Clinical News: Page 2337

Siemens gets U.K. MRI order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has taken an order for its Magnetom Verio 3-tesla MRI system from the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre at the University of Glasgow in Scotland.
August 18, 2009
Digisonics takes NY order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has received an order for its DigiView image management and reporting system from Albany Medical Center in New York for echocardiology reports.
August 18, 2009
Philips updates Xcelera for cardiology, ships CT scanner worldwide
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has enhanced its Xcelera multimodality cardiology image management, analysis, and reporting system.
August 18, 2009
Perceptual differences seen with 3D JPEG 2000 compression
By Erik L. Ridley
Differences with even modest 3D JPEG 2000 compression ratios can be visually perceived on thin-slice CT images of the chest and abdomen-pelvis, but it's unclear if these changes degrade diagnostic value, according to a multicenter study in the Journal of Digital Imaging.
August 18, 2009
Kinetic information identifies MRI-detected breast tumors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided kinetic information can help distinguish benign from malignant suspicious breast lesions on MRI, according to a study to be published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
August 18, 2009
6 more botched prostate brachytherapy cases at Philly VAMC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Six more cases of botched brachytherapy treatment for veterans with prostate cancer performed at the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) between 2002 and 2008 have been identified.
August 17, 2009
PerkinElmer teams with Max Planck Innovation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PerkinElmer has signed an exclusive agreement to license solid-state silicon photomultiplier technology from Max Planck Innovation of Munich.
August 17, 2009
IsoRay nets FDA OK on seeds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has received additional U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for its Proxcelan cesium-131 brachytherapy seeds.
August 17, 2009
NIH center to record radiation exposure
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center has taken a step to further safeguard its clinical research patients who are exposed to radiation during certain imaging tests. CT and PET/CT equipment purchased by the center now will be required to routinely record radiation dose exposure in a patient's electronic medical record.
August 17, 2009
Petten reactor back online
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, is back online ahead of schedule.
August 17, 2009
Viztek moves headquarters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging informatics firm Viztek has moved its corporate headquarters to Raleigh, NC.
August 17, 2009
High-field MRI appropriate for fetal autopsy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Whole-body high-field MRI yields diagnostically accurate images of human fetuses, according to a new U.K. study. As a minimally invasive postmortem exam, a whole-body high-field MRI exam may be more acceptable than a conventional autopsy to parents, who are often reluctant to approve this invasive procedure.
August 17, 2009
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