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Fuji CR mammo approval offers new option for breast imaging

By Kate Madden Yee

Fujifilm Medical Systems USA announced today that the FDA has given final approval to its premarket approval (PMA) application for a full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system based on computed radiography (CR) technology. The approval gives breast imaging facilities a new option for going digital that should prove to be more economical than FFDM systems currently on the market, according to this Technology Review article.

July 10, 2006

Gamma Knife Perfexion put to use

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy vendor Elekta said that its Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion was used clinically for the first time yesterday to treat patients at University Hospital La Timone in Marseilles, France.

July 10, 2006

3mensio adds European distributors

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging has signed a series of partnerships for the distribution of its 3viseon products within Europe.

July 10, 2006

Radi Medical launches interventional training tool

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Radi Medical has debuted an online education site for demonstrating the proper use of fractional flow reserve (FFR) measurement techniques, an index derived from coronary artery pressure measurements.

July 10, 2006

RITA launches LC Bead embolization

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Oncology and medical device developer RITA Medical Systems of Fremont, CA, has begun sales of its LC Bead embolization product in the U.S.

July 10, 2006

Kyron gets Prism clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI advanced visualization application developer Kyron Clinical Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its Prism Acquire and Prism Process brain imaging products in the U.S.

July 10, 2006

Carpe eDatum installs shipboard PACS/CR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS firm Carpe eDatum of Austin, TX, has made a combination PACS/computed radiography installation aboard a cruise ship operated by Holland America.

July 10, 2006

JAMA study reveals gender differences in lung cancer rates and survival

By Wayne Forrest

New data from the Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) reveal significant differences between men and women in rates of lung cancer prevalence and survival, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

July 10, 2006

2D primary reading plus CAD has an edge in VC study

By Eric Barnes

In comparing 2D primary reading to 3D for virtual colonoscopy interpretation, 3D yielded lower sensitivity and more false positives, and took significantly longer to complete. But a computer-aided reading scheme applied to both methods was helpful, according to a study in the June issue of Radiology.

July 10, 2006

GE inks deal with ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with the American College of Cardiology (ACC). The Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor will be developing software for the ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR) Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) registry, allowing institutions to send procedure data to the ACC-NCDR.

July 9, 2006

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Shalmali Pal

July 9, 2006

NEO expands its physician training program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Nuclear Education Online (NEO) program has expanded its physician training program to include nuclear education for cardiologists and radiologists.

July 9, 2006

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