Clinical News: Page 1759

MicroCT plus 3D helps solve mysteries of lung disease

By Erik L. Ridley

A research group has combined microCT with image processing tools to create a 3D rendering of the pulmonary acinus, which could enhance understanding of lung diseases. The model could also help clarify the role of acini in drug delivery, as sites where gases and blood mix in the lung.

October 21, 2012

10-year prostate cancer outcomes show rad therapy's benefit

By Cynthia E. Keen

Ten-year clinical outcomes for prostate cancer patients participating in a trial comparing postoperative radiotherapy with observation only show that patients who were irradiated had significantly improved biochemical progression-free survival and local control.

October 18, 2012

EU's CHMP offers positive opinion on Amyvid

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Europe's Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended approval of Amyvid (florebetapir F-18) for injection as a PET radiotracer to detect beta-amyloid neuritic plaque in patients with cognitive impairment, according to Eli Lilly and its subsidiary Avid Radiopharmaceuticals.

October 18, 2012

GE Healthcare profits edge up as revenue slips

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE said a 10% rise in sales in growth markets helped its GE Healthcare business compensate for a 2% reduction in U.S. sales and an 11% drop in European revenues in the company's third-quarter operating results.

October 18, 2012

Orange MRI director pleads guilty

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Federal prosecutors have secured another guilty plea in the case of a New Jersey imaging center that allegedly paid kickbacks to physicians for referrals.

October 18, 2012

ECRI offers advice on picking a CT scanner

By Eric Barnes

Broader considerations for picking your scanner In his talk, Robert Maliff looked beyond scanner features to focus on the business considerations of CT scanner selection. Among the most important issues is where the scanner will be sited, particular for larger institutions.

October 18, 2012

ECRI offers advice on picking a CT scanner

By Eric Barnes

Today's CT scanner market boasts the widest array of CT scanner models, capabilities, and pricing options in history. But all that choice can be overwhelming. In an October 17 webinar, nonprofit research organization ECRI Institute offered some guidance on how to cut through the clutter.

October 18, 2012

Practice of Ultrasound: Part 8 -- Fetal biometry

By Dr. Jason Birnholz

AuntMinnie.com presents the eighth in a series of columns on the practice of ultrasound from Dr. Jason Birnholz, one of the pioneers of this modality. While fetal measurements might not be the most glamorous of topics, exploring them yields useful practice tips, he says.

October 18, 2012

MILabs awarded U-SPECT/CT contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Preclinical molecular imaging developer MILabs has taken an order for its U-SPECT/CT system from the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver, British Columbia, to expand its molecular oncology imaging and research capabilities.

October 17, 2012

MILabs debuts SPECT system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Preclinical molecular imaging developer MILabs has developed U-SPECT Quick Start (U-SPECTQS), a molecular imaging system targeted at research institutions.

October 17, 2012

PACS viewing software may not show all image slices

By Erik L. Ridley

What you don't know about your PACS viewing software might hurt you. A Japanese research team found that a number of viewers it tested were prone to dropping image slices when paging at a high speed during stack mode.

October 17, 2012

VuCOMP secures PMA for digital mammography CAD

By Kate Madden Yee

Some things are worth the wait, believes computer-aided detection (CAD) developer VuCOMP about its newly approved CAD. The company has received premarket approval (PMA) notification for its M-Vu CAD software for digital mammography.

October 17, 2012

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