Clinical News: Page 2610

PharmaLogic P.E.T. Services receives PET nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PharmaLogic P.E.T. Services of Montreal has received approval from the Canadian government to begin selling its formulation of FDG.
February 3, 2008
CMS ups payments in 'packaging' plan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA, is reporting that the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is moving ahead with its plan to "package" radiology imaging services, diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals, and contrast into one consolidated payment.
February 3, 2008
Buyer's Guide Update: Angio systems go digital, get therapeutic
By Brian Casey
February 3, 2008
Experience may make a difference with lung CAD
By Cynthia E. Keen
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software designed for use with digital chest radiographs can improve the detection of lung nodules by readers with different levels of expertise, according to research from Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem. But results conflict as to whether more experienced readers would benefit the most from CAD.
February 3, 2008
Dark-field x-ray measures scatter radiation for better image quality
By Brian Casey
A new technique for producing images could offer a way to create higher-quality images using conventional digital radiography equipment, according to Swiss researchers. The technique, called dark-field x-ray, is based on radiation scattered from a target rather than the traditional method of using radiation absorbed by the target. The researchers discussed their implementation of dark-field imaging in a paper published in Nature Materials.
February 3, 2008
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Flat-panel CT falls short in cerebral bleed assessment
By Eric Barnes
Flat-panel CT has a big advantage in the interventional suite, where it can potentially detect cerebral microbleeds without having to stop the procedure and send the patient to a conventional CT scanner. But according to two new studies, flat-panel images still can't match those of conventional CT for detecting cerebral hemorrhage.
January 31, 2008
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BMS posts last financials for medical imaging business
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical developer Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) has posted its 2007 fourth-quarter and year-end financial results (end-December 31), including results for the medical imaging division that it sold to venture capital firm Avista Capital Partners last month.
January 31, 2008
iCRco initiates two-year CR warranty
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) vendor iCRco has begun offering a two-year warranty on all of their CR machines, the company reported.
January 31, 2008
Bard posts Q4 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider C.R. Bard of Murray Hills, NJ, has posted financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007 (end-December 31).
January 31, 2008
IMRIS wins Chinese contract for MR suite
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian intraoperative MRI developer IMRIS has placed its IMRIS intraoperative MRI system in a Beijing hospital, the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based firm reported.
January 31, 2008
Epix reaches agreement with FDA over Vasovist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast developer Epix Pharmaceuticals of Lexington, MA, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on a proposal to reread images collected in trials of its blood-pool MR angiography agent, Vasovist, the company reported.
January 31, 2008
SUVs need adjusting for high-resolution PET/CT
By Wayne Forrest
Radiologists and clinicians working with high-resolution PET/CT should adjust standardized uptake values (SUVs) accordingly to reduce the chance of errors in classifying head and neck tumors, according to researchers from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis. In a recent study, the team found that maximum SUVs for head and neck lesions are significantly higher with high-resolution PET/CT than with conventional or lower-resolution systems.
January 31, 2008
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