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DeJarnette sets release date for BreakAway
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Software developer DeJarnette Research Systems of Towson, MD, plans to begin shipments on November 1 of BreakAway, a new software product designed to help imaging facilities deal with the massive quantities of data produced by multislice CT scanners.
October 12, 2003
CAD finds additional breast cancers, study reiterates
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Three hundred and seventy-seven potentially missed breast cancers were retrospectively investigated. The previous (9-24 months prior to diagnosis) ‘normal’ screening mammograms of these 377 patients with breast cancer were reviewed.
October 12, 2003
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Fonar NYT ad decries 'shameful wrong' in MRI Nobel award
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A full-page ad in today's New York Times says the Nobel Prize committee "ignored the truth" when it decided to award the 2003 Nobel Prize for medicine to Paul Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield for discoveries related to MRI.
October 9, 2003
GE makes $9.8 billion bid for Amersham
By Brian Casey
Fresh off its purchase of Instrumentarium, GE Medical Systems is proposing an even bigger acquisition: Amersham, the British developer of contrast agents. The deal could lead to further consolidation in the imaging industry as other scanner vendors seek contrast partners in order to keep pace with GE.
October 9, 2003
Varian, Mitsubishi plan joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems and Mitsubishi Electric have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to provide radiotherapy equipment and service in Japan and other Asian countries.
October 9, 2003
GE rumored to be courting Amersham
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems parent General Electric has reportedly made an overture to British pharmaceutical firm Amersham, according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.
October 9, 2003
Semifinal results at the Minnies midway mark
By Brian Casey
The world may be agog over Arnold Schwarzenegger’s gubernatorial victory in California, but here at AuntMinnie the electoral drama is still unfolding. Our members are busily voting for the best and brightest of radiology for the Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’s exciting annual awards competition.
October 9, 2003
Racial disparities in breast cancer outcomes spark research
By Kate Madden Yee
Mammography has been the primary mode of breast cancer screening and diagnosis for more than 20 years, but the medical community continues to encounter women for whom screening mammography appears to have fallen short. In particular, why do women of color have more advanced-stage cancer when they are diagnosed?
October 9, 2003
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Mass appeal: VC CAD doesn't stop at polyps
By Eric Barnes
The University of Chicago has been at the forefront of VC CAD research, thanks to its successful deployment of a shape-and-texture-based polyp detection scheme and a colon segmentation technique to reduce false positives. Now the project comes full circle with a CAD scheme that detects masses as well as lesions.
October 9, 2003
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GE closes Instrumentarium deal
By Erik L. Ridley
Nearly 10 months after the acquisition bid was announced, GE Medical Systems has completed its purchase of Instrumentarium.
October 8, 2003
Molecular Imaging, Siemens form alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobile PET services provider Molecular Imaging has signed a strategic alliance with Siemens Medical Solutions.
October 8, 2003
Thickening at trigone, dome may imply urodynamic changes
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) "The aim of this study was to explore the association between a thickened bladder wall at either the trigone or dome on ultrasonography and demographic, anatomic, and urodynamic variables," according to investigators from Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei.
October 8, 2003
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