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SNM study: Radioactive skin patches treat basal cell carcinoma
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioactive skin patches can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, a disease that is diagnosed in 1 million Americans each year, according to research presented at this week's SNM annual meeting in Toronto.
June 14, 2009
Final results reported for glioblastoma clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A final analysis of a large clinical trial spanning two continents confirms that a combination of postoperative radiation therapy and chemotherapy rather than radiation therapy alone better prolongs survival for patients with glioblastoma throughout the remainder of their lives.
June 14, 2009
Cardiac MR techniques improve myocardial assessment
By Eric Barnes
New cardiac MR techniques reported in two studies in the American Journal of Roentgenology may increase the modality's flexibility for assessing myocardial infarction (MI). The first study offered clinical validation for free-breathing cardiac MR for MI assessment, while the second evaluated myocardial viability on a 3-tesla MRI scanner.
June 14, 2009
Fuji gets Amerinet RIS contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has had its Synapse cardiovascular and Synapse RIS products added to its existing contract agreement with group purchasing organization Amerinet of St. Louis.
June 11, 2009
Siemens launches new Inveon software at SNM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is launching a new version of its Inveon Research Workplace (IRW) software at next week's SNM meeting in Toronto.
June 11, 2009
Fonar sells 5th Upright to Florida center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI firm Fonar has sold a fifth Upright Multi-Position MR scanner to a Florida radiology center.
June 11, 2009
SonoSite ships ultrasound remote control
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has begun shipping its compact voice- or touch-activated device for adjusting ultrasound controls remotely.
June 11, 2009
TomoTherapy taps new CFO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO).
June 11, 2009
Numa to debut workflow package at SNM show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine connectivity developer Numa plans to launch a new workflow and schedule management package at the 2009 SNM meeting in Toronto.
June 11, 2009
MR stress alone sufficient for myocardial perfusion
By Eric Barnes
Use of an automated postprocessing tool eliminates the need for both a stress and rest exam in myocardial perfusion MRI, according to researchers from Germany. They found that quantitative assessment of stress MRI images alone delivers the same diagnostic performance as semiquantitative evaluation of both stress and rest perfusion exams.
June 11, 2009
Readers undaunted by VC CAD false positives
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists examining data from virtual colonoscopy studies can easily dismiss increasing numbers of false-positive detections generated by computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, researchers from the U.K. report. But the presence of more false positives makes reading less efficient.
June 11, 2009
Canada to exit medical isotope business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada plans to end its involvement in the production of medical isotopes, leaving the manufacturing to other countries.
June 10, 2009
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