Clinical News: Page 2962

HCG rolls out modular building for Philips' Gemini

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

HCG Building Technologies has opened the first modular building to house Philips Medical Systems' Gemini PET/CT scanner.

January 9, 2006

Radiologists maintain dominance in breast biopsy procedures

By Shalmali Pal

Breast biopsy rates grew quite dramatically during the latter part of the 20th century, and radiologists performed the majority of those procedures, according to a new Medicare database analysis. But as has been the case of late, radiologists did have to contend with some competition in this arena.

January 9, 2006

MDCT still can't differentiate between noncalcified plaques

Thin-section multidetector-row CT does a fine job of visualizing calcified atherosclerotic plaque, but is all but blind when it comes to differentiating two important but morphologically distinct types of noncalcified coronary plaque.

January 9, 2006

Minrad promotes Bednarski

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Minrad has promoted executive vice president and COO William Bednarski to president and CFO.

January 8, 2006

Higher 2005 revenues for Cytogen

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen reported preliminary fourth-quarter total product sales of approximately $4.2 million, up 13% compared with the $3.5 million posted a year ago.

January 8, 2006

GE, PhotoCure ink optical imaging deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and PhotoCure have inked a licensing agreement covering the Oslo, Norway-based firm's Hexvix optical molecular imaging agent for diagnosing and monitoring bladder cancer.

January 8, 2006

AllPro adds CR unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

AllPro Imaging has introduced ScanX 14 In-Counter, a computed radiography system designed for smaller medical offices.

January 8, 2006

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Radiology Insider

By Shalmali Pal

January 8, 2006

Superior FFDM image quality seen with wet laser printer

By Shalmali Pal

Everybody loves a bargain, even when it comes to printers for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) images. But as with many things in life, the best price doesn't always equal best quality. Austrian researchers performed a head-to-head comparison of FFDM images printed with a wet laser and a paper printer, and found the wet laser far superior.

January 8, 2006

I-ELCAP data suggest need to work up secondary lung lesions

Lung cancer screening data from the I-ELCAP trial suggest that patients with secondary tumors might benefit from more aggressive management, and that metastases, at least in the predominant non-small cell lung cancers, may be less common than previously thought. The data also suggest that revisions in the current staging criteria may help save lives.

January 8, 2006

DeJarnette wins multiple dyseCT order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

DeJarnette Research Systems has received a multiple-unit order for its dyseCT software from Clarian Health Partners, Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis.

January 5, 2006

Nydic gets Missouri Blues contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider Nydic Open MRI of America of Montvale, NJ, has received a contract to provide open MRI services to Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City.

January 5, 2006

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