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Imagin nets regulatory approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET and PET/CT imaging center developer Imagin Molecular said its wholly owned subsidiary Imagin Nuclear Partners (INP) has received regulatory approval to bill Medicare and Medicaid for PET imaging services.
June 18, 2006
MDCT makes inroads in urology, biopsy guidance, and oncology imaging
By Wayne Forrest
With its progression from four- to 64-slice technology, MDCT is taking on increasingly prominent roles in a number of areas, including urography, oncology imaging, and biopsy guidance, according to presentations at last week's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco.
June 18, 2006
Spectrum Dynamics prepares launch of D-SPECT cardiac gamma camera
By Brian Casey
Nuclear medicine has seen explosive growth in cardiac imaging since the 1990s, and the cardiology office segment is continuing to show strength as well. This growth is attracting start-up firms like Spectrum Dynamics that have developed dedicated cardiac cameras optimized for in-office imaging.
June 18, 2006
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St. Jude Medical gets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN, reported that it has received European CE Mark approval for its QuickOpt timing cycle optimization application.
June 15, 2006
J&J to appeal Boston Scientific stent ruling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis of Miami Lakes, FL, said it will appeal yesterday's decision by a U.S. District Court judge upholding a jury finding last year in Wilmington, DE, in favor of interventional device firm Boston Scientific on stent patents.
June 15, 2006
SonoSite adds engineering VPs
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has named James Gilmore as its vice president, advanced development and ultrasound engineering, and promoted Lee Dunbar to vice president, premium products engineering.
June 15, 2006
IDC names officers
Canadian digital x-ray developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has appointed Karim Teja as its chief operating officer (COO) and Noel Lumsden as its chief financial officer (CFO).
June 15, 2006
Lung CAD may lead radiologists down the wrong path
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - One thing seems certain as lung computer-aided detection (CAD) systems move increasingly into clinical use: radiologists find more potentially malignant nodules with CAD than without it. But could CAD also be a case of too much of a good thing?
June 15, 2006
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Boston Scientific wins J&J patent appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, reported that the U.S. District Court in Delaware issued a ruling upholding a July 2005 jury verdict in a patent case against Johnson & Johnson (J&J).
June 15, 2006
Streaming US, elastography US give clearer picture of breast lesions
By Shalmali Pal
Advanced breast ultrasound applications offer valuable information on lesion elasticity and fluidity, helping clinicians differentiate between masses and cysts, as well as benign and malignant lesions. In two recent studies, U.S. radiologists used streaming detection to further evaluate indeterminate sonographic breast masses, while a group from Japan explored the diagnostic application of ultrasound elastography.
June 15, 2006
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VC software highlights colon's unseen areas
By Eric Barnes
A new virtual colonoscopy software application aims to eliminate the problem of missed areas on endoluminal fly-throughs by highlighting spots that were missed during the first two fly-throughs, so they can be examined in a third look. A video clip shows you how it's done.
June 15, 2006
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FDA issues gadolinium health advisory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a health advisory regarding MRI contrast agents containing gadolinium after two dozen cases of a rare disease that developed in European patients following administration of a gadolinium-based agent.
June 14, 2006
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