Clinical News: Page 2158

Ultrasonix opens office in China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has opened an office in Shanghai.
August 5, 2010
Kitware awarded NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Kitware has received a one-year grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) for $228,000 to improve the clinical effectiveness of liver lesion biopsy using PET/CT imaging.
August 5, 2010
Hologic completes Sentinelle acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's healthcare vendor Hologic has closed on its acquisition of MRI technology developer Sentinelle Medical for $85 million.
August 5, 2010
FDA takes Bayer's NDA for Gadovist contrast
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals' new drug application (NDA) for a new gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent has been accepted for review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
August 5, 2010
CMS alters PET policy for treatment planning
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed its reimbursement policy, which previously called for payment for only one PET scan for treatment planning in patients with solid tumors and myeloma.
August 5, 2010
CIVCO launches new guidance systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has launched two new needle guidance systems.
August 5, 2010
SoCal hospitals say patients got too much CT radiation
By Eric Barnes
Two more hospitals in Southern California have admitted that patients undergoing perfusion CT brain scans last fall received excessive radiation doses, just as legislation that would require dose levels to be displayed on CT scanners won a vote in the state Assembly.
August 5, 2010
Emergency CT scans may delay pediatric patient transfers
By Cynthia E. Keen
Timely treatment at a pediatric trauma center can have a huge impact for seriously injured children. But a new study of transfer times of these patients to a level I pediatric trauma center found that most patients weren't transferred within the recommended time, with some delays due to the ordering of CT scans.
August 5, 2010
Combined PET/CT CAD improves lung nodule detection
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in Japan have developed computer-aided detection (CAD) software that detects lung nodules in PET/CT images of lung cancer screening patients. Applying a combined CAD system to both modalities instead of CT or PET alone nearly doubled the number of solitary pulmonary nodules detected.
August 5, 2010
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Hallan alta taza de cataratas en cardiólogos intervencionistas
By Eric Barnes
Una nueva investigación de cardiólogos intervencionistas y enfermeras en Malasia revela una taza de incidencia de cataratas cinco veces más elevada que en el grupo de control, la cual implica que los límites de dosis de radiación son demasiado altos para proteger al personal.
August 4, 2010
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
August 4, 2010
ASTRO publishes guidelines for accelerated whole-breast RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) on August 4 announced that it has published evidence-based guidelines for the use of hypofractionated whole-breast radiation therapy treatment.
August 4, 2010
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