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AMAG MRI agent gets fast-track status
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer AMAG Pharmaceuticals has received fast-track status from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a regulatory application for its ferumoxytol imaging agent.
August 24, 2008
NAS gets Nasdaq noncompliance notice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) received a notice from Nasdaq that the company's stock price has been less than $1 for the last 30 consecutive business days and is now in noncompliance with the stock market's minimum requirements.
August 24, 2008
FDG-PET may supplement MRI for acute osteomyelitis
By Wayne Forrest
FDG-PET is a highly specific imaging modality for excluding acute osteomyelitis in the diabetic foot and is a useful imaging complement to MRI, according to a University of Pennsylvania study. The results also indicate that FDG-PET should be the preferred imaging modality over plain film radiography when MRI is not allowed because of contraindications.
August 24, 2008
AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider
By Kate Madden Yee
August 24, 2008
Lung cancer study results corrected
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A letter in the August 21 New England Journal of Medicine clarifies enrollment procedures, resulting in minor changes to the results of the widely discussed 2006 I-ELCAP lung cancer study.
August 21, 2008
UnitedHealth pushes imaging accreditation deadline to 2009
By Wayne Forrest
Insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of Minneapolis has extended its deadline until the fourth quarter of 2009 for freestanding imaging facilities and physician offices to apply for accreditation to receive reimbursement for their services.
August 21, 2008
CMS gets 510(k) for segmentation software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy planning firm CMS has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Atlas-Based Autosegmentation (ABAS) software.
August 21, 2008
FDA releases MRI implant guidance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released a new guidance document covering the use of passive implants in MRI environments.
August 21, 2008
SonoSite upgrades S Series scanners
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has expanded the clinical capabilities of its S Series line.
August 21, 2008
MDCT for chest pain: Whom to scan, when to discharge
By Eric Barnes
Coronary CT angiography is proving to be reliable for triaging chest pain patients in the emergency room. Its high negative predictive value for ruling out acute coronary syndrome suggests that patients with negative results and negative cardiac enzymes can be safely discharged. But most are still admitted for observation, at great expense to the U.S. healthcare system.
August 21, 2008
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A guide to breast imaging excellence; Minnies deadline looms
By Brian Casey
August 20, 2008
Xograph delivers C-arm to U.K. clinic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare has won a contract with a U.K. clinic.
August 20, 2008
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