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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
AuntMinnie.com Molecular Imaging Digital Insider
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
April 4, 2004
InSiteOne adds mammography services
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider InSiteOne will introduce its InDex service provider solutions (SSP) for mammography at the 2004 Symposium for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in May.
April 4, 2004
Philips installs first Brilliance unit in U.S.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has installed its Brilliance CT 40-slice system at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis.
April 4, 2004
Bracco forms Chinese joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Bracco Group has formed a joint venture with Sine Pharmaceutical of Shanghai for the production and marketing of diagnostic imaging contrast media in China.
April 4, 2004
Schering gets Swedish approval for Primovist
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German contrast developer Schering has received marketing approval from the Swedish health authority MPA for its Primovist MR liver imaging agent.
April 4, 2004
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