Clinical News: Page 2742

VC offers best value for colon screening, study says

By Brian Casey

April 23, 2007

NeuroLogica notches CereTom sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Long Island Jewish/North Shore University Hospital's Harvey Cushing Institutes of Neuroscience in Manhasset, NY, has acquired the portable multislice CereTom CT scanner from NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA.

April 23, 2007

iCAD's SecondLook receives Japanese approval

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD of Nashua, NH, has received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare for its SecondLook digital CAD system to support full-field digital mammography products from GE Healthcare.

April 23, 2007

Medtronic to acquire Breakaway Imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis has exercised its option to acquire the O-arm Imaging System assets of Breakaway Imaging of Littleton, MA.

April 23, 2007

AFP completes QR buy

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital x-ray developer AFP Imaging of Elmsford, NY, has closed its acquisition of Italian 3D dental CT developer Quantitative Radiology.

April 23, 2007

Screening model calls VC most cost-effective colon exam

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is the cheapest and safest way to reduce colon cancer mortality among individuals 50 years and older, according to a new study. Using a minimum 6-mm polyp size threshold, VC was more than twice as cost-effective as optical colonoscopy per life year gained.

April 23, 2007