Clinical News: Page 2865

Elderly need less contrast for pancreatobiliary imaging
By Eric Barnes
Older patients need less contrast than younger adults for pancreatobiliary imaging, researchers from Japan report. The results of their study, published in the August American Journal of Roentgenology, showed that a 12% contrast dose reduction by body weight produced the optimal contrast profile in multidetector-row CT's triphasic imaging protocols.
August 1, 2006
IDSI adds second Czech order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CT laser mammography (CTLM) developer Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI) has shipped a second CTLM unit to the Czech Republic.
July 31, 2006
Acceletronics, ROS team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Oncology equipment provider Acceletronics has teamed up with oncology and imaging equipment sales and consulting firm Radiation Oncology Systems (ROS).
July 31, 2006
Fukuda plans to sell Kontron
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Japanese medical instrument firm Fukuda Denshi said it intends to sell its Kontron Medical ultrasound divisions by the end of 2006.
July 31, 2006
Toshiba rolls out new Aquilion software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems has released version 3.0 of its Aquilion 64 and 32 CT scanner software.
July 31, 2006
Cook completes enrollment in STARZ-TX2 trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has completed patient enrollment in the STARZ-TX2 (Study of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Zenith TX2 Thoracic TAA endovascular graft) clinical trial.
July 31, 2006
BrainLab releases iPlan RT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab has released its complete iPlan RT treatment planning platform at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Orlando.
July 31, 2006
Philips debuts MBS oncology software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has released its Model Based Segmentation (MBS) software for image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) workflow at this week's annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Orlando.
July 31, 2006
More research needed to gauge CTA's benefits
By Wayne Forrest
Early indications suggest that CT angiography (CTA) may become a panacea for the detection and diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, but one recently released study shows that trustworthy evidence to that end is lacking.
July 31, 2006
What TV's 'House' teaches us about MRI and safety
The award-winning medical drama "House" offers up an entertaining hour during prime time television. But the show's writers and technical advisors have played fast and loose with the facts of MRI safety, leading to many patient misconceptions, according to MRI architectural consultant Tobias Gilk.
July 31, 2006
Xograph signs Irish distributor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Imaging Systems has formed a strategic partnership with Irish distributor IntraVeno.
July 30, 2006
Schering, Berlex expand Ultravist recall
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Schering and U.S. affiliate Berlex are voluntarily recalling all lots of its Ultravist Injection 370 mgI/mL x-ray contrast agent as part of a worldwide recall.
July 30, 2006
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