Clinical News: Page 1796

Quantum debuts DRive DR
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has introduced DRive, a digital radiography (DR) hardware and software package.
July 24, 2012
Cardiac cath technologist charged in hepatitis C infections
By Kate Madden Yee
Federal authorities in New Hampshire have charged a traveling cardiac cath technologist with infecting patients with hepatitis C after he allegedly stole syringes containing fentanyl and replaced the dirty needles with saline solution. The case has authorities fearing an outbreak of hepatitis C in more than half a dozen states.
July 23, 2012
HeartIT signs Memorial Sloan-Kettering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm Heart Imaging Technologies (HeartIT) has received an order from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.
July 23, 2012
Toshiba's Aplio US scanner featured on 'The Doctors'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that its Aplio 500 ultrasound scanner was featured on the television show "The Doctors."
July 23, 2012
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
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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
Analog Devices launches new US receiver
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Data conversion and signal conditioning company Analog Devices has launched AD9670, an eight-channel ultrasound receiver.
July 22, 2012
NY governor signs dense breast notification bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed a bill requiring that patients who have mammograms be notified if dense breast tissue is identified on their exams.
July 22, 2012
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