Clinical News: Page 2674

Definity to carry warning label
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
At the behest of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging division of North Billerica, MA, will add a warning label to its echocardiography contrast agent Definity.
October 11, 2007
MagnaServ awarded Amerinet pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MagnaServ Enterprises of Stuart, FL, has received a three-year contract from group purchasing organization Amerinet for MRI and CT field service.
October 11, 2007
Primax completes installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
French radiography vendor Primax has installed a remote-controlled x-ray room featuring a Trixell large-format flat-panel radiography/fluoroscopy (R/F) detector at Charleville-Mézières Hospital in France.
October 11, 2007
Elekta MEG system in new U.K. facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden, has installed its Elekta Neuromag system for the investigation of autism at the newly opened Oxford Neurodevelopmental Magnetoencephalography Centre.
October 11, 2007
TomoTherapy partners with Integra Radionics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has inked a deal with Integra Radionics to develop a suite of stereotactic fixation products for TomoTherapy's Hi-Art intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment system.
October 11, 2007
iCRco debuts new DR system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography (CR) vendor iCRco of Torrance, CA, has launched a new digital radiography system, iDR, the company said.
October 11, 2007
MR-enhancing brain lesions need diligent post-therapy follow-up in pediatric patients
By Shalmali Pal
Brain changes seen on MR in children treated for central nervous system tumors do not necessarily predict relapse, according to Italian researchers. Nevertheless, the neurological alterations brought on by chemotherapy and radiotherapy need to be watched closely with imaging and correlated with the patient's clinical and cognitive courses, the group wrote in the November International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics.
October 11, 2007
CTA improves as first-line test for traumatic neck injury
By Eric Barnes
There are clinical guidelines for determining which trauma patients should undergo CT of the neck, but there is little definitive advice on which patients should undergo CT angiography (CTA) to screen for blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI). Dr. Michael Lev, director of emergency neuroradiology at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the use of extracranial vascular imaging, particularly CTA, in blunt trauma patients admitted to the emergency department.
October 11, 2007
GE wins Southern California CT contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has inked a deal with Cardiovascular Medical Group of Southern California (CVMG) to install GE's low x-ray dose SnapShot Cine for the LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT system.
October 10, 2007
Carestream Health India debuts breast cancer program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health subsidiary Carestream Health India has launched a breast cancer awareness campaign in seven cities across the country.
October 10, 2007
AngioDynamics hires new controller
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics of Queensbury, NY, has appointed a new vice president and corporate controller, the company announced.
October 10, 2007
TomoTherapy to go public
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, announced a public offering of 8.5 million shares of its common stock.
October 10, 2007
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