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Boston Scientific launches Sentinol
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has introduced its self-expanding nitinol biliary stent system, Sentinol, to the U.S. market.
April 7, 2004
Ferrania builds U.K. customer list
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ferrania LifeImaging has received a three-year contract to provide digital imaging technology to Worthing and Southlands NHS Trust in the United Kingdom.
April 7, 2004
E-Z-EM turns in record Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM reported record fiscal third-quarter net sales of $37.2 million, up 12.3% compared with the $33.1 million booked in the third quarter of 2003.
April 7, 2004
Days-long downtime spurs disaster recovery tune-up
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
In mid-November 2002, IT executives Alice Lee and Cathy Ball of CareGroup Healthcare System in Boston experienced the nightmare of a three-day complete system outage at their facility. In a presentation at the 2004 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Orlando, FL, the duo shared the lessons they learned.
April 7, 2004
AIUM restates opposition to nonmedical ultrasound use
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) issued a statement today reaffirming its opposition to the use of "entertainment" ultrasound.
April 6, 2004
Guidant reports preliminary Q1 sales of nearly $1 billion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Guidant reported preliminary first-quarter revenues for fiscal 2004 of $934 million.
April 6, 2004
Reduced-prep VC with tagging works after failed colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Barring evidence of cancer, patients who have undergone a failed colonoscopy can be successfully followed up with a reduced-prep virtual colonoscopy protocol. The study, by radiologists at the Stedelijk Ziekenhuis in Belgium, was presented at the 2004 European Congress of Radiology in Vienna.
April 6, 2004
Coronary calcium compared to other CVD measures
By Brian Casey
Spanish researchers sought to shed new light on the role of coronary calcium in a study we're featuring in our CT Digital Community.
April 6, 2004
CMS expands outpatient reimbursement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has authorized hospitals to receive special payments under the Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) for three additional drugs and four additional services as new technologies in the outpatient setting.
April 5, 2004
Swissray reports record DR sales for March
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray developer Swissray International took 17 orders for its ddR digital radiography systems in March, according to the Elizabeth, NJ-based vendor.
April 5, 2004
Siemens inks deal with St. Elizabeth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has won a contract with St. Elizabeth's Hospital to renovate the Belleville, IL-based facility's cardiac catheterization laboratories.
April 5, 2004
Radiologists correlate coronary calcium with other CVD markers
By Eric Barnes
When is CT calcium screening most clearly indicated, and when might calcium assessment with CT be less informative? At the 2004 European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, investigators from Spain examined these questions in a study of 152 asymptomatic patients who were self-referred for cardiovascular disease risk.
April 5, 2004
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