Clinical News: Page 2401

Epix to pursue strategic alternatives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a bid to continue operating beyond August, MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals has engaged two investment banks to assist the firm in exploring strategic and financial alternatives.
May 11, 2009
Cook launches antibiotic catheter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Cook Medical has introduced Spectrum Turbo-Ject PICC, a catheter treated with antibiotics that is suitable for use in contrast-enhanced CT scans.
May 11, 2009
AMI's PET/CT bone imaging trial enrolls patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) has enrolled the first 10 patients in a new clinical trial investigating the use of fluorine-18 sodium fluoride PET/CT to detect bony metastases.
May 11, 2009
MRI with STIR fails to change diagnosis in child abuse cases
By Wayne Forrest
Although whole-body MRI using a short-tau inversion recovery (WB-STIR) sequence detects some bone contusions and fractures not found on initial radiographic bone surveys, the technique may not be ready to replace radiography in the initial assessment of traumatic injury in cases of suspected child abuse, according to a new study.
May 11, 2009
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FDA: FFDM installs cross 50% threshold
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) units now make up more than 50% of the installed base of mammography systems in the U.S., according to data from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
May 10, 2009
iCRco taps Valentine as president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography vendor iCRco has tapped Mark Valentine as the company's new president.
May 10, 2009
IBA posts Q1 numbers, inks proton deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The effects of a lackluster worldwide economy resulted in a mediocre financial report from Ion Beam Applications (IBA) in the first quarter.
May 10, 2009
CT-screened lung cancer patients live longer
By Eric Barnes
CT screening appears to find early-stage lung cancers that would not have been detected with chest x-ray, enabling CT-screened patients to live significantly longer, concludes a new study from Japan.
May 10, 2009
Two lung CAD systems unaffected by low dose
By Eric Barnes
A face-off between two lung nodule computer-aided detection (CAD) systems found a big difference in sensitivity for detecting solid pulmonary nodules, but it also revealed the good news that nodule detection was unaffected by low-dose scanning. The number of false positives also differed significantly between the two systems, researchers from Germany reported.
May 10, 2009
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OR Technology nets contracts in Turkey
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German image processing and PACS provider OR Technology has signed contracts with two hospitals in Turkey.
May 7, 2009
Medipattern inks New York deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Medipattern has received a contract from Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group for a B-CAD-For-Life managed service contract.
May 7, 2009
FDA OKs Siemens' 16-slice PET/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Biograph TruePoint 16-slice PET/CT system.
May 7, 2009
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