Clinical News: Page 1784

Toshiba adds CSF visualization capability
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has incorporated capability for visualizing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on its Vantage Titan 1.5-tesla and 3-tesla MR scanners.
July 29, 2012
Brainlab debuts updated ExacTrac system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab has unveiled its new ExacTrac 6.0 patient positioning system for both frameless radiosurgery and radiotherapy treatments.
July 29, 2012
Report: CMS cuts threaten brachytherapy growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A proposal by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to impose a 19% reimbursement cut for radiation oncology in its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) for 2013 could negatively affect growth in the radiation therapy market by 6% in 2012 and 10% in 2013, according to a new report by market research group GlobalData.
July 29, 2012
FDA extends Bracco's MultiHance use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco has received word that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an expanded use for the company's MultiHance MR contrast agent.
July 29, 2012
Elekta, Brainlab collaboration bears fruit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation oncology firm Elekta said it has integrated Brainlab's ExacTrac patient positioning system with its radiation therapy machines.
July 29, 2012
Carestream lands new Premier contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has signed a new three-year digital radiography supply contract with group purchasing organization Premier Healthcare.
July 29, 2012
Sectra to distribute Merge CAD software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS firm Sectra has inked a deal with Merge Healthcare to distribute the healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer's CADstream computer-aided detection (CAD) software.
July 29, 2012
RS Medical to distribute Terason US systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pain medicine practice products provider RS Medical has signed on to distribute Terason's ultrasound systems.
July 29, 2012
MIM debuts radiation reporting tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MIM Software has released ART Assist, an automated processing and reporting tool for radiation therapy.
July 29, 2012
Moments in Radiology History: Part 7 -- Early x-ray treatments
By Otha Linton
Today, diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology are distinctly separate disciplines -- but things weren't always that way. In fact, the early pioneers of radiology began experimenting with the new rays for therapeutic purposes almost as soon as they were discovered.
July 29, 2012
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Australian center halves CCTA dose using simple techniques
By Eric Barnes
An academic heart center in Australia has cut its coronary CT angiography (CCTA) dose in half over three years using simple techniques that emphasize prospective triggering, low kV settings, and aggressive beta-blockage, according to research presented at the Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Baltimore.
July 29, 2012
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Faxitron donates to breast cancer care in Latin America
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Specimen radiography vendor Faxitron will donate $500,000 worth of equipment and financial assistance toward improving the standard of care in breast cancer diagnosis across Latin America, the company said on Friday at the Inter-American Breast Cancer Conference in Cancun, Mexico.
July 26, 2012
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