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FDA clears IDC's Xplorer 1600
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital x-ray developer Imaging Dynamics has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510(k) clearance for its Xplorer 1600 digital radiography unit.
September 19, 2004
CAD firm Medicsight finds friends in high places
By Brian Casey
If you're a small company just getting started in the cutthroat medical imaging industry, it helps to have influential friends. That could be the motto of U.K. software developer Medicsight, which has lined up an impressive array of clinical partners as it begins to bring its line of computer-aided detection (CAD) products to market.
September 19, 2004
MR planimetry with SSFP bests echo for gauging aortic stenosis
By Tracie L. Thompson
MR planimetry with SSFP is a powerful new diagnostic tool for aortic stenosis patients facing possible valve replacement, according to German researchers, who compared the method with other noninvasive techniques.
September 19, 2004
iCRco, Orthocrat partner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computed radiography firm iCRco has signed an agreement with preoperative planning software developer Orthocrat.
September 16, 2004
Canadians continue to wait for scans in Ontario
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new report issued by the Ontario Association of Radiologists (OAR) shows Ontario patients are waiting longer than ever for radiology procedures, particularly CT and MRI scans.
September 16, 2004
CMS to cover PET for Alzheimer's
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a major win for PET advocates, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has expanded Medicare coverage of PET to include some Medicare beneficiaries with suspected Alzheimer's disease.
September 16, 2004
S&S, NeoRad sign distribution deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
S&S Technology, a division of Houston-based S&S X-Ray Products, has been selected by radiology device developer NeoRad of Oslo, Norway, to be the exclusive U.S. and Canadian distributor for SimpliCT, a laser guidance system for CT-guided interventions.
September 16, 2004
Abbott starts ZoMaxx stent trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Abbott Vascular Devices (AVD), a subsidiary of Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, has enrolled the first patient in its ZoMaxx I drug-eluting coronary stent clinical trial.
September 16, 2004
GE installs 9.4 tesla MRI unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Waukesha, WI, has installed a 9.4-tesla MRI scanner at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). The system will be unveiled on September 21.
September 16, 2004
2004 AHRA sets sights on prevention, planning, and profit
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The 2004 American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) meeting in Boston from July 31 to August 5 stressed the importance of a multifaceted approach to management with an emphasis on technology, coding, retention, compliance, revenue, contracts, and training.
September 15, 2004
DOBI releases clinical data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical breast imaging firm DOBI Medical International of Mahwah, NJ, has released a paper compiling the results from company-sponsored research studies of its ComfortScan breast imaging system at four clinical sites over 10 months.
September 15, 2004
Siemens introduces IC3D
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has unveiled a new interventional cardiac 3D (IC3D) technology to create three-dimensional images of the coronary vessels in the heart.
September 15, 2004
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