Clinical News: Page 1787

iCAD debuts new mammo CAD platform

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has unveiled its next-generation mammography CAD system, PowerLook Advanced Mammography Platform.

July 23, 2012

Siemens gets FDA nod for Spectra

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Magnetom Spectra 3-tesla MR scanner.

July 23, 2012

SCCT: Dual-energy CTA may offer more accurate look at plaque

By Eric Barnes

A new dual-energy CT angiography (DECTA) protocol may provide a more accurate look at coronary artery calcium by eliminating artifacts that can bedevil more conventional CTA approaches, according to researchers from Virginia at this week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) meeting in Baltimore.

July 23, 2012

Navidea touts Alzheimer's study

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is promoting clinical data from a study comparing the performance characteristics of two agents used for imaging beta-amyloid protein deposits.

July 23, 2012

US underutilized in adolescents with hypertension

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Despite guidelines recommending their use, echocardiograms and renal ultrasound are still not often used in adolescent patients with hypertension, according to a study published online in the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.

July 23, 2012

ABUS equals MRI as screening option for dense tissue

By Kate Madden Yee

Automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) shows promise as a cost-effective adjunct screening modality compared to MRI for women who have dense breast tissue at mammography, according to a study published this month in the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

July 23, 2012