Clinical News: Page 2771

CompuMed revenues dip

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical informatics firm CompuMed reported a 17% decline in 2007 fiscal first-quarter revenues, as sales failed to keep pace with major one-time sales orders in fiscal 2006.

February 14, 2007

Canon adds to product line

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital radiography vendor Canon Medical Systems will showcase several new products at this week's American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) meeting in San Diego.

February 14, 2007

Radiologists are principal source of variability in nodule localization

By Eric Barnes

A number of lung cancer screening studies have examined the variability of reported nodule sizes, but variability in the localization of nodules in 3D space has been somewhat overlooked. Now a new study from the Lung Imaging Database Consortium (LIDC) finds that nodule placement in the 3D space is highly variable, and that the variation depends more on the radiologist than the drawing method used to determine its spatial location.

February 14, 2007

Radiation dose slashed in 64-slice coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

In an important new study from Virginia, radiologists compared standard retrospectively gated coronary CT angiography (CCTA) to a new prospectively gated technique, and achieved dose reductions of up to 83% with the new method -- all without loss of image quality or diagnostic utility.

February 14, 2007

European women's imaging market growing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The European women's healthcare imaging market produced $455 million in revenues in 2006, and is expected to reach $647.1 million in 2013, according to market research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan.

February 13, 2007

Medicsight lands Canadian licenses

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medicsight has received medical device licenses from the Therapeutic Products Directorate (TPD) of Health Canada.

February 13, 2007