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Toshiba inks dose management partnerships
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has formed strategic partnerships with radiation dose management firms Radimetrics and Phoenix Technology.
October 8, 2012
Novel CT analysis tool refines COPD diagnosis
By Eric Barnes
A new image analysis technique for chest CT scans could have a big effect on the diagnosis and treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study in Nature Medicine.
October 8, 2012
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New cardiac MRI technique identifies early-stage heart disease
By Wayne Forrest
By using a new MRI technique to measure the wall thickness of coronary arteries, researchers from the U.S. National Institutes of Health may be able to identify coronary heart disease early in its progression, according to a study published October 9 in Radiology.
October 8, 2012
Monarch PET/CT now offers Amyvid PET scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic imaging service provider Monarch PET/CT announced that it is now offering PET/CT exams using the radiopharmaceutical Amyvid at some of its facilities.
October 8, 2012
Mindray funds point-of-care US grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical equipment manufacturer Mindray Medical International used this week's American College of Emergency Physicians meeting in Denver to announce that it is underwriting a grant for point-of-care ultrasound to the Emergency Medical Foundation of Dallas.
October 8, 2012
Matakina lands breast center in SF Bay area
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast density software company Matakina International has sold its Volpara breast density measurement software to the breast health center of El Camino Hospital in Mountain View, CA.
October 8, 2012
Volcano gets FDA, CE Mark OK for IVUS catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intravascular ultrasound developer Volcano announced that it has received both the CE Mark and 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new Visions PV.035 digital intravascular ultrasound imaging (IVUS) catheter.
October 8, 2012
Atlantic Health to sell Scannerside software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Atlantic Health has become an official distributor in the U.S. of radiation dose tracking software from Scannerside.
October 7, 2012
Elekta, Brainlab collaborate on cancer treatment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta and image-guided therapy firm Brainlab used the venue of the 2012 Congress of Neurological Surgeons currently under way in Chicago to announce a joint collaboration in which the firms can use each other's radiation oncology treatment plans.
October 7, 2012
St. Jude Medical launches MediGuide for fluoro imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac technology developer St. Jude Medical has launched its MediGuide Technology, a real-time 3D navigation system designed for evaluating recorded fluoroscopic images of vascular and cardiac analysis.
October 7, 2012
Gamma Medica gets bankruptcy financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma Medica has received approval from U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California for $1.5 million debtor-in-possession financing as part of the company's Chapter 11 restructuring.
October 7, 2012
DSCT compares full- to half-dose VC by patient
By Eric Barnes
Mayo Clinic researchers used iterative reconstruction to acquire half-dose virtual colonoscopy exams with dual-source CT (DSCT) and compare them to full-dose exams without scanning patients twice. The technique offers a more accurate way to compare dose levels between different CT protocols, according to a new study in the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography.
October 7, 2012
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