Clinical News: Page 2680

Radlink taps Ross
Computed radiography (CR) developer Radlink has named John Ross as executive vice president of sales and business development.
October 1, 2007
Hologic unveils MammoPad promotion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic said it would include a starter case of its MammoPad breast cushions with all digital mammography systems sold this month in the U.S.
October 1, 2007
Gamma Medica sells units in Switzerland
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, has installed several of its preclinical imaging systems at research institutes in Switzerland.
October 1, 2007
Medison launches Accuvix 10 scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Medison has introduced Accuvix 10, an ultrasound scanner featuring 2D, 3D, and 4D imaging technologies.
October 1, 2007
FDG-PET CAD scheme boosts diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's
By Wayne Forrest
With the number of cases of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias expected to rise over the next 10 years, researchers are looking for ways to improve diagnostic accuracy. In a new study, researchers used an artificial neural network (ANN) computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme with FDG-PET for Alzheimer's disease with multicenter data, and found it was able to enhance diagnostic accuracy.
October 1, 2007
Contrast vendors send gadolinium NSF letter
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The major manufacturers of gadolinium-based MRI contrast agents have sent a letter to healthcare professionals alerting them to the possible relationship between the agents and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
September 30, 2007
Siemens boosts Japan activities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions and Kameda Healthinformatics Institute of Tokyo have launched a joint venture company.
September 30, 2007
GE, Lilly join forces
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE's research and development organization, GE Global Research, has partnered with pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly in a three-year collaborative research agreement to discover and develop in vitro diagnostic assays for predicting cancer treatment response to targeted therapies.
September 30, 2007
SonoSite debuts M-Turbo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has introduced M-Turbo, a hand-carried ultrasound scanner designed for point-of-care applications.
September 30, 2007
Arizona woman left in CT scanner for five hours
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A cancer patient at an oncology clinic in Tucson, AZ, was inadvertently left in a CT scanner for five hours after staff at the facility forgot about her following her exam.
September 30, 2007
Weed out variability, bias in trial design
By Eric Barnes
ARLINGTON, VA - Study end points -- such as sensitivity, specificity, and the area under the curve -- are crucial for gauging the effectiveness of an imaging modality being tested for application in a clinical trial. Equally important is what goes into those end points, according to Jeffrey Blume, Ph.D., from Brown University's Center for Statistical Sciences in Providence, RI.
September 30, 2007
Prototype ultrafast CT scanner powered by telecom technology
By Kathlyn Stone
Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) in Chapel Hill have adapted telecommunications technology for medical imaging, a marriage that could potentially ramp up CT scanner speed without compromising imaging quality or radiation dose.
September 30, 2007
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