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Schaumburg promoted to top post at UltraSPECT
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT has promoted John Schaumburg to the post of president.
October 23, 2006
Vital Images, Toshiba launch SurePlaque
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Vital Images and Toshiba Medical Systems have introduced SurePlaque, a coronary plaque characterization software package.
October 23, 2006
Boston Scientific supports STENT thrombosis study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said it will provide lead support for an extension of the Strategic Transcatheter Evaluation of New Therapies (STENT) drug-eluting stent registry to study the effects of late stent thrombosis in drug-eluting stents.
October 23, 2006
Philips debuts TrueView
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems is introducing its CT TrueView software at this week's annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium in Washington, DC.
October 22, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider
By Erik L. Ridley
October 22, 2006
Digital mammography: Not just plug-and-play
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Digital mammography, both with digital radiography (DR) and computed radiography (CR) technology, provides many benefits over traditional film-based mammography. But simply plugging in a digital mammography unit and realizing its benefits is an unrealistic expectation. A successful implementation requires thoughtful planning and preparation.
October 22, 2006
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Novadaq begins trials for Luna system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies has commenced the first human clinical trial of its Luna urology visualization system.
October 22, 2006
Acceletronics completes five installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology equipment provider Acceletronics of Exton, PA, has installed five TheraView electronic portal imaging device (EPID) systems at oncology facilities in Washington and California.
October 22, 2006
Part III: Image processing has room to grow
By Eric Barnes
The third and final installment of our series on 3D and virtual reality, based on presentations at the 2006 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Osaka, Japan, discusses the development of virtual reality imaging applications.
October 22, 2006
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Instrumentation, attenuation correction steer nuclear cardiology's future
By Eric Barnes
Nuclear cardiology modalities are seeing a resurgence of late, which is not to say the most widespread heart-imaging modalities were in decline. Still, recent technical improvements on multiple fronts, from detector technology to hybrid modalities like SPECT/CT and PET/CT, seem to have sharpened the modalities' future prospects as they have sharpened the images themselves.
October 22, 2006
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FDA gives Siemens PMA for lung CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on a premarket approval (PMA) application from Siemens Medical Solutions for its syngo Lung computer-aided detection (CAD) software for assisting radiologists in the detection of solid lung nodules in CT chest exams.
October 19, 2006
Cochrane update: Breast cancer screening curtails mortality, but at what cost?
By Shalmali Pal
In the latest review by the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, of seven screening trials and half a million women worldwide, the researchers report that breast cancer screening appears to lower breast cancer mortality, but ultimately state that "there is no clear evidence that screening does more good than harm."
October 19, 2006
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