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Clinical News: Page 2171
HIFU for liver, pancreatic cancer has high complication rate
By
Cynthia E. Keen
While effective, high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) treatment of solid cancerous tumors comes with risk for both major and minor complications, according to research from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul.
July 11, 2010
Positron hikes Attrius production
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Due to more orders, molecular imaging vendor Positron said it has increased production of its Attrius PET scanner with joint venture partner Neusoft Positron Medical Systems.
July 8, 2010
Beekley flavors CT contrast taste
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging accessories developer Beekley has introduced a flavored beverage designed to mask the taste of oral iodinated contrast used in abdominal CT scans.
July 8, 2010
Siemens launches OB ultrasound software
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has released its syngo.fourSight Workplace obstetrical ultrasound software.
July 8, 2010
Access to VC promoted as tool to increase screening
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Echoing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's call for additional colon cancer screening tools, advocates for virtual colonoscopy are calling for increased support for noninvasive procedures such as VC to help increase colon cancer screening rates.
July 8, 2010
ev3 to settle lawsuits from Covidien deal
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm ev3 has agreed to settle shareholder lawsuits aimed at blocking the company's $2.6 billion buyout by healthcare technology firm Covidien.
July 8, 2010
Active surveillance advised for elderly kidney cancer patients
By
Cynthia E. Keen
The best treatment for patients older than 75 who are diagnosed with localized renal cell carcinoma may be active surveillance, according to urologists at the Cleveland Clinic, whose recommendations were reported in the July 1 issue of
Cancer
.
July 8, 2010
High cardiac imaging doses seen in U.S. population
By
Eric Barnes
A study of nearly 100,000 U.S. patients who underwent cardiac imaging found that the procedures were associated with "substantial" doses of ionizing radiation in potentially large numbers of patients, according to results published online Thursday in the
Journal of the American College of Cardiology
.
July 8, 2010
MRI tops x-ray for ped ankle fractures
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Young children with isolated lateral ankle injuries are often diagnosed with Salter-Harris fractures of the distal fibula, even if x-ray examinations do not reveal a fracture. But an MRI scan may change the diagnosis to a sprain, according to specialists at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children.
July 8, 2010
FDG-PET/CT may help quantify Crohn's disease severity
By
Wayne Forrest
The use of maximum standardized uptake values from FDG-PET/CT scans may be a reliable, objective method for quantifying the activity and severity of Crohn's disease, according to a study in the July issue of the
Journal of Nuclear Medicine
.
July 8, 2010
IBA wins Swedish contract
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract with a proton therapy center in Sweden.
July 7, 2010
Carestream nabs Premier contract
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has won a contract to supply its DRX-1 wireless digital radiography system to group purchasing organization Premier Healthcare.
July 7, 2010
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