Clinical News: Page 2790

Calcium scoring, CTA combine for better diagnosis of coronary artery disease
By Wayne Forrest
Acute chest pain is the most common symptom among emergency room patients. With quick diagnosis and treatment of these patients paramount, researchers from Germany studied whether a combination of coronary calcium scoring and CT angiography (CTA) could effectively and accurately diagnose patients with coronary artery disease, and reduce the number of nonevaluable examinations.
December 25, 2006
Hansen completes robotic catheter trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Robotic technology developer Hansen Medical of Mountain View, CA, has completed a seven-day clinical trial of its Sensei robotic catheter system.
December 24, 2006
U.S. government issues update on WRMSDs in sonography
The practice of diagnostic medical sonography is well-recognized as being associated with a significant risk for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WRMSDs). The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have published a paper on sonography WRMSDs and how they can be prevented. Other ongoing legislative efforts are also addressing this serious occupational health issue.
December 24, 2006
French firm Biospace Med prepares for launch of EOS digital x-ray unit
By Brian Casey
The vast majority of radiography systems currently on the market -- both digital and analog -- are based on a fairly conventional design that hasn't changed much in decades: an x-ray tube at one end and a film-screen cassette or detector at the other. But the new EOS system from French biotech firm Biospace Med represents a radical new design in digital radiography instrumentation that could carve out a niche when it becomes available in mid-2007.
December 24, 2006
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ART, GE extend eXplore Optix pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies (ART) and GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., have extended their current agreement for GE to be the exclusive worldwide distributor of ART's eXplore Optix preclinical optical molecular imaging system.
December 21, 2006
Fonar receives Nasdaq listing notice
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar received a notice from the Nasdaq stock exchange on December 19 indicating that the Melville, NY, company still fails to comply with the minimum bid price requirement for continued listing on the exchange.
December 21, 2006
What goes up must come down -- A new look at the 2003 drop in breast cancers
At the 2006 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, researchers credited a decline in new breast cancer cases in the U.S. to the fact that many older women have stopped hormone replacement therapy (HRT). In an editorial, Dr. Daniel Kopans, director of breast imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, offers an alternative explanation for this shift -- early detection.
December 21, 2006
Advanced visualization alone reduces coronary CTA accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists using advanced visualization software to get the best coronary CT angiography (CTA) results might want to take another look. Radiologists in Germany and the U.S. have concluded that reading CTA data using advanced visualization techniques alone can miss many relevant stenoses that would have been found with a glance at the native CT data.
December 21, 2006
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High signal on T2 MR warns of poor healing after Achilles tendon repair
By Shalmali Pal
MRI can spot potential complications in Achilles tendon repair and is especially adept at pinpointing cysts or necrosis, according to researchers from Germany. In a study of 68 patients with partial or full-thickness tears of the Achilles tendon, they found that MRI was well-suited to monitor the healing and repair process, and that T2-weighted imaging could serve as an early indicator of outcome.
December 21, 2006
New US-based approach boosts prostate biopsy accuracy
By Brian Casey
December 20, 2006
Trial date set for IBA, Optivus dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Application (IBA) is reporting that a trial date has been set in Los Angeles on the remaining claims asserted against IBA by Optivus Technology of Loma Linda, CA, and Loma Linda University Medical Center.
December 20, 2006
GE installs first Discovery STE in Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K,. has completed the first installation of its Discovery STE PET/CT technology in Canada.
December 20, 2006
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