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MediPattern adds distributors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern has signed agreements with two new distributors.
February 20, 2007
ASPECTS stroke scoring improved with perfusion CT
By Eric Barnes
The Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) rates the presence or absence of ischemia in 10 regions of the brain. Paired with noncontrast CT when a patient presents with stroke symptoms, ASPECTS has been shown to effectively predict which patients will benefit from thrombolytic therapy. A recent study using perfusion CT has found that ASPECT increases the accuracy for predicting radiological and clinical outcomes over noncontrast CT.
February 20, 2007
Chain of events in screening mammo follow-up directs likelihood of cancer diagnosis
By Shalmali Pal
Additional evaluation on the same day as a screening mammogram leads to a higher rate of biopsy, but also a higher probability of having positive results for breast cancer, according to a paper in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
February 20, 2007
Tumor > Neotect
By Scott Williams
February 19, 2007
Neotect F
Cardinal makes management moves
Healthcare products firm Cardinal Health said that it has appointed Michael Kaufmann as group president of its healthcare supply chain medical services segment.
February 19, 2007
Cordis launches Regatta guidewires
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Regatta steerable guidewire product family in the U.S. for the placement of catheters and other interventional devices in coronary arteries.
February 19, 2007
Frost sees strong European HIT growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European healthcare information technology (HIT) platform market produced $276.5 million (U.S.) in revenues in 2006, and is expected to reach $526 million in 2013, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.
February 19, 2007
IRadimed scores Novation contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MR product developer IRadimed of Winter Park, FL, has announced a two-year contract from Novation, the healthcare contracting services company of the VHA and the University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC).
February 19, 2007
MDS names Prince as CFO
MDS, the Toronto-based parent company of radioisotope developer MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, said that Douglas Prince will be joining the firm as its executive vice president finance and chief financial officer (CFO).
February 19, 2007
Sonora, MDT ink joint development deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sonora Medical Systems, a subsidiary of Farmingdale, NY-based ultrasound technology developer Misonix, has entered into a joint development agreement with Medical Diagnostic Technologies (MDT) of Las Vegas.
February 19, 2007
NeuroLogica adds Jefferson to client roster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, has installed its CereTom portable and wireless head and neck mobile CT scanner at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
February 19, 2007
Digirad's revenues advance in 2006
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The delivery of more gamma cameras meant greater revenues for nuclear medicine vendor Digirad in 2006, although the company still posted a loss for the year.
February 19, 2007
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