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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
Data, not fear, should drive CT decisions in pregnancy
By Eric Barnes
Deciding whether to scan a pregnant patient with CT can be one of the toughest decisions in radiology. At the recent International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco, two presenters addressed some of the risks and fears of CT in pregnancy.
July 9, 2006
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Hologic to sell Fischer biopsy assets to Siemens
By Brian Casey
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has signed a consent order with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to sell the breast biopsy assets it recently acquired from Fischer Imaging. Hologic has agreed to sell the assets to the parent company of Siemens Medical Solutions as part of the consent order.
July 6, 2006
Triumph helps build modular MA breast center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Modular building firm Triumph Modular Construction of Littleton, MA, has completed installation of a new $1.2 million digital mammography center at Cambridge Hospital in Cambridge, MA.
July 6, 2006
IsoRay pulls Nasdaq application for now
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
IsoRay has withdrawn its application for a listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange because the Richland, WA, company's stock did not meet the capital market's minimum bid requirement of $4 for more than 10 trading days.
July 6, 2006
Varian unveils PaxScan 1313 digital x-ray detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has introduced its new PaxScan 1313 digital x-ray detector for dental and orthopedic imaging.
July 6, 2006
IsoRay begins cesium-131 production testing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said it has begun production testing the creation of cesium-131 at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls.
July 6, 2006
Varian signs French client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems reported that three of its Clinac linear accelerators equipped for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) are being installed at La Roche-sur-Yon Hospital in La Roche-sur-Yon, France.
July 6, 2006
Canon races to milestone DR installation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography vendor Canon Medical Systems has marked its 1,000th installation of a DR image sensor with a panel installed at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
July 6, 2006
CAD interval change analysis boosts mammogram accuracy
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology with an interval change classifier can improve the accuracy of radiologists in differentiating between benign and malignant breast lesions, according to an article in Radiology. An interval change classifier utilizes change information extracted from prior and current mammograms and estimates a malignancy rating.
July 6, 2006
PET trumps MRI for brain cancer chemo response
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Monitoring the effectiveness of chemotherapy for brain cancer is a critical element in the treatment of the disease. A recent study by French researchers indicates that monitoring chemotherapy efficacy with FDG-PET may detect recurrence of high-grade glioma earlier than imaging studies conducted with MRI.
July 6, 2006
NeuroLogica inks Columbia-Presbyterian deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile CT developer NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, has sold one of its CereTom mobile CT scanners to Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City.
July 5, 2006
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