Clinical News: Page 1775

A Framingham for CT lung screening? And, PET/CT's growth rate slows
By Brian Casey
August 20, 2012
Positron gets FDA nod for coronary software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared a software application for coronary flow reserve quantification developed by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.
August 20, 2012
Neusoft nets ISO, CE Mark for Attrius
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Neusoft Positron Medical Systems has received International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification and CE Mark approval for its Attrius PET systems.
August 20, 2012
GE changes Optison labeling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has modified the patient monitoring and observation requirements for its Optison echocardiography contrast agent.
August 20, 2012
Toshiba names new CT director
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has appointed Satrajit Misra as senior director of its CT business unit.
August 20, 2012
Planned Parenthood expands breast program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Planned Parenthood announced that it's expanding its breast health education, outreach, and services across the U.S.
August 20, 2012
Molecular signature predicts radiotherapy's benefit
By Cynthia E. Keen
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, FL, working with colleagues in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Puerto Rico, have validated a radiosensitivity molecular signature that could lead to better radiation therapy decisions for patients with breast cancer.
August 20, 2012
New PET/CT facilities power utilization growth
By James Brice
The growing acceptance of PET/CT as an essential part of oncology services has helped increase its use in step with the hybrid modality's expanding installed base, according to a new report on PET/CT and PET market conditions.
August 20, 2012
New risk model predicts need for CT lung screening
By Eric Barnes
A new risk model for lung cancer goes where Framingham dared to tread for heart disease: providing sophisticated assessments of which individuals would most likely benefit from CT lung screening, according to a report in the August 21 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine.
August 20, 2012
Breast density doesn't increase death risk from breast cancer
By Cynthia E. Keen
Women with dense breasts have a much higher risk of developing breast cancer than other women; however, greater density does not seem to be linked to death from the disease, according to a study published on Monday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
August 19, 2012
Siemens nets 1st U.S. Perspective CT scanner install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has completed the first U.S. installation of its 128-slice Somatom Perspective CT scanner.
August 19, 2012
FDA OKs InSightec ExAblate clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin a phase I clinical trial to evaluate its ExAblate Neuro system for treating patients with tremor-dominant Parkinson's disease.
August 19, 2012
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