 software.

November 19, 2012

Study finds Medicare patients get repeat testing too often

By Cynthia E. Keen

Are Medicare patients getting too many repeat diagnostic tests -- including medical imaging scans? A study of nearly 750,000 patients published online November 19 in the Archives of Internal Medicine suggests this is the case.

November 19, 2012

DBT tackles mammo's flaws: Missed cancers and false positives

By Kate Madden Yee

Adding digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) to digital mammography not only boosts diagnostic accuracy, it also reduces the false-positive recall rate, according to a new study published online November 20 in Radiology.

November 19, 2012

Q3 produces revenue gain for IBA, but also loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider Ion Beam Applications (IBA) achieved a 14% increase in revenue in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the third quarter in 2011, thanks to progress in its equipment segment and a growth rate of 10.6% in its dosimetry business.

November 19, 2012

Image Wisely targets nuclear medicine for dose reduction

By Wayne Forrest

Image Wisely this week is expanding into nuclear medicine with its effort to educate physicians, healthcare practitioners, radiologists, and imaging technologists on the appropriate use of radiation in medical imaging procedures.

November 19, 2012