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Virtual colonoscopy accuracy suffers when radiologists work too fast
By Eric Barnes
There is much talk, and some evidence, that innovations such as CAD and primary 3-D reading will soon smooth out the rugged learning curve for virtual colonoscopy providers. But no matter what legions of computer programmers might come up with, at the end of the day it’s still radiologists who are responsible for the data -- and a new study suggests that experience and confidence can work against them.
December 11, 2003
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VSM places MEG unit in Münster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, B.C., reported that its CTF Systems subsidiary has finalized an agreement to provide a 275-channel MEG system to Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany.
December 10, 2003
MRI Devices gets FDA OK for knee coil
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coil developer MRI Devices of Waukesha, WI, has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Model HRK high-resolution knee array coil.
December 10, 2003
MDS Life Sciences posts Q4 downturn
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS, the Toronto-based parent company of Canadian medical isotope supplier MDS Nordion, reported that its Life Sciences division, which includes MDS Nordion, had fiscal 2003 fourth-quarter revenues of $275 million, Canadian ($207.2 million) a downturn from the $283 million, CAD ($213.2 million) posted for the same period in 2002.
December 10, 2003
Mayo to market MRI coils
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN, has obtained Food and Drug Administration clearance to market a collection of MRI coils to other medical centers in the U.S.
December 10, 2003
Kodak to revamp Rochester General
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Imaging and Rochester General Hospital, both of Rochester, NY, will partner to replace film- and paper-based radiology products in the institution with digital imaging and information system technologies, according to Kodak.
December 10, 2003
Cook to begin testing endovascular TAA graft
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Cook has received a Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption (IDE) to begin a clinical investigation of its Zenith TX2 endovascular graft for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).
December 10, 2003
Analogic Q1 revenues, income sag
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging equipment developer Analogic reported first-quarter revenues of $75 million, down 43% from the $132.3 million booked in the same quarter last year.
December 10, 2003
High volumes and better imaging techniques may improve stroke survival
By Tracie L. Thompson
A large-scale study on subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) outcomes has found that hospitals that treat more SAH patients save more of them as well. The phenomenon is also seen with other diagnoses, but this time some credit is extended to interventional neuroradiologists and their improved imaging equipment.
December 10, 2003
Digirad signs Johns Hopkins
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The nuclear imaging services division of nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has signed a lease agreement with Johns Hopkins University.
December 9, 2003
OmniSonics nets three new patents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular ultrasound developer OmniSonics Medical Technologies of Wilmington, MA, has been granted three U.S. patents covering its OmniWave technology for treatment of vascular occlusive disease, the company said.
December 9, 2003
Nanosignal to begin beta testing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI technology firm Nanosignal will begin beta testing of its Slices MRI data-processing tool at Desert Radiology in Las Vegas in January 2004.
December 9, 2003
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