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Imaging groups form global organization
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging industry trade organizations have joined forces to form an international body that includes representatives from Europe, Japan, Canada, and the U.S.
June 12, 2012
WHO guidelines to diagnose childhood pneumonia criticized
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The World Health Organization (WHO) criteria for diagnosing radiographic pneumonia were ineffective for screening young children admitted to the emergency department at Children's Hospital Boston, according to a study in the June issue of the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
June 12, 2012
Viztek builds Opal-CR II installed base
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek said it has placed 75 of its Opal-CR II computed radiography (CR) units in the 60 days since the product was launched.
June 12, 2012
Sapheneia gets win in suit with ContextVision
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A district court in Linköping, Sweden, has ruled in favor of Sapheneia in ongoing litigation between the firm and image enhancement developer ContextVision, ContextVision said.
June 12, 2012
Digisonics wins Ill. CVIS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics announced it has won a contract with an Illinois health system for its cardiovascular information system (CVIS).
June 12, 2012
Newmatic launches comfort covering for kids
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging accessories developer Newmatic Medical has launched a new body covering designed in the form of a kitten or puppy that children can embrace, helping to comfort them as they undergo diagnostic imaging exams.
June 12, 2012
FDA clears Siemens 128-slice CT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared Siemens Healthcare's Somatom Perspective, a new 128-slice CT scanner.
June 12, 2012
Avinger completes enrollment in OCT trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intravascular imaging technology developer Avinger has completed patient enrollment for its CONNECT II global clinical trial.
June 12, 2012
GE touts flutemetamol studies at SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting studies of its investigational F-18 flutemetamol PET imaging agent that were presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting.
June 12, 2012
Repeat VC after 5 years shows few advanced lesions
By Eric Barnes
Individuals who were negative in their first round of virtual colonoscopy screening tend to stay that way at repeat screening five years later. The results are a positive sign that VC is a good way to detect significant lesions before they can advance to malignancies.
June 12, 2012
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IsoRay promotes cesium-131 for meningioma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has reported that a cesium-131 brachytherapy sutured mesh implant in a patient with a recurring meningioma tumor has kept the patient tumor-free for 90 days.
June 12, 2012
SNM: NaF finds more breast cancer bone metastases than FDG
By Wayne Forrest
MIAMI BEACH, FL - Sodium fluoride (NaF) PET/CT detected bone metastases in patients with breast cancer more effectively than FDG, especially in cases of restaging, according to a study presented this week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) annual meeting.
June 12, 2012
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