Clinical News: Page 2192

Teens contribute to radiology-related research
By Cynthia E. Keen
Today's teens may have a reputation as slackers addicted to video games and iPhones, but teen researchers are making a difference in medical imaging with research studies presented at medical conferences in the past month, including one at this week's American Thoracic Society meeting in New Orleans.
May 16, 2010
Nucletron, ART add AccuBoost customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Nucletron and women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) are teaming up to provide an AccuBoost breast brachytherapy system to Cook County Radiation Oncology at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago.
May 16, 2010
Elekta, Mitsubishi report treatment milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta and Mitsubishi Electric said that Gumma University Heavy Ion Medical Center in Gumma, Japan, has used the firms' carbon ion radiotherapy technology to treat a prostate cancer patient.
May 16, 2010
AngioDynamics launches new catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer AngioDynamics has debuted its Morpheus Smart PICC Triple Lumen CT peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC).
May 16, 2010
Virtual colonoscopy adds to number of people getting screened
By Edward Susman
The impact of screening virtual colonoscopy in an area where the procedure is fully reimbursable appears not to have affected endoscopic procedures but, instead, has led to an increase in the number of optical colonoscopies performed, say researchers from the University of Wisconsin.
May 16, 2010
Medison launches MySono U5
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Medison has released its new MySono U5 ultrasound system specifically designed to provide 3D/4D imaging in a compact platform for ob/gyn applications.
May 16, 2010
Cardinal sees sparse Tc-99m supplies in May
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health is warning its customers of "zero to critically low" supplies of the radioisotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m) for much of the rest of May.
May 13, 2010
Ga. hospital asks for police investigation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An attorney for the Georgia hospital that discovered an employee had marked hundreds of unread mammograms as complete has asked local police to begin an investigation, according to the hospital's parent company.
May 13, 2010
Rates of osteoporosis screening rise in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The proportion of women ages 65 and older on Medicare who said that they had been screened for osteoporosis with bone densitometry increased from 34% in 2001 to 64% in 2006, according to a statement from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
May 13, 2010
American Shared reports Q1 2010 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiosurgery center operator American Shared Hospital Services this week released financial results for the first quarter that showed the company reporting a slight decrease in revenues and an increase in net income.
May 13, 2010
Merit to buy BioSphere
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer BioSphere Medical announced that it has signed an agreement to be acquired by disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems of South Jordan, UT.
May 13, 2010
Development efforts aim to facilitate CEUS for molecular imaging
By Erik L. Ridley
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) offers much potential for molecular imaging applications such as in vivo imaging of angiogenesis and assessing disease states for therapy monitoring. Researchers described the state of the art in CEUS in a presentation this week at the Leading Edge in Diagnostic Ultrasound conference.
May 13, 2010
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