Clinical News: Page 2819

Boston to bring Liberte to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) approval to market its Liberte bare-metal coronary stent system.
November 5, 2006
Medicare slashes PET payments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced new payment rates for hospital outpatient services that include sharp reductions in payments for cardiac and oncology PET studies.
November 5, 2006
Medicsight opens NYC office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
London-based Medicsight has opened a business development and investor relations office in New York City.
November 5, 2006
Initia-RT signs pact with Texas cancer therapy center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiotherapy treatment developer Initia-RT and the Cancer Therapy & Research Center of San Antonio, TX, will partner to define and set protocols for clinical applications for the Tel Aviv, Israel-based company's TrackBeam real-time, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) beam steering device.
November 5, 2006
Paramed introduces MROpen
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Paramed of Genoa, Italy, has unveiled MROpen, a general-purpose MRI system based on an open U-shaped cryogen-free superconducting magnet.
November 5, 2006
MRI, US far from idle for hand, wrist injuries
By Shalmali Pal
MRI and ultrasound are equally valuable for assessing such conditions as tenosynovitis, skier's thumb, and vascular flow, according to several recently released studies. Researchers in Switzerland discuss why and how they use MR imaging for the small vessels of the hand. Meanwhile, investigators in Italy and Belgium put ultrasound to the test in the wrist and thumb.
November 5, 2006
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Oldelft signs deal with MiASoft
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oldelft Benelux of Delft, Netherlands, will market, distribute, and provide support in the Benelux market for the AiMS (advanced image management system) software from MiASoft of Farindon, U.K.
November 2, 2006
Cutrer to step down as NAS president/CEO
North American Scientific (NAS) founder Michael Cutrer will step down as president and CEO of the Chatsworth, CA, radiation therapy firm to become executive vice president and chief technology officer of the company.
November 2, 2006
Higher costs seen in post-VC extracolonic follow-up
By Eric Barnes
The costs of following up extracolonic lesions found at virtual colonoscopy will be substantial, and very likely higher than what has been reported in previous studies, researchers from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, report.
November 2, 2006
Siemens Medical Solutions
By Brian Casey
The Malvern, PA, multimodality vendor will use its RSNA exhibit to tout a range of new computer-aided detection (CAD) applications, from chest to mammography.
November 2, 2006
Riverain Medical
By Brian Casey
Riverain of Miamisburg, OH, will demonstrate continued improvements in the algorithm for the company's RapidScreen Digital software, and will also talk up the improving reimbursement situation for computer-aided detection (CAD) lung studies with digital radiography.
November 2, 2006
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Medicsight
By Brian Casey
New corporate relationships will be highlighted in the booth of this London, U.K.-based developer of computer-aided detection (CAD) software.
November 2, 2006
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