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ART gets Health Canada approval for SoftScan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies (ART) reported that it has received clearance from Health Canada to commercialize its SoftScan optical breast imaging device.
December 13, 2006
SonoSite prevails in patent appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, reported that it has successfully defended itself in a patent infringement appeal suit.
December 13, 2006
IBA to supply radiopharmaceuticals to Spain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has been named by the regional health authorities in the Spanish region of Andalusia as its exclusive supplier of FDG and other radiopharmaceuticals.
December 13, 2006
RSNA studies delve deeper into DMIST results
By Shalmali Pal
Several studies presented at the 2006 RSNA meeting in Chicago took a closer look at the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST) results, including the accuracy of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) in dense breasts, the accuracy of soft-copy reading based on FFDM, soft-copy versus hard-copy reading, and the use of the "probably benign" BI-RADS category.
December 13, 2006
Medical gases in the MRI suite
By Tobias Gilk
Historically, the average patient for most MRI facilities walks in, spends 20 to 40 minutes in the scanner, and walks out. But the clinical benefits of MRI have grown well beyond the healthy and ambulatory, and more patients are requiring medical gas services, ranging from supplemental oxygen to full ventilation. Imaging providers would do well to consider their current and future needs for including these services in their MRI suites, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.
December 13, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Virtual Colonoscopy Insider
By Eric Barnes
December 12, 2006
Agfa signs St-Jozef
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has received an order from St-Jozef Hospital in Izegem, Belgium.
December 12, 2006
AFP initiates stock buy back
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AFP Imaging of Elmsford, NY, reported that it plans to repurchase up to $1 million of its outstanding common stock in open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions.
December 12, 2006
Does gender, experience influence reader FP rates in mammography screening?
By Shalmali Pal
Newly trained female radiologists tend to have higher false-positive (FP) rates when reading mammographic films, although these rates are still in line with overall FP trends, according to investigators from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston.
December 12, 2006
Elekta shows Q2 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta reported a slight slump in its sales and profit for the firm's fiscal 2007 second quarter (end-October 31).
December 11, 2006
Onset Medical names Bishop as president and CEO
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Onset Medical of Irvine, CA, has promoted Joseph Bishop to president and chief executive officer (CEO).
December 11, 2006
Sorin inks distribution deal with Datascope
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Sorin Group said it has signed a distribution agreement with Montvale, NJ-based interventional device developer Datascope.
December 11, 2006
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