Clinical News: Page 2673

NM patient visits drop as discipline ponders future
By Brian Casey
October 15, 2007
Positive trial results boost VC's prospects for broader screening role
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - To those in attendance at the opening of the International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy on Monday, the outlook for virtual colonoscopy appeared bright. In the run up to this year's meeting, two major studies released in as many weeks had judged the virtual exam equivalent to optical colonoscopy in important measures of efficacy, lending more support for including virtual colonoscopy as a colorectal cancer screening option.
October 15, 2007
Solis secures funding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging services provider Solis Women's Health of Austin, TX, has secured additional funding in the form of a $12 million line of credit and $10 million in follow-on equity funding.
October 15, 2007
Positron hires new VP
PET developer Positron of Houston has hired Kal Fishman as the company's new vice president of sales and marketing.
October 15, 2007
Report: Nuclear medicine patient visits drop in 2006
By Wayne Forrest
The total number of patient visits for nuclear medicine procedures declined in 2006, but shows a rebound in 2007, based on results for the first half of this year. The study by IMV Medical Information Division of Des Plaines, IL, estimates there were 15.2 million patient visits in the U.S. in 2006, compared with 17.2 million in 2005, a decline of 12% among 7,320 hospital and nonhospital sites.
October 15, 2007
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DRA hits Philips' Q3 medical earnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 and the contraction of the North American market for imaging systems affected third-quarter earnings for Philips Medical Systems.
October 14, 2007
TechniScan scores NIH grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan Medical Systems has received two Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for more than $267,000.
October 14, 2007
Siemens debuts Symbia E
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing its Symbia E series SPECT camera at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.
October 14, 2007
SonoSite debuts S-Nerve
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound provider SonoSite has introduced its S-Nerve procedural tool, an ultrasound device designed for anesthesiologists.
October 14, 2007
Morits nets CAD project grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German imaging specialist Morits of Rostock has received a grant from the German Ministry of Economy and Technology to develop a new computer-aided detection (CAD) tool for CT and MRI.
October 14, 2007
MR studies gauge heart risk after myocardial infarction
By Eric Barnes
A pair of new studies examines cardiac MRI's ability to predict adverse outcomes in patients with evidence of a previous myocardial infarction (MI). Researchers from Sweden studied whether MI scars represented early damage from atherosclerosis, while a team from Germany and California examined whether infarct size could be used to predict left ventricular modeling.
October 14, 2007
NAS/IOM report sees hope and despair for nuclear medicine
By Cynthia E. Keen
Nuclear medicine is at a crossroads in the U.S., according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The result of a 13-month study by a multidisciplinary team of experts, the report conveys optimism for future innovations and applications in nuclear medicine, but also reaches some sobering conclusions unless changes occur with research funding, radionuclide availability and cost, federal agency management, and the shortage of trained specialists and experts.
October 14, 2007
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