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CARS news: Automated device tracking beats conventional CT/US guidance
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - Automated tracking methods, used to guide biopsy needles, imaging probes, and ablation devices during interventional radiology procedures, have come a long way in a few short years. A presentation Wednesday during the opening day of the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) conference featured a prototype navigation system that accurately evaluates electromagnetic tracking during soft-tissue ablation and biopsy procedures.
June 27, 2007
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ASCO study: Curtailed radiotherapy effectively treats breast cancer patients
Patients undergoing radiation therapy following breast cancer surgery can be safely and effectively treated with less radiation in a shorter amount of time, according to cancer treatment specialists from Scotland. They recently presented the results from their study of more than 4,400 women.
June 27, 2007
U-Systems adds to coffers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound developer U-Systems has raised $16.5 million in additional venture funding.
June 26, 2007
Philips begins trial of PET/MR CAD software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Phillips Medical Systems and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany said they have developed a computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to assist in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease.
June 26, 2007
Medipattern inks partnership with GE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern of Toronto has landed a big fish for its ultrasound CAD software -- GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.
June 26, 2007
Eizo buys Siemens' medical display unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eizo Nanao, parent company of display provider Eizo Nanao Technologies of Cypress, CA, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the medical monitor business of Siemens Automation and Drives in Nuremberg, Germany.
June 25, 2007
Study: IDS' CTLM aids in dense-breast imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) of Plantation, FL, has released the results of a clinical study using its CT laser mammography (CTLM) technology as an adjunct to conventional mammography for detecting occult cancers in dense breasts.
June 25, 2007
Solis buys North Carolina practice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast imaging services provider Solis Women's Health of Austin, TX, has acquired a breast imaging practice in North Carolina.
June 25, 2007
CMS reconsiders coverage for new PET uses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to review current Medicare coverage for PET applications in inflammation and infection.
June 25, 2007
DBT unlikely to hit its target as savior of breast cancer screening
In an AuntMinnie.com article last week, proponents of digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) championed the modality as the great hope for rescuing the beleaguered field of breast cancer screening. Dr. Eric Milne, professor emeritus of radiology and medicine at the University of California, Irvine, begs to differ in this editorial.
June 25, 2007
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Studies link Alzheimer's to beta-amyloid and potential for new ligand
By Wayne Forrest
Two studies by Australian researchers are shedding light on Alzheimer's disease. The first looked at the cause of the debilitating condition and the connection between the presence of the toxic brain protein beta-amyloid and Alzheimer's. The other study examined the potential of a new biomarker for disease detection, offering the first results from human studies of the F-18 PET ligand for brain beta-amyloid imaging.
June 25, 2007
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Medipattern adds B-CAD order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer Medipattern has installed its B-CAD breast ultrasound CAD offering at Mammography & Ultrasound Specialists in Bellaire, TX.
June 24, 2007
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