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ASCO study: Rising PSA, not imaging results, predicts prostate cancer relapse
Clinicians are ordering up imaging exams for pinpointing metastatic prostate tumors, but the results are not likely to be helpful unless prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels are about 5 ng/mL and/or the PSA doubling time is greater than 10 months, according to a presentation at the 2007 Prostate Cancer Symposium.
March 25, 2007
Cardiac CT drives adoption of 3D visualization
By Cynthia E. Keen
Clinical demands for faster processing, more automated processes, and greater precision is driving the development and adoption of 3D software, especially for cardiac CT. And the increasing use of 3D advanced visualization software is changing workflow processes, requiring clinicians to learn new workstation software and develop new interpretation skills, and perhaps even changing the relationship between radiologists and cardiologists.
March 25, 2007
U of Rochester inks research deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) and Rochester, NY-based T.I.E.S. have entered into a research partnership to evaluate a new imaging technology.
March 22, 2007
IsoRay scores additional financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has closed on $16.5 million in equity financing.
March 22, 2007
Elekta to buy 3D Line Medical Systems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Stockholm-based radiation oncology firm Elekta has agreed to acquire Italian stereotactic radiosurgery and intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) firm 3D Line Medical Systems.
March 22, 2007
AnazaoHealth provides teddy bears for pediatric I-123 MIBG patients
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The nuclear medicine division of AnazaoHealth has launched a program to provide a teddy bear to each child patient receiving an iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-123 MIBG) dose.
March 22, 2007
Avid releases results for PET Alzheimer's agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Avid Radiopharmaceuticals of Philadelphia has released results of the company's first clinical study of a new radiopharmaceutical designed to provide PET imaging of Alzheimer's disease.
March 22, 2007
NAS taps Rush as president, CEO
Radiation therapy developer North American Scientific (NAS) has appointed John Rush as the firm's president and CEO, the Chatsworth, CA-based firm reported.
March 22, 2007
Report claims shorter wait times for imaging in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.K. has made progress in reducing patient waiting times for imaging services in many parts of the country since 2001, according to a report released this week by the U.K. Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection.
March 22, 2007
Maquet gets FDA OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Maquet Critical Care said that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for MR conditional use of its Servo-i Ventilator system in an MRI suite.
March 22, 2007
Enhanced DICOM objects, compression help with MDCT, MR challenges
By Erik L. Ridley
SAN ANTONIO - The growth in size and complexity of multidetector-row CT (MDCT) and MR images represents one of the biggest challenges to the digital healthcare enterprise. Using tools such as enhanced DICOM CT and MR objects and image compression, along with improved network and storage infrastructure, can help manage the problem, according to a presentation at this week's PACS 2007 conference.
March 22, 2007
SPECT/CT offers on-target diagnosis in noncancerous bone disease
By Shalmali Pal
There's no shortage of research on SPECT/CT in oncologic imaging and the fact that bone scintingraphy has its limitations in this setting. But what about patients who are referred for nononcologic imaging? Is bone scintigraphy any more useful? No, according to nuclear medicine specialists from Israel, who advocated using SPECT plus multislice low-dose CT (MslCT) instead.
March 22, 2007
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