Clinical News: Page 3169

Breast abscesses in the clear with ultrasound-guided drainage
By Shalmali Pal
Using ultrasound-guided catheter drainage to treat breast abscesses can avoid surgical intervention and offer numerous patient benefits, according to women's imaging specialists from Stanford University.
September 1, 2004
Guidant stent gets FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional-device firm Guidant has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new carotid stent system designed to reduce the risk of stroke associated with carotid artery disease.
August 31, 2004
Hook leaves PET firm CTI
CTI Molecular Imaging has reported that Thomas Hook, its senior vice president and president of the company's CTI Solutions subsidiary, has resigned.
August 31, 2004
Mobile phones show promise for remote image viewing
By Erik L. Ridley
Hong Kong researchers have taken the idea of picture phones a step further. They've developed an application that enables a clinician to view medical images from a PACS and RIS network with a cell phone or PDA.
August 31, 2004
FDA approves GE's Excite MRI technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market its Excite platform, an MRI technology that speeds up the data-processing pipeline to enable more advanced exams, the Waukesha, WI-based vendor said.
August 30, 2004
Barco gets FDA nod for flat-panel mammo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic display provider Barco has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Coronis 5MP Mammo LCD display, according to the Kortrijk, Belgium-based firm.
August 30, 2004
Aloka debuts new ultrasound system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound developer Aloka is launching its latest ultrasound system, ProSound alpha 5(1), at the World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Stockholm this week, according to the Tokyo-based firm.
August 30, 2004
Thermal imaging firm CTI wins appeal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Thermal breast imaging developer Computerized Thermal Imaging (CTI) reported that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ruled in CTI's favor in a securities litigation matter.
August 30, 2004
Varian, Florida Hospital ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems and the Florida Hospital healthcare system have formed a strategic alliance that will create a radiation therapy training site at Florida Hospital Celebration Health in Celebration, FL.
August 30, 2004
DR Systems gets nod for digital mammo reading
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor DR Systems has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for diagnostic reading of digital mammography images on its PACS network.
August 30, 2004
RITA shuffles management
Oncology device firm RITA Medical Systems of Mountain View, CA, has made several changes to its executive lineup following its merger with Horizon Medical Products.
August 30, 2004
Mammography-screened tumors yield better outcomes
By Shalmali Pal
Women whose breast cancer is detected by routine screening mammography have better prognoses and outcomes than those whose cancer is found by other means, according to a study in the latest issue of JAMA.
August 30, 2004
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