Clinical News: Page 2881

Radiology is dead -- long live imaging!
One of the consequences of the turf wars has been a backlash against the idea of decentralizing radiology services. But MRI architectural consultants Robert Junk and Tobias Gilk explain why the pressures of efficiency and accelerated patient care will likely, over time, dramatically reshape the radiology department as we understand it today.
June 22, 2006
GE signs deal with UltraSPECT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with nuclear medicine vendor UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, to market that company's Xpress.cardiac software for improving image quality and scanning times on gamma cameras.
June 21, 2006
Mallinckrodt launches technician education program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical supplier Tyco Healthcare/Mallinckrodt of St. Louis has implemented a new training and certification program for its technicians.
June 21, 2006
Toshiba notches digital x-ray deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems said that Indiana University (IU) Hospital in Indianapolis recently installed two of its Ultimax multipurpose digital x-ray systems.
June 21, 2006
ART files with Health Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian optical molecular imaging developer ART Advanced Research Technologies said it has filed a Medical Device License Application with Health Canada to begin the commercialization of its SoftScan breast imaging device.
June 21, 2006
NMPI sets sights on mobile SPECT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile imaging firm Nuclear Medicine Professionals (NMPI) reported that it is partnering with Mid-Atlantic Imaging of Columbia, MD, to deliver a fleet of portable cardiac SPECT cameras by the end of this year.
June 21, 2006
Cordis Cypher Select Plus nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis reported that its third-generation drug-eluting stent, the Cypher Select Plus, has received CE Mark approval.
June 21, 2006
Intact Medical gets patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intact Medical of Natick, MA, said that it has been awarded a U.S. patent for technology related to its Intact Breast Lesion Excision System.
June 21, 2006
Unfors acquired by Swedish consortium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Testing-instrument firm Unfors Instruments has been acquired by Unfors Holding, a consortium made up of the 6th Swedish Pension Fund, Layline Partners, and parts of the Unfors management.
June 21, 2006
Healthworks, Toshiba partner on educational initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiology staffing provider Healthworks said it has signed a deal with Toshiba America Medical Systems to provide the Tustin, CA-based developer with its educational programs and resources in invasive and noninvasive cardiology, electrophysiology, and radiology.
June 21, 2006
Molecular Insight starts phase I neuroendocrine cancer trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has begun a phase I clinical trial of its Azedra molecular imaging pharmaceutical for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors such as carcinoid, pheochromocytoma, and neuroblastoma.
June 21, 2006
3D lab efficiency may depend on who's in control
By Wayne Forrest
CT's rise in popularity and advancing multidetector technology have created more pressure on radiologists and technologists to process and interpret greater volumes of information more quickly, making efficient workflow a priority in centralized 3D laboratories. And who handles the processing is a key workflow issue.
June 21, 2006
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