Clinical News: Page 2341

Merge completes Confirma acquisition

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has completed its acquisition of MRI computer-aided detection software developer Confirma in a stock swap valued at $22 million.

September 1, 2009

PET/CT may help detect recurring prostate cancer earlier

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET/CT scans with the imaging agent choline could detect recurring prostate cancer sooner than conventional imaging technologies in some patients who have had their prostates surgically removed.

September 1, 2009

Genesis releases Alpha WebCR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital imaging systems integrator Genesis Digital Imaging has released its Alpha WebCR package for immediate shipment throughout the U.S.

September 1, 2009

FDA OKs Hologic's MammoSite ML

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's MammoSite ML breast brachytherapy system.

September 1, 2009

Chest MDCT offers value as breast imaging tool

By Eric Barnes

Standard MDCT is an increasingly important modality for breast imaging, helping to find lesions that ultrasound, MRI, and even mammography can miss and increasing the utility of biopsy techniques. From incidental to interventional breast cancer imaging, there is much radiologists can do to exploit CT's abilities.

September 1, 2009

Radiologists reticent to disclose mammo errors to patients

By Kate Madden Yee

Many radiologists said they might not tell a patient if they made a mistake when reading mammograms that resulted in a delayed cancer diagnosis, according to a study published online August 25 in Radiology.

September 1, 2009