Clinical News: Page 2905

Senate defeats S. 1955
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Senate has defeated legislation that would have enabled medical insurance companies to skirt state laws requiring them to offer coverage for preventive services like mammography screening.
May 11, 2006
IDC reports record revenues
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital radiography firm Imaging Dynamics reported record first-quarter revenues of $9.2 million (U.S.), up 102% compared with the $4.6 million booked in the first quarter of 2005.
May 11, 2006
Image guidance evolves into imaging therapy
By Eric Barnes
PEBBLE BEACH, CA - Traditional image-guided therapy is giving way to a brave new world of therapeutic imaging. The difference is more than semantic, say scientists who are developing new technologies to heal patients as well as diagnose them. It amounts to a new emphasis on the cure, and myriad ways to achieve it with the aid of imaging technology.
May 11, 2006
Intraop reports Q2 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical posted financial results for its first quarter of 2006 (end-March 31), a period that company executives said marked the firm's transition from R&D into manufacturing.
May 11, 2006
NOPR to host conference call
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR) said that it will hold an informational conference call for registry participants on Monday, May 15, from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. EDT.
May 11, 2006
Corindus to unveil CorPath
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac cath lab technology developer Corindus will introduce its second-generation remote-control catheter manipulation system, CorPath, at the Paris Course on Revascularization in Paris next week.
May 11, 2006
Boston Scientific, J&J get mixed ruling on stent disputes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A U.S. District Court in Wilmington, DE, has upheld jury decisions in favor of Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis against interventional device firm Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, the companies reported.
May 11, 2006
PET, PET/CT help determine RFA outcomes in lung cancer treatment
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The use of FDG-PET or PET/CT to assess the amount of tumor destruction after radiofrequency ablation (RFA) provides more valuable information than CT alone for the treatment of lung tumors, according to multicenter research presented last week at the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia.
May 11, 2006
CAD aids polyp detection in 64-slice study
By Eric Barnes
In one of the first virtual colonoscopy studies to use a 64-slice CT scanner with computer-aided detection (CAD), researchers from Germany found that the software found lesions that radiologists missed, missed lesions that radiologists found, and was helpful overall.
May 11, 2006
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Senate bill could endanger breast screening payments
By Brian Casey
May 10, 2006
Draxis posts Q1 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian pharmaceutical developer Draxis Health reported that its fiscal 2006 first-quarter (end-March 31) revenues and earnings were below the first quarter of 2005, but were an improvement over the immediately preceding fourth quarter of 2005.
May 10, 2006
Fonar shows Q3 slide
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI vendor Fonar posted a steep slump in sales and a sharp increase in losses for its fiscal 2006 third quarter (end-March 31).
May 10, 2006
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