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Medtronic receives FDA OK for stent clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device manufacturer Medtronic has received FDA clearance to begin the third round of clinical trials on its drug-eluting coronary stent Endeavor.
February 11, 2004
PETNet renews Merck agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PETNet Solutions of Knoxville, TN, has renewed an agreement with Merck in which PETNet provides PET research isotopes to the pharmaceutical company.
February 11, 2004
Agenix readies IND application for ThromboView
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Australian pharmaceutical developer Agenix is preparing to submit an investigational new drug (IND) application for its ThromboView radiopharmaceutical to the Food and Drug Administration in the second quarter.
February 11, 2004
Philips launches iU22 as flagship ultrasound scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems has introduced iU22, a premium ultrasound scanner.
February 11, 2004
Brain structure may vary in teens with major depressive disorder
By Jerry Ingram
Teenagers who suffer from major depressive disorders also appear to have smaller hippocampi, implying that certain biological markers can be pinpointed in pediatric mood disorders with MRI, according to Canadian researchers. They published their results in the online journal BMC Medicine.
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MRI links brain trauma to long-term depression
By Bruce Sylvester
Psychiatrists from the University of Iowa in Iowa City imaged patients three months after trauma, and found that a mild degree of left frontal atrophy may indicate a significant risk for depression over the next year.
February 11, 2004
Imaging of the Newborn, Infant, and Young Child
Imaging of the Newborn, Infant, and Young Child serves as an excellent reference for a resident during the first month of pediatric radiology. This well-written text should be considered a primary read throughout residency and into daily practice.
February 11, 2004
Vital Images revenues, earnings sag in Q4
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software provider Vital Images reported fourth-quarter revenues of $5.2 million, down 16.1% compared with the $6.2 million posted a year ago.
February 10, 2004
InSiteOne, Swissray ink reseller deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Archiving services provider InSiteOne and digital radiography developer Swissray International have signed a reseller agreement, granting Swissray rights to sell InSiteOne’s complete InDex product line.
February 10, 2004
Digirad launches new OptiCount collimator
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has released OptiCount, a collimator that increases the organ sensitivity of its nuclear cardiology gamma cameras by an average of 15% per detector head.
February 10, 2004
Study finds x-ray techs plagued by ergonomic stressors
By Tracie L. Thompson
Canadian researchers sought to determine the "musculoskeletal morbidity profile" of x-ray technologists through interviews with 20 randomly selected techs from two large university hospitals in Edmonton and Calgary.
February 10, 2004
FDG-PET plus CT fine-tunes ovarian cancer staging
By Shalmali Pal
Adding FDG-PET imaging to CT for ovarian cancer staging can aid in the detection of metastases outside the pelvis -- an important consideration when deciding whether cryoreductive surgery alone will be effective, according to a group from Fukui Medical University in Fukui-ken, Japan.
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