Clinical News: Page 2356

MDS offers plan to fix Maple reactors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion is again urging Atomic Energy of Canada to complete and bring online the two Maple nuclear reactors to help solve the medical isotope shortage.
July 30, 2009
Digisonics wins Colorado contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has won a contract with a Colorado cardiology group for its DigiNet Pro system.
July 30, 2009
TomoTherapy posts Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy posted its second-quarter financial results.
July 30, 2009
CAD finds breast cancers missed at CR mammography
By Eric Barnes
Computer-aided detection (CAD) was highly sensitive in picking up cancers that computed radiography (CR)-based mammography had missed, according to a multicenter study presented at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting.
July 30, 2009
Study: Iso-osmolar contrast not safer for kidneys
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A meta-analysis examining contrast agent safety in nearly 3,000 subjects found no evidence that a more expensive iso-osmolar agent resulted overall in fewer contrast-induced acute kidney injuries compared to cheaper low-osmolar alternatives.
July 29, 2009
Varian Medical grows Q3 sales, profit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems reported that efforts to control costs helped the company's bottom line in the third quarter of fiscal 2009.
July 29, 2009
ASTRO decries proposed rad therapy cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new survey indicates that a proposed 19% cut in federal payments for radiation therapy will cause many cancer centers to reduce services, deny treatment to Medicare patients, or close, according to the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).
July 29, 2009
Fuji to give away Prima systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA is holding an online contest to give away five of its soon-to-be-released FCR Prima digital x-ray systems.
July 29, 2009
Dual-source CTA turns in mixed results for coronary stenoses
By Wayne Forrest
Dual-source CT angiography (CTA) achieves a high negative predictive value in excluding coronary artery stenoses in patients with stable coronary artery disease, but the modality is "very limited" in its ability to predict the presence of ischemia, according to a study by German researchers.
July 29, 2009
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Carestream adds DR order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received a digital radiography (DR) order from Erie County Medical Center in Buffalo, NY.
July 28, 2009
Zonare begins shipping z.one ultra sp
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems has initiated shipments of its z.one ultra sp ultrasound scanner.
July 28, 2009
Breast US image analysis helps predict metastasis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer analysis of breast ultrasound studies can allow doctors to predict earlier whether a woman's cancer has metastasized, according to a preliminary pilot study presented Wednesday at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine annual meeting.
July 28, 2009
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