Clinical News: Page 2209

eMix adds European distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
DR Systems venture eMix has signed its first European distributor agreement.
May 2, 2010
SonoSite forms emergency services alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has signed a partnership with emergency medical response technology provider Physio-Control.
May 2, 2010
RaySearch, Varian expand partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firms RaySearch Laboratories and Varian Medical Systems have expanded their partnership.
May 2, 2010
Dilon touts BSGI measurement study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) developer Dilon Diagnostics is touting the results of a clinical study indicating that BSGI can accurately measure tumor size within 5 mm after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with breast cancer.
May 2, 2010
3DISC launches U.S. HQ, taps CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography manufacturer 3DISC has opened a U.S. headquarters and has named Sigrid Smitt-Jeppesen as its president and CEO.
May 2, 2010
Breast MRI improves cancer staging for newly diagnosed women
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced breast MRI finds breast lesions missed on mammography and ultrasound, and can help surgeons plan the best surgical treatment, improving patient outcomes, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 2, 2010
Valkyrie software rides to rescue of CT radiation dose dilemma
By Eric Barnes
An automated software algorithm called Valkyrie that extracts radiation dose information from CT exams and tracks it automatically may help imaging sites better follow patient radiation exposure and avoid overdoses, according to a study presented this week at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting in San Diego.
May 2, 2010
PET can help clarify dementia diagnoses
By Rosemary Frei
A study presented at last month's American Academy of Neurology annual meeting showed that adding PET to the clinical investigation of atypical or unclear dementias led to a change of 29% of the initial diagnoses.
May 2, 2010
DISC inks deal with Broadwest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiography quality control technology developer Diagnostic Imaging Specialists (DISC) has signed an agreement for mammography viewing station developer Broadwest to distribute DISC products in the U.S.
May 2, 2010
Accelerated RT improves lung cancer survival
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patients diagnosed with non-small cell or small cell lung cancer that has not metastasized have better overall survival outcomes when treated with hyperfractionated or accelerated radiation therapy (RT), according to a new meta-analysis.
May 2, 2010
Cardinal warns of May Tc-99m shortages
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardinal Health is warning its customers that the first week of May will see limited availability of technetium-99m (Tc-99m), as the worldwide molybdenum-99 shortage continues.
May 2, 2010
PET detecting tumor 'cold spots' may aid RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Using PET to fine-tune radiation therapy (RT) to take into account which portions of a cancer patient's tumor grow the most rapidly may improve cancer control while subjecting the patient to lower radiation doses, Dutch researchers suggested at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.
May 2, 2010
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