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Boston Scientific, EndoTex complete enrollment
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston Scientific and EndoTex Interventional Systems of Cupertino, CA, have completed enrollment in a carotid artery stenting clinical trial.
March 24, 2004
IR, ob/gyns square off in UAE performance debate
By Shalmali Pal
The turf war over uterine artery embolization (UAE) has escalated as a gynecologist goes on the offensive, suggesting that his specialty would be better suited to perform the procedure. But interventional radiologists have fired back, stating that gynecologists are simply not properly trained for such technical, imaging-based surgery.
March 24, 2004
US Oncology planned merger draws lawsuits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer treatment firm US Oncology said it’s the subject of two purported class action lawsuits related to its planned merger with an affiliate of shareholder Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe IX.
March 24, 2004
Bristol-Myers Squibb, Adenosine begin phase II trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bristol-Myers Squibb Medical Imaging and Adenosine Therapeutics have initiated phase II clinical trials for BMS068645.
March 23, 2004
Elekta to bring Synergy to UC Davis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Elekta has received an order for its Synergy radiation treatment system from the University of California, Davis.
March 23, 2004
Patients shape up after viewing CT scans of their own blocked arteries
By Jerry Ingram
Any old picture may be worth a thousand words, but a CT image of a coronary artery calcification (CAC) may be worth a thousand lives: Confronting patients with scans of their arterial blockages could inspire a radical change in lifestyle, as well as better compliance to a treatment regimen, according to a study presented at the recent American College of Cardiology meeting in New Orleans.
March 23, 2004
Turf concerns derail extremity MRI accreditation
By Brian Casey
March 23, 2004
CE US sonography makes the grade for measuring tumor vascularity
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center recently evaluated tumor growth and proliferation using contrast-enhanced sonography to measure vascularity in implanted tumors.
March 23, 2004
Protests stall ACR’s accreditation of extremity MRI shops
By Tracie L. Thompson
Radiologists who oppose the American College of Radiology’s plan to offer accreditation to extremity-only MRI facilities have won at least a temporary victory against the plan, which they believe will enhance self-referring orthopedists at the expense of radiologists.
March 22, 2004
US Oncology takes buyout offer, goes private
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cancer treatment firm US Oncology of Houston is planning to go private by accepting a buyout offer from its largest shareholder.
March 22, 2004
SightLine gets FDA approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Endoscopic system developer SightLine Technologies of Haifa, Israel, has received Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its ColonoSight system.
March 22, 2004
Medrad reports 2003 sales growth
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology provider Medrad of Indianola, PA, reported 2003 revenues of $294 million, representing a 16% increase over its prior-year sales.
March 22, 2004
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