Clinical News: Page 3272

Brachytherapy appears safe, effective in esophageal cancer
By Edward Susman
Esophageal cancer patients who are deemed poor surgical candidates may benefit from endoscopically guided brachytherapy, as administered by a team of radiation oncologists and gastroenterologists, according to a Canadian study.
January 26, 2004
Strategy management for medical product line architecture
Recently the medical equipment market has been driven in the direction of increased segmentation. Coupled with these market pressures are the financial realities associated with the process of developing complex products. Timothy Bowe, Charlie Alfred, and John Cadigan of Foliage Software Systems offer strategies on how to manage and improve medical software systems.
January 26, 2004
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PocketRadiologist: Breast: Top 100 Diagnoses
This book is well organized, with careful attention is paid to malignancies such as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and inflammatory breast cancer.
January 26, 2004
AuntMinnie's Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
Over the past year, lung CAD algorithms have evolved to become reliable second readers of thoracic CT exams. In study after study presented at the 2003 RSNA meeting, lung CAD systems could be counted on to improve the detection rate of solitary pulmonary nodules, even small or hard-to-find abnormalities such as those adjacent to vascular structures.
January 25, 2004
Virtual Colonoscopy Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
Ten years of virtual colonoscopy practice have shown that insufflation is key to success with the technique. Those who would master insufflation's intricacies might also do well to spend some time with Dr. Elizabeth McFarland and colleagues from Washington University in St. Louis.
January 25, 2004
Affordable equipment accelerates ultrasound proliferation
By Frost & Sullivan
Hand-carried ultrasound (HCU) is currently the fastest-growing product segment in the U.S. ultrasound market. Industry research has forecast the segment's revenue to more than triple by 2010. Luke Liem of Frost & Sullivan analyzes the future of ultrasound.
January 25, 2004
R2, Kaiser ink CAD deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer R2 Technology has signed an agreement with healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente.
January 22, 2004
Photonic Materials gets additional funding
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scottish PET optical crystal developer Photonic Materials has secured $6.8 million (U.S.) in a third round of funding from existing investors, including 3i, the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Scottish Equity Partners.
January 22, 2004
Agfa awarded new CR contract with Premier
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare of Ridgefield Park, NJ, has been awarded a three-year contract to provide computed radiography systems to members of group purchasing organization Premier of San Diego.
January 22, 2004
State x-ray quality assurance program yields dividends
By Erik L. Ridley
A New Jersey state x-ray quality assurance program has yielded improved image quality and lower radiation doses, according to research from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the University of Utah Health Sciences Center in Salt Lake City.
January 22, 2004
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Voxar closes HCA deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three-dimensional-software developer Voxar has sold its Voxar 3D, Voxar Colonscreen, and Voxar Calscreen products to the South West Coast Division of Nashville, TN-based healthcare organization Hospital Corporation of America (HCA), according to the Framingham, MA-based company.
January 21, 2004
Schering gets European OK for Zevalin for NHL
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
German pharmaceutical company Schering has received European Commission marketing approval for its radioimmunotherapy product Zevalin (ibritumomab tiuxetan), according to the Berlin-based firm.
January 21, 2004
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