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ONI in use at Winter Olympics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Extremity MRI developer ONI Medical Systems of Wilmington, MA, said that its OrthOne 1-tesla extremity MRI system is in use at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy.
February 20, 2006
Fuji gets CR mammo approval in Canada
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems has obtained a Class III license from Health Canada for the distribution of its FCR Profect CS computed radiography system for mammography use in Canada.
February 20, 2006
Varian installs respiratory gating system in Germany
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said it has installed its Varian RPM respiratory gating system at the Klinikum Cancer Center in Dortmund, Germany.
February 20, 2006
Therapeutic radiopharmaceutical market poised for takeoff
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Although U.S. sales of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals totaled just $57 million in 2005, rapid growth is anticipated over the next five to six years. By 2012, therapeutic radiopharmaceutical product sales should reach $1.9 billion, with high growth continuing beyond that time, according to a recent study by market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.
February 20, 2006
NAS receives Chinese clearance for IGRT device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) has received regulatory approval from the People's Republic of China State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) to sell its BAT SXi, an ultrasound-based localization system used to view cancerous tumors prior to the delivery of radiation therapy.
February 20, 2006
Sectra notches MicroDose mammo sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and women's imaging vendor Sectra of Linköping, Sweden, has sold  MicroDose Mammography digital mammography systems to clinics in Switzerland, Austria, and New Zealand, representing the first such sales into these markets for the developer.
February 20, 2006
Technological advances drive new 3D CPT codes
By Cynthia E. Keen
If your imaging practice frequently bills for 3D image reconstruction, you should be aware of recent changes in current procedural terminology (CPT) codes for advanced visualization techniques. The changes reflect the rapid pace at which 3D is being adopted for routine clinical use.
February 20, 2006
First-pass MR detects subtle ischemia
By Eric Barnes
MRI has gained increasing acceptance for identifying patients with even subtle coronary artery disease (CAD). In a new study from Brazil, researchers found that first-pass MRI can distinguish segments with different degrees of obstructive CAD.
February 20, 2006
GE, Olympic committees perform cardiac research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Olympic committees from the U.S., Italy, and China are collaborating on a new clinical study examining athletes’ hearts.
February 19, 2006
PACS doesn’t hurt pediatric ER performance
By Erik L. Ridley
Introducing PACS to the pediatric emergency room can be accomplished without affecting the accuracy of radiograph interpretation by emergency physicians, according to research published in Academic Emergency Medicine.
February 19, 2006
CT mostly outperforms alternatives in penetrating trauma
By Eric Barnes
CT's role in penetrating trauma evaluation has grown rapidly with improving technology. For many such injuries, MDCT is less invasive and more sensitive than the alternatives. Sensitivity concerns remain in a couple of applications, but it's hard to beat CT's unique advantages, including the ability to follow a gunshot wound track to the focus of an organ injury.
February 19, 2006
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Digirad posts flat revenues, loss in 2005
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad reported fourth-quarter revenues of $17.4 million, down 2.2% compared with the $17.8 million posted in the fourth quarter last year. For the period (end-December 31), the Poway, CA-based firm had a net loss of $2.8 million, compared with net income of $22,000 last year.
February 16, 2006
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