Clinical News: Page 2954

Classification offers help for dismissed true-positive CAD marks
By Erik L. Ridley
Using a two-tiered computer-aided detection (CAD) scheme may cut down on breast cancer cases in which an ultimately true-positive CAD marker was discounted during interpretation, according to researchers from New York.
January 26, 2006
X-ray reveals how pin placement aggravates nerves in pediatric fractures
By Shalmali Pal
Supracondylar humerus fractures occur quite frequently in children, and this traumatic break is usually treated with cross-pinning of the displacement after reduction. However, iatrogenic ulnar nerve injury is a potentially significant complication. Turkish researchers used two radiographic parameters to assess the connection between pin insertion and nerve damage.
January 26, 2006
Bracco inks Amerinet deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bracco Diagnostics of Princeton, NJ, has been awarded a contract by group purchasing organization Amerinet.
January 25, 2006
TomoTherapy notches German sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer TomoTherapy said it has sold four of its TomoTherapy Hi-Art Systems to the German Research Association.
January 25, 2006
Biophan secures $5 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI device developer Biophan Technologies said that it has received a $5 million credit line from Biomed Solutions, a company headed by its CEO, Michael Weiner.
January 25, 2006
VisualSonics licenses contrast agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Microimaging ultrasound developer VisualSonics of Toronto said that it is licensing a contrast agent for the quantification of myocardial perfusion in preclinical studies from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, VA.
January 25, 2006
Varian nets 31-year U.K. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has signed a 31-year contract to provide radiotherapy services to Oxford Churchill Hospital in the U.K., which is scheduled to open a new oncology center in 2008.
January 25, 2006
Fischer signs service deal with Kodak
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fischer Imaging of Denver has inked a contract with Eastman Kodak Health Group for the Rochester, NY-based company to offer service and support to the worldwide installed base of Fischer's mammography products.
January 25, 2006
Cytogen sues Advanced Magnetics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cytogen said it has filed a lawsuit against partner and MRI contrast developer Advanced Magnetics alleging breach of contract, fraud, unjust enrichment, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
January 25, 2006
AuntMinnieTV series on CT draws to a close
By Brian Casey
January 25, 2006
Varian posts Q1 gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems reported 2006 fiscal first-quarter revenues of $334 million, up 11.7% compared with the $299 million reported a year ago.
January 25, 2006
Longport adds distributors
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound firm Longport of Glen Mills, PA, has signed agreements with three distributors for sales of the firm's Episcan I-200 ultrasound system.
January 25, 2006
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