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Cadens touts VC offering
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cadens Imaging is launching its Cadens Colon software for virtual colonoscopy at this week's RSNA meeting in Chicago.
November 29, 2009
Vida inks development deal with Veran
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Vida Diagnostics and surgical planning firm Veran Medical Technologies have signed an agreement to develop and distribute an endobronchial lung navigation and biopsy system.
November 29, 2009
Barco set to acquire FIMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image display firm Barco has signed an agreement to acquire Italian display company FIMI, a fully owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics Healthcare.
November 29, 2009
ContextVision unveils image enhancement product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision will showcase its GOPView XR2Plus digital x-ray product at the annual RSNA meeting this week.
November 29, 2009
Agfa to acquire Insight Agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has announced an agreement with Curagita Holding to acquire all shares of its subsidiary Insight Agents, a European producer of contrast media used in x-ray, CT, and MRI studies.
November 29, 2009
Surveillance polyps show little growth at follow-up
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - A preliminary study from Italy adds weight to the argument that two- to three-year surveillance of 6- to 9-mm polyps doesn't unduly increase the risk of colorectal cancers. Diminutive polyps grow faster but present less cause for concern.
November 29, 2009
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Elastography can reduce unnecessary biopsies
By Kate Madden Yee
CHICAGO - Elastography has the potential to reduce unnecessary biopsies, according to a study from Elizabeth Wende Breast Care in Rochester, NY, presented at the RSNA meeting on Sunday.
November 29, 2009
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F-18 fluoride PET/CT may better manage painful bone metastases
By Wayne Forrest
CHICAGO - Fluorine-18 (F-18) fluoride ion PET/CT may help predict which metastatic lesions will be painful in the thoracolumbar spine, potentially leading to better preventive treatment for those patients, according to researchers from Stanford University.
November 28, 2009
Perfusion MRI helps direct brain tumor treatment
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Brazilian researchers say that perfusion MRI with a dynamic susceptibility contrast-enhanced technique may allow doctors to determine the best ways of treating patients with brain malignancies, according to a presentation on Sunday at this week's RSNA conference.
November 28, 2009
WHITIA targets lung disease with remote x-ray unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The nonprofit World Health Imaging, Telemedicine, and Informatics Alliance (WHITIA) hopes soon to deploy a remotely operated x-ray device for tuberculosis and black lung disease screening in underdeveloped countries.
November 26, 2009
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New ACR guidelines overhaul VC practice, training standards
By Eric Barnes
A major revamp of virtual colonoscopy practice guidelines has been published in a white paper by the American College of Radiology (ACR). The update, the first since the ACR Colon Cancer Committee's guidelines debuted in 2005, will affect virtually every aspect of VC practice, from insufflation to radiation dose to training.
November 26, 2009
Biotronics3D licenses CAD technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer Biotronics3D has agreed to license computer-aided detection (CAD) technology from Dublin City University in Ireland. The new CAD tool will combine with the London firm's existing 3Dnet colonoscopy offering.
November 25, 2009
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