Clinical News: Page 2198

New software facilitates mining of image data
By Erik L. Ridley
Images stored on PACS networks contain a veritable treasure trove of information that could be invaluable in research and clinical practice. To gain easier access to those nuggets, researchers from Luxembourg have developed a software framework that facilitates data mining from DICOM image headers.
May 23, 2010
Two Ohio facilities to pay $108M in cardiac kickback case
By Wayne Forrest
Two Ohio hospitals agreed Friday to pay the U.S. government $108 million to settle claims that the institutions violated federal law by unlawfully paying doctors for referrals of cardiac patients.
May 20, 2010
GE touts ADMIRE-HF trial results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new cardiac radiopharmaceutical being developed by GE Healthcare is showing an ability to predict cardiac events in symptomatic heart failure patients, according to results published in the May 18 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
May 20, 2010
Elderly early-stage breast cancer patients don't need RT
By Cynthia E. Keen
Few women older than 70 who are diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer without lymph node involvement need radiation therapy (RT) after having a lumpectomy, according to the most recent findings of a large multi-institutional trial to be presented next month at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting.
May 20, 2010
ACS takes cyclotron order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced Cyclotron Systems (ASC) has sold cyclotrons to the University of Alberta's department of oncology in Edmonton, Alberta, as well as to Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke in Sherbrooke, Quebec.
May 20, 2010
Siemens' Guardian adds molecular imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is offering its Guardian service program for its molecular imaging systems.
May 20, 2010
Johns Hopkins nets $7M NIH grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a $7 million grant to the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore to renovate its Center for Translational Molecular Imaging.
May 20, 2010
Lantheus receives Mo-99 from Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging this week received an additional supply of molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) for its TechneLite technetium-99m generator.
May 20, 2010
Digisonics inks contract expansions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has expanded contracts for its OB-Windows system.
May 20, 2010
U-Systems touts breast density study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A national survey of U.S. women ages 40 and older found that 95% of women in this age group do not know their breast density and nearly 90% do not know it increases the risk of developing breast cancer, according to ultrasound developer U-Systems.
May 20, 2010
QA program cuts errors in 3D image processing lab
By Brian Casey
SAN FRANCISCO - Implementing a quality assurance program in a centralized 3D image processing lab can reduce the number of errors that occur when technologists reconstruct 3D images, according to a presentation on Wednesday at the International Society for Computed Tomography meeting.
May 20, 2010
SPIE: Is MRI-guidance the next step for IGRT?
By Tami Freeman
Image-guidance has become an invaluable tool within radiation therapy, with recent years seeing a shift toward incorporating image-derived, patient-based information into the treatment process. At the same time, the industry has witnessed the emergence of advanced radiotherapy systems with integrated imaging capabilities.
May 20, 2010
2009 01 15 16 03 49 510 Med Phys Web Logo 100
Previous Page
Page 2198 of 3669
Next Page