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Medicsight gets CE Mark, financing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image analysis software developer Medicsight has received the European CE Mark for Release I of its CT recognition application.

October 7, 2003

Just (over) Do It! Imaging pegs overuse injuries in specialty sports

Overuse injuries often require more finesse to detect than trauma injuries such as fractures. These same methods, though, can also be used to stop minor injuries from becoming career-ending ones. Here’s how basketball players, runners, cyclists, and wheelchair racers are taking advantage of state-of-the-art imaging.

October 7, 2003

A Nobel for radiology

By Brian Casey

This week brought sweet news to radiology, as the 2003 Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded to two men who were instrumental in the early development of MRI: Paul Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield.

October 7, 2003

SCAR tackles image data glut at 2003 show

By Erik L. Ridley

The growing challenge of viewing and managing the growing mountains of image data generated in radiology today has drawn considerable attention, and there was no better place to learn about this topic than the 20th Symposium for Computer Applications in Radiology in Boston.

October 6, 2003

Oncology imaging market predicted to grow 8.2% annually

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. market for oncology imaging is forecast to grow at an 8.2% annual rate to reach over $3.9 billion in 2007, according to a report.

October 6, 2003

R2 installs lung CAD system in Greece

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology has installed the first commercial lung CT CAD system at IASO General Hospital in Athens, Greece.

October 6, 2003