Clinical News: Page 2351

SNM extends trials network to Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM announced that its Clinical Trials Network has expanded its membership with several European commercial providers of PET radiopharmaceuticals.
July 22, 2009
Biotronics3D launches MRI software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer Biotronics3D has launched new software for analyzing MRI scans, developed in partnership with the U.K. Institute of Cancer Research.
July 22, 2009
Konica Minolta debuts FlexDR flat-panel system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has introduced a new upright flat-panel digital radiography (DR) system.
July 22, 2009
Philips installs 100th Brilliance iCT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has reached an installation milestone with its Brilliance iCT 256-slice system.
July 22, 2009
Medica expands Scotland service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services firm Medica Group has signed contracts for its OnDemand reading service with NHS Western Isles and NHS Grampian in Scotland.
July 22, 2009
OIG eyes 'questionable' ultrasound claims, utilization
By Erik L. Ridley
Could ultrasound be the next front in the war over inappropriate imaging utilization? Maybe so, following a report released this month by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG) that found indications that some reimbursement claims for ultrasound services might not be legitimate.
July 22, 2009
Pharma developer Epix to shut down, liquidate assets
By Brian Casey
Having failed to obtain additional financing or consummate a strategic transaction, drug developer Epix Pharmaceuticals said it is shutting down the company and has terminated nearly all of its employees.
July 22, 2009
Is ultrasound overused? And, Epix Pharma folds; CT and calcium scores
By Brian Casey
July 22, 2009
Zero calcium means good outcomes, even with undetected plaques
By Eric Barnes
Patients with coronary artery plaques -- soft, mixed, or otherwise -- that go undetected in a calcium scan still have a good prognosis, according to a new study presented at last week's Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography meeting in Orlando, FL.
July 22, 2009
WHO: Data errors cause most rad therapy mistakes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Data transfer errors and omissions have been the primary source of radiation therapy patient safety incidents around the world over the past 30 years, according to a report from the World Health Organization (WHO).
July 21, 2009
Carestream nets digital x-ray orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received several orders from U.S. customers for its digital x-ray portfolio.
July 21, 2009
Brachytherapy combo improves prostate cancer results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Men diagnosed with high-risk prostate cancer who have brachytherapy treatment combined with external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and androgen suppression therapy (AST) have a lower risk of dying from the disease, compared to those who receive only brachytherapy, or brachytherapy in combination with AST or EBRT, according to a new study.
July 21, 2009
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