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ORSIF launches to promote radiation safety
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new radiation safety organization, the Organization for Occupational Radiation Safety in Interventional Fluoroscopy (ORSIF), has been launched.
April 6, 2015
iCAD touts early results from Xoft study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
At the upcoming American Brachytherapy Society meeting in Orlando, FL, computer-aided detection (CAD) and radiation therapy firm iCAD, plans to highlight first-year data from a clinical trial that is evaluating the company's Xoft system for treating early-stage breast cancer.
April 6, 2015
FDDNP-PET gives insight into brain trauma of NFL players
By Wayne Forrest
Brain scans with the PET radiopharmaceutical FDDNP of former National Football League (NFL) players who experienced multiple concussions show patterns that are similar to patients who experienced chronic traumatic encephalopathy, according to an April 6 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
April 6, 2015
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Agfa inks digital x-ray deal with Hitachi for U.S. sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare and Hitachi Medical Systems America have entered into a sales and marketing agreement covering sales of digital x-ray systems in the U.S.
April 6, 2015
Mammo false positives, overdiagnosis cost U.S. $4B per year
By Kate Madden Yee
False positives and overdiagnosis related to mammography screening cost the U.S. $4 billion per year, a figure that's much higher than previous estimates, according to a study published in Health Affairs. But the study's findings are based on previous research that has already been criticized by advocates of screening.
April 6, 2015
Biotronik implants 1st MRI-conditional pacemaker in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biomedical device company Biotronik has implanted the first U.S. patient with the company's Eluna pacemaker system with ProMRI technology, which enables patients implanted with the device to undergo MRI scans.
April 6, 2015
Perseon sells BSD hyperthermia assets to Pyrexar
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Life sciences firm Perseon has sold its hyperthermia technology assets formerly marketed under the BSD Medical brand to Pyrexar Medical.
April 5, 2015
PHS signs dose software distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation dose tracking software developer PHS Technologies Group has signed a deal to sell its DoseMonitor 2.0 software through radiology informatics firm Nuvodia and radiology consortium Strategic Radiology.
April 5, 2015
New MRI technique improves prostate cancer detection
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new MRI technique called restriction spectrum imaging MRI (RSI-MRI) is providing enhanced details on the extent and exact location of prostate tumors.
April 5, 2015
RadioMedix starts trial of ProstaMedix PET agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biotechnology firm RadioMedix has initiated the first clinical trial for its ProstaMedix agent for the diagnosis and management of prostate cancer in U.S. patients and will begin recruiting patients this month.
April 5, 2015
NCI: Cancer incidence, mortality continue to fall in U.S.
By Brian Casey
Rates of cancer incidence and mortality continue to fall in the U.S., according to a new report by the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI). Deaths from cancer dropped 1.8% annually in men and 1.4% annually in women from 2002 to 2011, the report disclosed.
April 5, 2015
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Coregistered 3D US plus angio boosts aneurysm surgery
By Eric Barnes
Combining rotational digital subtraction angiography with 3D ultrasound creates a powerful pair for guiding aneurysm surgery when images are dynamically coregistered during procedures, according to a new study by German researchers and published in PLOS One.
April 5, 2015
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