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Scandinavian health IT firms to merge
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Finnish healthcare software and services provider Mawell and Swedish software firm eCare plan to merge on February 1.
January 30, 2007
Ex-smokers can regain BMD; primary care docs fail to track osteoporosis
By Shalmali Pal
Smokers who quit could actually see an increase in bone mineral density (BMD). But any benefits derived from choosing a cigarette-free lifestyle may be for naught if referring physicians don't follow through on BMD test results and steer their patients toward appropriate follow-up and treatment, according to two studies in the Journal of Women's Health.
January 30, 2007
Study: PET accurate for newborns' pancreatic defects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Positron emission tomography (PET) is extremely accurate in diagnosing a type of congenital hyperinsulinism (HI), a rare but severe imbalance of insulin levels in newborns.
January 29, 2007
Varian gets FDA OK for RPM feature
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for patient position monitoring capabilities for its RPM respiratory gating system.
January 29, 2007
Philips installs two cardiac EP labs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has completed installations of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) labs at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center in San Francisco and St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Boston.
January 29, 2007
NeuroLogica notches 24th CereTom installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, has installed its CereTom portable and wireless head and neck mobile CT scanner at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
January 29, 2007
RAE Systems introduces two new dosimeters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RAE Systems of San Jose, CA, has introduced the DoseRAE and DoseRAE-P Geiger-Mueller tube-based, electronic gamma radiation dosimeters.
January 29, 2007
Varian finishes Accel deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has finalized its acquisition of German scientific research instruments and proton therapy systems developer Accel Instruments.
January 29, 2007
AngioDynamics wraps up RITA buy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics has completed its acquisition of oncology medical device developer RITA Medical Systems.
January 29, 2007
Ablation for local HCC treatment on the rise, study finds
The use of ablation techniques for primary liver cancer treatment has increased steadily over the first part of the 21st century, according to a presentation last week at the 2007 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in Orlando, FL, sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
January 29, 2007
MRI of cardiac devices OK, but requires following strict guidelines
By Shalmali Pal
Two new papers in the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance offer advice on using MRI in patients with pacemakers and implantable cardiac defibrillators. Electrophysiologic and magnet-related issues that must be considered include magnetic field interactions, MRI-related heating, and functional changes, said the authors from the University of Southern California and other Los Angeles-based institutions.
January 29, 2007
Radial sampling in coronary MR shows vulnerable nonstenosed vessels
By Eric Barnes
Coronary vessel wall imaging is a promising way to depict outward blood vessel modeling when luminal stenosis is absent, potentially improving doctors' ability to evaluate blood vessels with an elevated risk of plaque rupture. A new study from Germany shows that radial k-space sampling is better than Cartesian sampling for examining such vessels in 3D turbo field-echo MRI sequences.
January 28, 2007
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