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Agfa gets Premier CR contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Premier Purchasing Partners of San Diego has named Agfa HealthCare of Greenville, SC, as a preferred supplier for computed radiography (CR) equipment and consumables.
December 20, 2006
Siemens, UCLA to test Alzheimer's PET agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, announced today that it plans to begin clinical trials in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, on a new biomarker based on PET technology that could potentially identify Alzheimer's disease before the onset of symptoms.
December 20, 2006
Microflow imaging may boost prostate biopsy yield
By Erik L. Ridley
A targeted biopsy approach employing contrast-enhanced ultrasound microflow imaging (MFI) may increase the number of positive biopsies compared with systematic sextant biopsy, according to research from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.
December 20, 2006
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AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
December 19, 2006
Medipattern licenses B-CAD rights in southwest
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software firm Medipattern of Toronto has given distribution rights for its B-CAD ultrasound CAD product for the southwestern U.S. to distribution firm MammoSolutions of Houston.
December 19, 2006
Medsynaptic launches telerad digitizer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Indian medical informatics software firm Medsynaptic of Pune has launched e-XRAY Box, a new medical film digitizer.
December 19, 2006
Kodak files for Canadian OK of CR mammo system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group of Rochester, NY, has filed an application with Health Canada for regulatory clearance of its computed radiography (CR) system for mammography.
December 18, 2006
Colon cancer screening reimbursement yields earlier-stage diagnosis
By Eric Barnes
A study of older Americans has found that better access to screening colonoscopy since 1998 has led to the detection of more right-sided and early-stage colorectal cancers. The findings suggest that reimbursement for colorectal cancer screening may significantly, and perhaps cost-effectively, reduce mortality from the disease.
December 18, 2006
Mayo team refines scintimammography camera design
By Brian Casey
December 18, 2006
Philips awarded Spanish contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agencia Valenciana de la Salut in Spain will add SpeechMagic speech recognition technology from Philips Speech Recognition Systems of Vienna to the region's Java-based RIS.
December 18, 2006
Orthocrat notches U.K. deals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthocrat is expanding its presence in the U.K. with the installation of its TraumaCad software at the Hospital Corp. of America Group-London's six hospitals.
December 18, 2006
CIHI issues report on imaging in Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canada has been experiencing healthy growth in the pace of new CT and MRI scanner installations, but the country still lags behind some global averages in terms of scanner-to-population ratios.
December 18, 2006
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