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Medrad signs distribution pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with WFR-Aquaplast/Qfix Systems for the company's Pro-Tekt endorectal balloon device.
August 2, 2010
MGH develops EMR search tool
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston have developed an advanced search tool designed to help radiologists and other physicians extract useful data from a patient's electronic medical record (EMR), according to the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 2, 2010
Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images
By Wayne Forrest
Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
August 2, 2010
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CT brings struggles of Red Sea coral to surface
By Nicole Pettit
Though global warming may remain a popular topic of debate, its damage to a major coral species in the Red Sea is clear to a group of U.S. researchers, thanks to CT. By adapting 3D CT techniques to examine Diploastrea heliopora, they found that growth of the coral has declined by 30% since 1998.
August 2, 2010
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Hologic grows sales, though profit slips
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's healthcare vendor Hologic reported 4% growth in revenue for the company's third fiscal quarter, although net income fell slightly.
August 1, 2010
Positron reports lower debt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Positron is reporting that it has significantly reduced its debt levels.
August 1, 2010
IBA to build proton center in Poland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract to build a proton therapy center in Krakow, Poland.
August 1, 2010
Workshop yields big drop in scan radiation dose
By Eric Barnes
Scan data from 10 radiology practices in Australia showed that attendance at a radiation dose-optimization workshop nearly halved the doses subsequently given to patients, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
August 1, 2010
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Technology, not biology, makes for lower mammo performance
By Kate Madden Yee
The limits of conventional mammography technology, rather than the biology of breast cancer, contribute more to the modality's lower performance in women between the ages of 40 and 49, according to a new study published in the August issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
August 1, 2010
Covidien shows modest Q3 growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare technology firm Covidien posted modest gains in the third quarter of fiscal 2010.
August 1, 2010
Hardware acceleration speeds up 3D image registration
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of hardware acceleration techniques can dramatically improve the time it takes to perform 3D image registration, according to research from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore.
August 1, 2010
RSNA, Siemens award grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The RSNA Research and Education Foundation has awarded the 2010 Siemens Healthcare/RSNA grants to two researchers.
July 29, 2010
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