Clinical News: Page 2795

Cordis launches lower-leg catheters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Frontrunner XP chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheter and Outback re-entry catheter for the treatment of blocked lower-leg arteries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
December 11, 2006
Cook introduces EchoTip
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has launched sales of its EchoTip echogenic needle for ultrasound imaging procedures.
December 11, 2006
Varian to bring Clinac to Sri Lanka
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems will be installing its Clinac medical linear accelerator at the National Cancer Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
December 11, 2006
IDSI nets Chinese reimbursement for CTLM
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) said that hospitals in the Beijing, China, area may now charge patients for CTLM breast imaging procedures.
December 11, 2006
Virtual dissection reading method finds the same polyps faster
By Eric Barnes
A virtual colonoscopy reading method that unrolls, opens, and displays the colon as a flat 3D model allowed readers in a recent study to find the same polyps they found in 2D or regular 3D endoluminal viewing, only faster. Still, double reading beat any single-display technique in lesion detection.
December 11, 2006
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Firms sues over radiation protection product
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical accessories developer Worldwide Innovations & Technologies of Overland Park, KS, has filed a lawsuit against Microtek Medical of Columbus, MS, charging that company with infringing on its patent for a radiation protection barrier.
December 10, 2006
Del Medical sales surge in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Strong international sales helped propel Del Medical Systems Group to strong growth in first-quarter sales, while the division's operating profit doubled.
December 10, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Digital X-Ray Insider
By Brian Casey
December 10, 2006
VisEn, Olympus expand distribution relationship
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer VisEn Medical has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Olympus, which will sell the Woburn, MA-based firm's fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) imaging systems and in vivo near-infrared fluorescence imaging probes in South Korea, Singapore, China, and Taiwan.
December 10, 2006
Analogic revenues fall in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A significant decline in Analogic's security-imaging system sales led to a 13% decline in revenue in its 2006 fiscal first quarter, while the Peabody, MA-based company also swung to a net loss.
December 10, 2006
IBA starts shipments from new Italian facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Application (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve has begun distribution of PET radiopharmaceuticals from a facility in Rome, Italy.
December 10, 2006
Emergency radiology requires fast turnaround times with PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Emergency department (ED) physicians use PACS technology to view imaging studies concurrently or even before radiologists, potentially resulting in discrepancies and miscommunication, according to a study presented at the recent 2006 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 10, 2006
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