Clinical News: Page 2130

Study finds low infection risk from US-guided intervention

By Erik L. Ridley

Patients receiving ultrasound-guided interventional procedures have a low risk of serious infection complications, according to research published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 20, 2010

Few adverse events occur a year after negative cardiac CTA

By Wayne Forrest

Adverse cardiac events are rare in patients with low- to moderate-risk chest pain in the 12 months following a negative cardiac CT angiogram (CTA), according to a small study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 20, 2010

Accurate, fast soft-plaque measurement seen with coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

Automated measurement of soft plaque in the heart using coronary CT angiography (CTA) was accurate compared to the gold-standard modality, intravascular ultrasound, and was far faster than manual methods, concluded a new report published online this month in Radiology.

September 20, 2010

Bundling of CAD software boosts lung lesion detection at CT

By Eric Barnes

Running CT lung images through multiple computer-aided detection (CAD) applications delivers better results than any single algorithm alone, researchers are finding. This phenomenon is unleashing a minitrend that may be discomforting to CAD developers concerned about the success of their systems.

September 20, 2010

Toshiba nets Fla. ultrasound install

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba America Medical Systems has sold four Xario XG ultrasound systems to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, FL.

September 19, 2010

Lantheus to present cardiac PET data

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lantheus Medical Imaging said that seven abstracts related to two of its investigational cardiac PET imaging agents will be presented at this week's annual scientific session of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology.

September 19, 2010

CAD algorithm spots acute intracranial hemorrhage

By Eric Barnes

In stroke treatment, time is brain, as they say, but the timely detection of acute intracranial hemorrhage can be difficult when dealing with subcentimeter lesions or inexperienced readers. A new computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to detect blood clots in the brain could be a welcome addition.

September 19, 2010

MDS advanced revenue in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Growth in all three of its business segments powered nuclear medicine firm MDS Nordion to higher revenue levels in the company's third quarter of its 2010 fiscal year.

September 16, 2010

With reactors back online, Mo-99 supply concerns remain

By Wayne Forrest

With two nuclear reactors again producing molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), officials at SNM of Reston, VA, say supplies of the medical isotope are returning to normal in North America, but long-term production remains a critical issue.

September 16, 2010

Analogic taps Shaw as VP for BK unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical imaging firm Analogic has appointed ultrasound industry veteran Lars Shaw as vice president of global marketing for its BK Medical ultrasound business.

September 16, 2010

PET/CT detects early efficacy of chemo drug in NSCLC patients

By Wayne Forrest

Dutch researchers have found that FDG-PET/CT can identify early response to preoperative chemotherapy with erlotinib in most patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to a study in the September issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 16, 2010

Advanced VC tool serves up polyp locations for colonoscopy

By Eric Barnes

Large polyps found at virtual colonoscopy are referred to optical colonoscopy for removal, and that's generally the end of the story. But VC-detected polyps can't always be found quickly and easily at colonoscopy, so an automated method of finding them might be just what the gastroenterologist ordered.

September 16, 2010

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