Clinical News: Page 1786

Sirtex Medical expands U.S. operations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Liver cancer therapy company Sirtex Medical said it's expanding its operations in the U.S. by boosting sales, marketing, and functional support staff at its Massachusetts headquarters and in regional offices across the country.
August 15, 2012
Siemens gets FDA nod for PET amyloid plaque software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for the use of its syngo.PET Amyloid Plaque software with PET and PET/CT scanners.
August 15, 2012
What's the thinking behind rad therapy cuts? And, Muroff on radiology's 8 trends
By Brian Casey
August 15, 2012
AllPro debuts new podiatry CR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital imaging technology developer AllPro Imaging has launched a new version of its ScanX 12 SE computed radiography (CR) package for the podiatry market.
August 15, 2012
FDA clears expanded use of Pharmalucence imaging agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical product supplier Pharmalucence said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of its sulfur colloid injection for localizing lymph nodes in patients with malignant melanoma.
August 15, 2012
Agfa hires Laupper to direct DR business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has hired medical imaging industry veteran Ulrich (Ueli) Laupper as director of its digital radiography (DR) business.
August 15, 2012
ABR Foundation hosts imaging safety summit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Board of Radiology Foundation (ABRF) will hold its 2012 summit on safe and appropriate use of medical imaging on August 23 and 24 in Bethesda, MD.
August 15, 2012
Radiation therapy fights back against proposed Medicare cuts
By Cynthia E. Keen
Few radiation oncology practices were prepared when the federal government proposed double-digit cuts in Medicare reimbursement in July. But the specialty's defenders are mobilizing to fight back with a major line of attack on the methodology used to justify the payment changes.
August 15, 2012
Varian supports radiosurgery study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said it has become a supporter of a phase III study comparing radiosurgery with conventional surgery for the treatment of early-stage, high-risk, operable non-small cell lung cancer.
August 14, 2012
Does urologist self-referral force patients to travel for IMRT?
By Cynthia E. Keen
Men in Texas may be driving more than three times farther than necessary to receive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for prostate cancer if they are being treated at a urology practice that owns its own IMRT equipment, researchers reported on Wednesday in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
August 14, 2012
Augmented reality may aid MR-guided interventions
By Erik L. Ridley
An augmented reality image overlay system can provide accurate and efficient MR guidance of shoulder and hip arthrography procedures, possibly combining joint injection and MRI into a single procedure, according to research published online in Radiology.
August 14, 2012
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Group combines US with photoacoustics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scientists from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles and Washington University in St. Louis have developed a photoacoustic endoscopy method that combines a photoacoustic imaging device with an ultrasound endoscope.
August 13, 2012
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