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Breast imagers have the edge, but general rads hold their own in mammo reads

By Shalmali Pal

In a community practice setting, breast imaging specialists detect more cancers than general radiologists who do some mammographic interpretation, but the major difference ends there, according to a study in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The San Francisco-based investigators also found that both readers identified more early-stage, favorable-prognosis cancers in the screening population.

January 10, 2007

Part 3 - Learn how to enhance breast MRI image processing workflow

Join Dr. Steven Harms and Aurora Imaging Technology for a free, sponsor-supplied Online Symposium discussing how the AuroraCAD™ system enhances your breast MRI viewing and image processing workflow.

January 10, 2007

AuntMinnie.com CT Insider

By Eric Barnes

January 9, 2007

Amerinet awards two contracts to Fujifilm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA of Stamford, CT, has been awarded two three-year contracts from Amerinet of St. Louis, effective this past January 1.

January 9, 2007

Kodak to sell health division to Canadian investment firm Onex

By Erik L. Ridley

The long-anticipated future of Eastman Kodak Health Group has now been cleared up. Eastman Kodak has reached an agreement to sell the unit for up to $2.55 billion to Toronto-based Onex Healthcare Holdings, a subsidiary of Canadian investment firm Onex.

January 9, 2007

Konica Minolta lands Amerinet deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA said it has been awarded contract positions with group purchasing organization Amerinet for CR, laser imagers, and medical imaging film.

January 9, 2007

Viztek names Bachrach as chairman

Imaging informatics firm and medical imaging device reseller Viztek of Jacksonville, FL, has appointed medical device veteran Hillel Bachrach as its chairman of the board.

January 9, 2007

E-Z-EM shows positive Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast and virtual colonoscopy accessory developer E-Z-EM reported a slight uptick in net sales and profit for its fiscal 2007 second quarter.

January 9, 2007

Prostheses, pride, and profit: Hospital offers one-stop shopping for women with breast cancer

Designed to alleviate patients' discomfort associated with physical and emotional changes, Missys' Mirror is a 1,000-sq-ft in-hospital boutique where breast cancer patients can practice a little retail therapy. Located on the same floor as St. Luke's Cancer Institute medical oncology and gynecological oncology practices, the Kansas City, MO-based shop caters to the specific needs of these women.

January 9, 2007

CT distinguishes asbestos lung damage from smoking impairment

By Eric Barnes

A new study finds that CT can apportion the blame for lung function impairment between patients' asbestos exposure and their smoking-related emphysema. The preliminary results will require further validation, but the authors believe the results are clear enough to have medicolegal implications, inasmuch as doctors have traditionally found it difficult until now to differentiate between the two common causes of lung impairment.

January 9, 2007

'TiVo' for fluoroscopy cuts radiation dose

By Brian Casey

January 8, 2007

Constantine leaves Misonix

Ultrasound technology developer Misonix said that Paul Constantine has resigned his position as senior vice president of sales, marketing, and new product development.

January 8, 2007

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