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Carestream updates Image Suite software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health said it has begun taking orders for the updated version of its Carestream Image Suite software, which offers computed radiography-based image acquisition and an optional mini-PACS module.
September 11, 2012
Siegel: PACS should be smarter than a 5th-grader
By Cynthia E. Keen
NEW YORK CITY - PACS technology may have revolutionized the way radiology departments operate, but it isn't very smart. It's high time that new PACS applications incorporate artificial intelligence, Dr. Eliot Siegel told attendees at the New York Medical Imaging Informatics Symposium.
September 11, 2012
Navidea fails to get clearance for Lymphoseek
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has elected not to approve radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals' new drug application for its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical.
September 10, 2012
Toshiba reaches Vantage MR milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has installed its 1,400th Vantage MR system worldwide.
September 10, 2012
Varian brings Unique linac to China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has received China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) clearance for its Unique medical linear accelerator.
September 10, 2012
GE promotes phase III flutemetamol results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare said pooled results from phase III brain autopsy and biopsy studies using its F-18 flutemetamol PET imaging agent demonstrated a strong concordance between the flutemetamol images and beta amyloid brain pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease.
September 10, 2012
Digirad taps new CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Digirad has appointed Jeffry Keyes as CFO, effective immediately.
September 10, 2012
Quantum lands Calif. DR installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Yuba City Advanced Imaging Center is installing Quantum Medical Imaging's dual-detector digital radiography (DR) system in its Yuba City, CA, facility.
September 10, 2012
JAMA: SPECT/CT works well to guide node excision
By Wayne Forrest
Using SPECT/CT scans to guide the excision of sentinel lymph nodes in melanoma patients produced both a greater rate of metastasis detection and higher disease-free survival rates, according to a study in the September 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
September 10, 2012
Cranial irradiation decreases NSCLC metastases
By Cynthia E. Keen
Cranial irradiation of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) significantly reduces the risk of developing brain metastases. However, it has no effect on survival, according to a presentation at the Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology held September 6-8.
September 10, 2012
USPSTF again pans ovarian cancer screening
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed its 2004 recommendation against routine screening for ovarian cancer in asymptomatic women, according to a statement published online in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
September 9, 2012
Nordion loses case against AECL
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nordion has lost its arbitration case against Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) seeking damages from AECL's canceled construction of the MAPLE nuclear reactor facilities.
September 9, 2012
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