Clinical News: Page 2526

Don't amputate! Treat penile cancer with radiation therapy
By Cynthia E. Keen
Squamous carcinoma of the penis tends to be treated with a partial or total penectomy, often because urologists don't know that radiation therapy may be just as effective. Interstitial brachytherapy or external-beam radiation therapy should be considered as alternatives, according to Canadian researchers.
September 15, 2008
Echocardiography method predicts CAD
By Erik L. Ridley
Echocardiographic determination of aortic flow propagation velocity can allow for bedside risk stratification of coronary artery disease (CAD), according to research published in the journal Medical Science Monitor.
September 15, 2008
Aurora adds PA customer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast MRI technology developer Aurora Imaging Technology has installed its 1.5-tesla dedicated breast MRI system at Breast MRI of the Main Line in Newtown Square, PA.
September 14, 2008
Syntermed licenses cardiac software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Syntermed has licensed nuclear cardiology software from Emory University.
September 14, 2008
GE inks 7-telsa MRI deal with Varian
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with Varian Inc. to co-develop a 7-tesla MRI scanner for preclinical applications.
September 14, 2008
Mennen launches new cath lab package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hemodynamic monitoring firm Mennen Medical has debuted a new cath lab package.
September 14, 2008
Siemens announces PET biomarker results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare is touting recent clinical results of a new PET biomarker for imaging hypoxic tumors.
September 14, 2008
Varian wins Indonesian, Belgian contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems has inked an agreement with Indonesia's first private cancer hospital to provide radiotherapy treatments.
September 14, 2008
Low-dose CT offers first-line exam for suspected urolithiasis
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Low-dose CT is a useful imaging tool for patients with suspected urolithiasis, according to Swiss radiologists who performed a meta-analysis to evaluate its diagnostic performance.
September 14, 2008
Molecular breast imaging offers promise as mammography adjunct
By Wayne Forrest
In a comparison with screening mammography, molecular breast imaging (MBI) showed high sensitivity and specificity in women with a high risk of cancer, according to researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. MBI also could provide a less expensive imaging option versus MRI.
September 14, 2008
DECT aces noninvasive gout diagnosis
By Eric Barnes
According to early assessments, dual-energy CT (DECT) has the potential to revolutionize the diagnosis of gout with a fast, sensitive, and noninvasive exam that outperforms the invasive gold standard test while revealing new information about an old nemesis.
September 14, 2008
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FDG-PET/CT may play role in plaque evaluation
By Wayne Forrest
BOSTON - Under the right conditions, FDG-PET/CT may become a very useful tool in detecting and evaluating coronary plaque, according to researchers from Washington University. They presented their study comparing FDG-PET/CT with angiography and intravascular ultrasound at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting.
September 11, 2008
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