Clinical News: Page 2780

Cook names new executives
Interventional firm Cook has bolstered its executive ranks with the addition of three new vice presidents.
January 22, 2007
RTS ups guidance for Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology treatment center operator Radiation Therapy Services (RTS) of Fort Myers, FL, has revised its fiscal 2006 fourth-quarter (end-December 31) guidance upwards in response to preliminary unaudited financial results.
January 22, 2007
ImaSight unveils DR sensor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography (DR) product developer ImaSight said that it is launching its ImaSight4600 DR sensor, targeted toward the veterinary diagnostic market.
January 22, 2007
FlowCardia receives recanalization 510(k)
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Endovascular device developer FlowCardia said that it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Crosser 14 chronic total occlusion (CTO) recanalization system.
January 22, 2007
Hansen re-ups with IDSI
CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has renewed the contract of CEO Tim Hansen through January 2010.
January 22, 2007
CARE bill reintroduced in U.S. House
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After failing to pass the U.S. House of Representatives prior to the end of the last Congress, a bill designed to ensure credentialing of radiologic and radiation therapy technologists was reintroduced on January 19.
January 22, 2007
From staging to lymph node status: Studies look to refine cervical cancer diagnosis, treatment
By Shalmali Pal
Several new studies examined the roles of imaging and radiotherapy for cervical cancer staging and treatment. Canadian researchers sought a connection between interstitial fluid pressure and MR-derived kinetic-modeling parameters, while U.S. investigators in a national trial compared CT to MRI for presurgical assessment. A third study in Italy scrutinized lymph node involvement and preoperative chemoradiation.
January 22, 2007
Tumor regrowth generally calls for second UAE procedure
By Shalmali Pal
Incomplete tumor infarction is the main reason that some patients undergo uterine artery embolization (UAE) a second time, according to a study that looked at the indications and technical reasons for another UAE procedure. In addition, many of these "repeat customers" will require ovarian artery embolization (OAE) as well.
January 22, 2007
Philips sales, earnings climb in Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Growth in almost all of its businesses helped Philips Medical Systems to 7% fourth-quarter sales growth after the effects of currency adjustments are taken into account.
January 21, 2007
Sectra receives first Spanish mammo order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish healthcare technology and device developer Sectra has received an order from Clinica Tesla, a mammography clinic in Alicante, Spain, for the Linkoping-based firm's full-field MicroDose digital mammography system.
January 21, 2007
Study: PET posts double-digit gains in Western Europe
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A study by healthcare consultants Medical Options of London estimated that 491,000 patient studies will be performed using PET in Western Europe in 2006.
January 21, 2007
Triple-rule-out CT yields even contrast enhancement
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in Florida have developed a triphasic multidetector-row CT (MDCT) method for ruling out the three most dangerous causes of chest pain. Their 64-slice CT protocol examines the coronary arteries, pulmonary arteries, and the aortic arch in a single pass, generating even contrast enhancement in all three regions.
January 21, 2007
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