Clinical News: Page 2931

Positron gets Health Canada nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron said that Health Canada had granted approval to use the vendor's mPower PET scanner in oncology and cardiology clinical trials in Canada.
March 21, 2006
Ekos forms sales and marketing team
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound therapy developer Ekos has raised $26 million in series C financing, and has formed a commercial sales and marketing team.
March 21, 2006
Mammography procedures show uptick
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Approximately 37.7 million mammography procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2005, up 2% from 37 million in 2004, according to a new report published by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
March 21, 2006
CIVCO unveils new transducer bracket
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound device developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has launched a newly redesigned bracket compatible with the S317 transducers on the GE Healthcare Logiq 500 and Logiq 200 ultrasound systems.
March 21, 2006
Head and Neck Imaging: Case Review Series
Head and Neck Imaging: Case Review Series would benefit from a more structured approach to its questions, with a stronger focus on making the findings, as well as more detailed answers and case discussions. Nevertheless, the book is well-written, well-illustrated and includes relevant material.
March 21, 2006
Brain outwits buds in determining what tastes great
By Shalmali Pal
Using functional MRI (fMRI), behavioral specialists have found that the brain does not respond solely to input from the taste buds, and that expectations can modulate our perception of how things taste.
March 21, 2006
The more CT detectors, the more MPRs help
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists know the value of multiplanar reconstructions (MPRs) for finding what's wrong. In the abdomen, cross-referencing coronal images with the axials can sometimes reveal subtle pathologies that might otherwise be missed. But some might be surprised to learn that the more detectors rows in the scanner, the more useful MPRs are to the diagnosis.
March 21, 2006
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InSightec completes ExAblate African-American enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Israeli focused-ultrasound treatment developer InSightec reported that it has completed treatment of the final patient in a postmarketing study to evaluate the efficacy of its ExAblate 2000 in treating uterine fibroids in African-American women.
March 20, 2006
Swissray notches hospital orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography vendor Swissray International has received orders for its flat-panel direct digital radiography (ddR) systems from several U.S. children's hospitals, according to the Elizabeth, NJ-based vendor.
March 20, 2006
Keenan named president of Digirad DIS
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has selected Michael Keenan as president of its Digirad Imaging Solutions (DIS) leasing services subsidiary.
March 20, 2006
NAS launches breast brachytherapy initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) reported that it plans to enter the developing market for breast brachytherapy through an initiative designed to improve on current accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) treatment options.
March 20, 2006
Hitachi gets FDA proton beam device approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality developer Hitachi Medical Systems America said it has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for commercialization of Hitachi's ProBeat Proton Beam Therapy System in the U.S.
March 20, 2006
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