Clinical News: Page 2410

Dornier upgrades Opus table
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dornier MedTech has introduced a flat-panel detector for its Opus II UIMS urology table.
April 26, 2009
Quantum, Agfa team on vet system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology equipment vendor Quantum Medical Imaging has partnered with Agfa HealthCare to release the CR30-OracleCR veterinary system.
April 26, 2009
US replaces x-ray for diagnosing childhood constipation
By Cynthia E. Keen
British pediatricians at a London children's hospital are using ultrasound to assess the severity of constipation in children. They have found that ultrasound is a good substitute for abdominal x-ray, with its radiation exposure, or a digital rectal examination, a procedure that children find unpleasant and disturbing.
April 26, 2009
BK Medical brings Flex Focus to U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Analogic subsidiary BK Medical next week will introduce its Flex Focus ultrasound scanner to the U.S. market.
April 23, 2009
Nucletron adds to sales in 2008
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron credited a renewed focus on brachytherapy treatment and an expanding product line in external-beam treatment planning software for sales growth in 2008.
April 23, 2009
Revolutions acquires rights to breast biopsy system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI software developer Revolutions Medical has acquired an exclusive worldwide license for an image-guided navigation system for breast biopsy localization.
April 23, 2009
InSight buys Boston imaging centers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging services provider InSight Health Services has completed its acquisition of two Boston-area imaging centers.
April 23, 2009
Trastuzumab + RT = no cardiac risk in breast cancer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women diagnosed with early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer can breathe a sigh of relief: Concurrent treatment with radiation therapy (RT) and adjuvant trastuzumab following chemotherapy with doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide does not increase the risk of adverse cardiac events.
April 23, 2009
Stroke scan decision vexes doctors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Stroke care physicians are dismayed by an advisory organization's decision to reject a rule change calling for CT head scans to be performed within 45 minutes of a stroke patient's presenting to the hospital.
April 23, 2009
Endometrial cancer radiation treatment increases second cancer risk
By Cynthia E. Keen
In 2008, 41,800 women were diagnosed with endometrial cancer, and approximately one-third of them had radiation therapy to treat the disease. But radiation therapy for women with early-stage, low-risk endometrial cancer has been controversial due to the possible risk of developing additional cancers -- a concern recently verified by Michigan researchers.
April 23, 2009
ARRS study: Child's body shape can reduce CT dose
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Technologists who evaluate the body shape of a child before setting CT exam protocols may be able to further reduce radiation dose, according to a study being presented next week at the 2009 American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Boston.
April 22, 2009
ARRS study: Referring docs underestimate CT radiation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The majority of physicians who order CT scans have little knowledge of the radiation risks associated with the exams, according to a study to be presented at next week's American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Boston.
April 22, 2009
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