Clinical News: Page 1799

GE partners with Nanosonics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has committed to a $7.5 million investment in Nanosonics to further develop and distribute the firm's ultrasound transducer disinfecting system.
June 25, 2012
Incidental findings on CT lung screening offer benefits, costs
By James Brice
Incidental findings uncovered at low-dose CT lung cancer screening increase the overall yield of malignancies diagnosed from the annual exams for high-risk, asymptomatic patients, but their evaluation adds an additional layer of cost to such programs, Danish researchers have found.
June 25, 2012
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Breast ultrasound performs well in wake of density laws
By Kate Madden Yee
Technologist-performed handheld screening breast ultrasound -- offered to women in the general population with dense breasts -- can help detect small mammographically occult breast cancers, although overall positive predictive value is low, according to a study published online June 21 in Radiology.
June 24, 2012
Medic Vision, Atlantis ink distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image reconstruction software developer Medic Vision Imaging Solutions has selected Atlantis Worldwide as its distributor for its CT image enhancement system.
June 24, 2012
Elekta reports 1st combined Agility, VMAT use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta's Agility multileaf collimator and its volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) technology have been used together for the first time to treat a U.K. cancer patient.
June 24, 2012
MRI Interventions, Brainlab ally with Tocagen
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI Interventions and image-guided therapy firm Brainlab said they have formed an alliance with cancer drug developer Tocagen to target the most aggressive form of brain cancer, recurrent high-grade gliomas including glioblastoma multiforme.
June 24, 2012
Three Palm wins new patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging software developer Three Palm Software said it has received a new patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its WorkstationOne multimodality breast imaging workstation software.
June 24, 2012
Varian launches online product finder
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems' X-Ray Products business has launched an online product finder tool that gives customers the ability to locate replacement x-ray tubes and other items.
June 24, 2012
MRI with gadolinium oxide particles finds more MS lesions
By Wayne Forrest
The combination of gadolinium and ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide particles in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals 51% more active lesions in MRI scans than gadolinium alone, French researchers report in the July issue of Radiology.
June 24, 2012
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AATS lung cancer guidelines broaden screening criteria
By Eric Barnes
A task force for the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) has issued new clinical guidelines for CT lung cancer screening that substantially broaden the screening criteria compared to recommendations published last month by the American College of Chest Physicians.
June 21, 2012
GE unveils custom CT dose-reduction initiative
By Cynthia E. Keen
GE Healthcare launched its Blueprint program, a new service intended to help institutions and health systems lower CT radiation dose via customized dose-reduction plans, at a Thursday press conference at North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Lake Success, NY.
June 21, 2012
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Confidence boosts mammography interpretation accuracy
By Kate Madden Yee
Radiologists who are confident in their mammography exam interpretations tend to be more accurate, according to a new study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 21, 2012
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