Clinical News: Page 2800

Fetal 4D US market grows despite FDA criticism, research finds
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
According to a new report by the Millennium Research Group, 4D imaging systems are being increasingly used to view fetal growth by parents, despite criticism by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for using these sytems for this purpose.
November 29, 2006
AIT raises $2.5 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Breast ultrasound developer Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT) of Richland, WA, announced it has raised $2.5 million in series A private equity financing.
November 29, 2006
Fonar installs Upright MRI in Indiana
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar of Melville, NY, has installed its Upright MRI system at St. Vincent Carmel Hospital in Carmel, IN.
November 29, 2006
Milk proves to be an alternative contrast agent to VoLumen
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Good old whole milk appears to be a viable alternative to VoLumen as a contrast agent for radiological studies of the abdomen, researchers said Wednesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
Hypnosis appears to relieve pain, anxiety in breast biopsy patients
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - Performing self-hypnotic relaxation sessions at the operating table significantly reduces pain and anxiety in patients who are undergoing large-core breast biopsy with local anesthesia, researchers said Wednesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
US-guided percutaneous placement of PBI balloon catheter is safe, efficient
CHICAGO - Data from a small series of patients suggest that percutaneous ultrasound-guided placement of a partial-breast irradiation (PBI) balloon is a safe and efficient option to whole-breast radiation following lumpectomy for treatment of early-stage breast cancer, according to researchers who presented their findings Wednesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 29, 2006
BrainLab unveils neuro package
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab of Munich, Germany, has launched iPlan Neuroradiology, an image processing tool for diagnosis and planning that combines image fusion of different modalities and segmentation algorithms for brain anatomy functionality.
November 29, 2006
IMRIS lands iSpace install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian intraoperative MRI (iMRI) developer IMRIS of Winnipeg, Manitoba, will install its iSpace system at Children's Hospital in Atlanta.
November 28, 2006
Eleka nets U.K. cancer center contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has been selected to supply Somerset Oncology and Haematology Center at Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust’s Musgrove Park Hospital in the U.K. with two Elekta Synergy platform linear accelerators, as well as its PrecisePLAN software packages for treatment planning and information management.
November 28, 2006
Cedara, MIA sign distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cedara Software and arterial analysis software firm Medical Imaging Applications (MIA) of Coralville, IA, have signed an exclusive agreement in which Cedara will distribute MIA's vascular software applications to OEMs through its global networks.
November 28, 2006
Overdiagnosis may plague CT lung screening results, especially in women
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - A just-concluded five-year lung cancer screening study found that tumor doubling times can be very long in nearly a quarter of female patients, suggesting that overdiagnosis may be a stronger factor than previously believed, at least in women.
November 28, 2006
RSNA 2006
Karen Orozco, RTR, tries out the HAG Capisco ergonomic chair from Biomorph designed to give support in applications such as sonography.
November 28, 2006
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