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AngioDynamics to acquire RITA Medical
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics and oncology and medical device developer RITA Medical Systems have signed a definitive agreement whereby AngioDynamics will acquire RITA for approximately $220 million plus the assumption of approximately $3.3 million in net debt.
November 27, 2006
Kodak launches new DR unit, shows work-in-progress CR mammo
By Brian Casey
CHICAGO - Healthcare imaging and IT vendor Eastman Kodak Health Group of Rochester, NY, is emphasizing a new digital radiography (DR) system in its RSNA booth, and is also showing a work-in-progress computed radiography (CR) mammography system that is entering the final phases of U.S. regulatory review.
November 27, 2006
Cedara partners with AIT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cedara Software, a subsidiary of Milwaukee-based Merge Healthcare, has inked a development agreement with Advanced Imaging Technologies (AIT) of Richland, WA, which markets the Aria breast imaging system.
November 27, 2006
FDA clears Siemens' syngo applications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the first of many syngo dual-energy applications for its dual-source Somatom Definition CT system.
November 27, 2006
MRS finds that smoke gets in the brain as well as the eyes
CHICAGO - Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-MRS) has provided the first proof that smoking changes the chemistry of the brain -- but the good news is that the changes can be reversed, according to researchers from Germany.
November 27, 2006
CEUS shines in characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) significantly improves the diagnostic performance of radiologists characterizing hypoechoic focal lesions in fatty livers, according to researchers from the University of Palermo in Italy. They presented their study findings at the 2006 RSNA meeting on Tuesday.
November 27, 2006
Breast tomo shows greater sensitivity for cancer detection, also preferred by patients
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Although it's still in the investigational stage, breast tomosynthesis seems to offer the proverbial win-win situation, improving the sensitivity and specificity of cancer diagnosis, while also earning high marks from patients as a more comfortable exam, according to two studies presented Tuesday at the 2006 RSNA meeting.
November 27, 2006
Gamma Medica-Ideas to acquire AMI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) of Northridge, CA, has reached an agreement to acquire Sherbrooke, Canada-based Advanced Molecular Imaging (AMI), a provider of a digital APD PET product for preclinical imaging.
November 27, 2006
AngioDynamics gets clearance for soft-tissue ablation technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider AngioDynamics of Queensbury, NY, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given clearance for its soon-to-be subsidiary, Oncobionic, to market Irreversible Electroporation (IRE), a technology that allows for surgical ablation of soft tissue, including cardiac and smooth muscle.
November 27, 2006
RSNA 2006
A Supertech employee shows the company's UON head mask for patient fixation during radiation therapy procedures.
November 27, 2006
PET/CT play complementary roles in osseous lesion detection
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
CHICAGO - Hybrid imaging with PET/CT for osseous lymphomatous deposits allows physicians to take advantage of the strengths of each modality -- the morphological capabilities of CT and functional capabilities of PET help identify the metabolically active bony lesions in lymphoma patients, according to a study presented Monday afternoon at the 2006 RSNA conference.
November 27, 2006
Prepless VC finds more polyps with stool subtraction
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - A clinical study presented Monday at the 2006 RSNA meeting found that electronic stool subtraction helped radiologists find more medium-sized polyps with prepless virtual colonoscopy, although it also added a few false positives and reduced specificity.
November 27, 2006
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