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Nucletron, RaySearch partner on IMRT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has signed an agreement with RaySearch Laboratories of Stockholm, Sweden, for a long-term collaboration on the integration and licensing of RaySearch’s intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) optimization software.

January 19, 2004

Alliance inaugurates U.K. mobile PET/CT

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Alliance Medical has taken delivery of a GE Medical Systems Discovery ST PET/CT for system for use in a mobile trailer, according to the Oxfordshire, U.K.-based company.

January 19, 2004

Huntleigh claims lion’s share of handheld Doppler market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical ultrasonic developer Huntleigh Healthcare said that it has been identified as the leading manufacturer of handheld Doppler units in the U.S., with a 46% market share, according to a report published by market research firm Medtech Insight of Newport Beach, CA.

January 19, 2004

Kirwan named as Fischer CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Fischer Imaging of Denver has appointed David Kirwan as its senior vice president and chief financial officer (CFO) of the company.

January 19, 2004

Cook gets clearance for new stent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device provider Cook has received Food and Drug Administration clearance for its Zilver 518 biliary stent.

January 19, 2004

Actuality ships first Perspecta 3-D system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Three-dimensional-software developer Actuality Systems has installed its Perspecta Spatial 3-D system at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. The system, the first Perspecta Spatial 3-D system to be delivered, will be used for research by biomedical investigators from the NIH Clinical Center and the National Cancer Institute.

January 19, 2004

Imaging in Trauma and Critical Care

Trauma and critical care patients are the most difficult to move though a department and the authors’ advise in this area is invaluable.

January 19, 2004

Sectra, R2 ink partnership

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has signed a partnership agreement with computer-aided detection (CAD) provider R2 Technology. R2’s CAD technology will be customized for use with Sectra’s MicroDose full-field digital mammography system.

January 18, 2004

Toshiba reaches ultrasound milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems reached a milestone in its ultrasound efforts, shipping its 150,000th diagnostic ultrasound system.

January 18, 2004

Nuclear medicine procedure volume grows 10%

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

An estimated 18.4 million nuclear medicine procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2002, up 9.8% compared with the 2001 volume of 16.8 million procedures, according to a report from research firm IMV Medical Information Division.

January 18, 2004

Experience sharpens role of IV contrast-enhanced VC

Intravenous contrast enhancement has often gotten a cool reception from virtual colonoscopy providers, who are understandably wary of adding to the cost or risk of the exam. But a growing body of literature demonstrates that IV contrast is the right choice in certain patients.

January 18, 2004

US calculates splenic volume within ten minutes

By Ultrasound Review

(Ultrasound Review) Sonographic measurements of the spleen were compared with volumes established with helical CT to determine which was the best method of measurement.

January 18, 2004

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