Clinical News: Page 2690

Beekley debuts Blossoms line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Beekley of Bristol, CT, has introduced a new line of mammography skin markers called Blossoms.
September 9, 2007
Carestream adds to molecular imaging product line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Molecular Imaging, a division of Rochester, NY-based Carestream Health, is expanding its line of Kodak X-Sight imaging agent products.
September 9, 2007
AuntMinnie.com MRI Insider
By Shalmali Pal
September 9, 2007
Screening opportunities boost ultrasound prospects
By Erik L. Ridley
Increased interest in screening examinations and early identification of disease offer an opportunity for expanded use of ultrasound. The modality offers an accurate, safe, inexpensive, rapid, and cost-effective way to screen healthy populations for conditions such as abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), carotid stenosis, and peripheral vascular disease.
September 9, 2007
Accelerated breast radiotherapy leads to less toxicity, radiation exposure
By Shalmali Pal
The standard radiation treatment regimen for breast cancer is no walk in the park: Whole-breast radiotherapy is usually delivered over a six-week period, with daily treatment sessions. But several new studies have put shorter regimens to the test. The first compared induced toxicity with intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and the traditional wedge method. Two other studies assessed performing accelerated therapy with the patient in the prone position to minimize heart and lung exposure.
September 9, 2007
NAS names Barring as COO
Radiation therapy developer North American Scientific (NAS) of Chatsworth, CA, has appointed Troy Barring to the newly created position of senior vice president and chief operating officer (COO).
September 6, 2007
SNM updates technologists' scope of practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM's Technologist Section has revised its "Scope of Practice for the Nuclear Medicine Technologist 2007."
September 6, 2007
Varian shows new technologies at ESTRO show
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy device developer Varian Medical Systems will display its newest technology at the 2007 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting in Barcelona, Spain, next week.
September 6, 2007
ProSolv upgrades cardio software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
ProSolv CardioVascular of Indianapolis has announced enhancements to its CardioVascular Image and Information Systems (CVIIS) software.
September 6, 2007
TomoTherapy wins Chinese contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy announced that it will install one of its TomoTherapy Hi Art treatment systems at PLA General Hospital in Beijing.
September 6, 2007
ART taps DiCamillo for global sales post
Medical device firm ART Advanced Research Technologies of Montreal has appointed Dino DiCamillo as vice president of global sales and marketing for its preclinical imaging business.
September 6, 2007
ASE unveils new stress echo guidelines
By Erik L. Ridley
The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) has released its new guidelines for stress echocardiography, taking into account improvements in imaging equipment, refinements in stress testing protocols, and standards for image interpretation.
September 6, 2007
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