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Sectra posts strong Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish technology developer Sectra reported solid growth in revenues and operating profit in its medical division in the company's fiscal 2006 first quarter (end-July 31).

September 4, 2006

MRI market to top $4 billion by 2010

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Increases in the use of interventional MRI in brain surgery will drive the worldwide MRI market to $4 billion in anticipated revenues by 2010, according to research firm Kalorama Information.

September 4, 2006

Bioscan licenses IDSI molecular imaging technology

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Plantation, FL-based IDSI said that it granted Bioscan an exclusive worldwide license to manufacture and distribute optical imaging equipment incorporating its Laser Imager for Lab Animals (LILA) technology.

September 4, 2006

From tears to TKA: The ins and outs of knee MRI

By Shalmali Pal

Whether it's an injury of the MCL, POL, or PCL, MRI can be the go-to modality for knee imaging. Dr. Douglas Beall from Oklahoma City offered his tips on getting the most out this modality at the 2006 International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine meeting in Seattle. Beall covered old school topics (injury grading) as well as newer ones (postarthroplasty complications) in knee MRI.

September 4, 2006

Better enhancement, fewer artifacts seen with certain -- but not all -- MR contrast agents

By Shalmali Pal

Two new studies evaluated three different MR contrast agents for brain and spinal imaging. In the first study, a multi-institutional group compared two gadolinium-based contrast agents for the enhancement of central nervous system (CNS) lesions. In the second, researchers tested a half-life gadolinium-based contrast agent in functional MRI (fMRI).

September 4, 2006

Medicare changes, joint meetings spell progress for VC

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is making progress locally in the U.S. as regional Medicare carriers add indications. And a national meeting between the American Cancer Society and colorectal cancer experts promises a new airing of ideas for screening solutions.

September 3, 2006

Part II: Medical image processing has room to grow

By Eric Barnes

The second installment of our series on 3D and virtual reality, based on talks at the 2006 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Osaka, Japan, discusses fundamental concepts in the development of volume-image modeling.

September 3, 2006

Stress MPI with Tc-99m SPECT identifies high-risk obese patients

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Identifying an accurate method for risk stratification of obese patients with coronary artery disease is critically important to limit invasive procedures for high-risk patients, according to researchers from the U.S. and the Netherlands. They found that stress myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with Tc-99m tetrofosmin is a valuable, noninvasive tool for predicting mortality and cardiac events in obese patients.

August 31, 2006

MRI safety in Canada

While legal standards for MRI safety may still be in their formative stages in Canada, they are currently far ahead of those in the U.S., according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk. Canadians may be poised to leapfrog their neighbors to the south in MRI safety by making safety provisions a requirement for MRI providers.

August 31, 2006

Blue Blood

A perfusion cardiac MRI video showing an infarct, rendered with Osirix's flow color look-up table (CLUT).

August 30, 2006

UnitedHealthcare, Oxford Health Plans donate imaging equipment

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare insurance providers UnitedHealthcare and Oxford Health Plans have made a donation of $1.8 million of medical imaging equipment, including mammography ultrasound, and bone densitometry systems to three federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) in Connecticut.

August 30, 2006

SonoSite names Willis as VP

Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite of Bothell, WA, has appointed David Willis as its vice president of competitive strategy and innovation.

August 30, 2006

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