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Paramed wins FDA approval for cryogen-free MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Paramed Medical Systems has received FDA approval for MRopen, a new cryogen-free MRI scanner.
August 11, 2008
Ethicon to acquire SurgRx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Ethicon Endo-Surgery plans to acquire SurgRx, a private developer of the advanced bipolar tissue-sealing system used in Ethicon's EnSeal family of products.
August 11, 2008
FDA clears Medrad's wireless MR infusion system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for a wireless MR infusion system.
August 11, 2008
CAD steals show from U.S. research database
By Eric Barnes
A painstakingly compiled database of CT lung scans was no match for a university's computer-aided detection (CAD) system. The CAD system found more lung nodules in more patients than the original expert reader panel, which had reviewed each scan twice.
August 11, 2008
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AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Insider
By Wayne Forrest
August 10, 2008
Digital tomosynthesis beats standard DR in finding chest lesions
By Brian Casey
Early clinical results with a digital radiography (DR)-based tomosynthesis system indicate that it outperforms conventional digital x-ray in detecting pulmonary nodules. Duke University researchers found that tomosynthesis had triple the sensitivity of standard DR for detecting nodules large enough to require further diagnostic workup.
August 10, 2008
Esaote provides US scanners to Olympics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian ultrasound firm Esaote said that its MyLab 70 XVision ultrasound scanners will be used at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
August 7, 2008
Solis opens Texas mammography center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solis Women's Health has opened a new screening mammography center in Texas.
August 7, 2008
Medrad installs first Intego PET infusion system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast injector technology firm Medrad has installed its first Intego PET infusion system.
August 7, 2008
CT databases aimed at lung imaging research
By Eric Barnes
The lack of quality controlled imaging databases has complicated lung cancer research, but help is on the way. A multiyear, multicenter project funded by the National Cancer Institute is delivering new lung imaging databases on which computer-aided detection (CAD) systems can be tested.
August 7, 2008
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Surrogate organs stand in for lung tumors during fluoroscopic tracking
By Kathlyn Stone
Working from the premise that other more visible anatomic features move in concert with lung tumors, researchers have developed a computer algorithm that uses these visible features as tumor stand-ins. In a feasibility study, the method localized the tumor position to an accuracy of within 1 mm and 2.5 mm.
August 7, 2008
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iCRco nabs military contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) vendor iCRco has won a contract from the U.S. military for its CR system.
August 6, 2008
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