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BSD Medical makes direct offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Brachytherapy and hyperthermia therapy developer BSD Medical has inked a purchase agreement with two investors for the sale of shares of its common stock.
August 18, 2010
Imix to debut portable DR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography (DR) developer Imix Americas plans to debut a transportable DR system at the upcoming American Healthcare Radiology Administrators annual meeting in Washington, DC.
August 18, 2010
Study: Hold the CT for pediatric renal trauma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physicians often order abdominal CT scans for pediatric patients who have undergone blunt abdominal trauma and have blood in their urine. However, because this procedure has low sensitivity and specificity, not ordering it may be more clinically prudent, according to a report in Urology.
August 18, 2010
Radiosurgery an option for head/neck cancer reirradiation
By Cynthia E. Keen
The use of fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery can provid good response rates and low toxicity for patients with recurrent head and neck cancer, according to a report published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
August 18, 2010
Better liver transplant decisions; hope for mammography screening
By Eric Barnes
August 18, 2010
The breast screening hullabaloo: Where are we today?
By Leonard Berlin, MD
The new U.S. Preventive Services Task Force mammography screening guidelines have sparked controversy, but what effects, exactly, have they wrought since their release? In this AuntMinnie Second Opinion, Leonard Berlin, MD, provides his view of the screening state of affairs.
August 18, 2010
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Quantitative image analysis uncovers more living liver donors
By Erik L. Ridley
Quantitative image analysis may be able to significantly increase the number of living liver donors, according to Colorado researchers. Re-evaluation of previously rejected donors with a quantitative image analysis system found that most had suitable anatomy for transplantation.
August 18, 2010
Siemens completes U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its Magnetom Avanto 1.5-tesla system at Birmingham City Hospital in the U.K.
August 17, 2010
Mindray debuts ultrasound system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mindray DS USA has launched its new premium M7 ultrasound system in the U.S.
August 17, 2010
Int'l Isotopes reports sluggish Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes is blaming current economic conditions and lower bulk cobalt sales for a decline in revenue for the first six months of 2010.
August 17, 2010
AECL producing Mo-99 again
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fifteen months after being shutdown for repairs, Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) yesterday powered up its National Research Universal reactor in Chalk River, Ontario, to begin medical isotope production.
August 17, 2010
DoE dedicates powerful x-ray laser
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has dedicated the Linac Coherent Light Source, billed as the world's first and most powerful x-ray laser.
August 17, 2010
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