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Calif. Legislature passes radiation protection bill
By Eric Barnes
Taking aim at the CT radiation overdose incidents that have roiled imaging facilities throughout California, the state's Assembly on Thursday overwhelmingly approved legislation that would establish protocols and safeguards to protect patients from overdoses.
August 26, 2010
Agfa HealthCare revenues flat in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite a strong performance from its computed radiography product line, Agfa HealthCare reported only a 0.3% advance in revenues in the second quarter of 2010.
August 26, 2010
IBA, Bayer ink imaging deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has entered into an agreement with Bayer Schering Pharma Germany for chemical process development and clinical trial dose supply of the PET tracer florbetaben for detecting Alzheimer's disease pathology.
August 26, 2010
Sectra completes German mammo order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has installed its Sectra MicroDose mammography system as part of a mobile screening unit at the Practice for Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine in Germany.
August 26, 2010
Del Medical gets Mexican order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Del Medical has received a contract from Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social for more than 20 digital radiography rooms.
August 26, 2010
Calif. Senate restores mammo access
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The California Senate on Wednesday voted unanimously to pass legislation that would reverse a January decision that raised the age for public funding of mammography and cervical cancer tests to age 50 from age 40.
August 26, 2010
FDA clears SonoSite's LumenVu
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its LumenVu catheter guidance system.
August 26, 2010
ScImage adds TomTec module to PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor ScImage has added quantification software from TomTec Imaging Systems for 2D and 4D ultrasound imaging to its PicomEnterprise PACS.
August 26, 2010
U.K. audit reports survival stats of cervical cancer patients
By Cynthia E. Keen
A large-scale audit of women treated throughout the U.K. for cervical cancer in 2001 and 2002 has reconfirmed that the combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy is more effective than radiation therapy alone, according to findings published in the September issue of Clinical Oncology.
August 26, 2010
MRI beats FDG-PET for early Alzheimer's detection
By Wayne Forrest
MRI may be a more practical clinical biomarker for early detection of Alzheimer's disease than FDG-PET, according to a new study published in the September issue of Radiology. Researchers found no evidence that FDG-PET is more sensitive than MRI to degeneration.
August 26, 2010
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FDA reports problems at Fla. mammo center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found that a mammography center in Florida produced "poor quality mammograms with unreliable results," according to a safety notification issued by the agency.
August 25, 2010
Agfa, TomTec ink echo software deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare and imaging software developer TomTec Imaging Systems have announced an agreement to collaborate on an echocardiography analysis and measurement software package.
August 25, 2010
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