Clinical News: Page 3312

Edwards debuts non-coronary stents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Edwards Lifesciences has introduced two pre-mounted, balloon-expandable stents in Europe and the U.S.
September 29, 2003
Keeping your eye on the PACS ball
Implementing PACS is a process, not an event. The PACS process has a life cycle replete with key decision points, and learning how to handle these events in a holistic fashion can be a crucial factor in the success of a digital image management system, says Gregg Cohen, Ph.D., of Xtria Healthcare.
September 29, 2003
Percutaneous Vertebroplasty
Written by leaders in the field, Percutaneous Vertebroplasty is a well-organized work that serves as both an introductory text as well as a valuable reference for more experience practitioners.
September 29, 2003
FDA clears Naviscan PET scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared PEM Flex, a compact, high-resolution PET scanner developed by Naviscan PET Systems of Rockville, MD.
September 29, 2003
AuntMinnie's CT Radiology Insider
By Eric Barnes
Dr. Frank Earnest, director of CT practice for the Rochester, MN-based group, discusses the group's go-slow approach to CT screening at the 2003 International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.
September 28, 2003
Molecular Imaging Radiology Insider
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Physicians who diagnose gall bladder dyskinesia will remember 2001 as the year Bristol-Myers Squibb turned off the tap on Kinevac, a synthetic cholecystokinin drug used in cholescintigraphy. A year later, in December 2002, Bracco Diagnostics resumed manufacturing and marketing the product.
September 28, 2003
Siemens, i3Archive ink deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a sales agreement with i3Archive of Philadelphia.
September 28, 2003
Philips adds molecular imaging partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems parent Royal Philips Electronics has formed a molecular imaging collaboration with biotechnology company CellPoint.
September 28, 2003
IPL releases cobalt-57 flood source
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine developer Isotope Products Laboratories is scheduled to begin shipments of a cobalt-57 flood source, Perflexion, the first week of October.
September 28, 2003
MR categorizes acute hamstring injuries for pre-op assessment
By Shalmali Pal
For the sports medicine imaging specialist, distinguishing tendon avulsion from hamstring muscle complex strain can determine whether the patient will wind up in the surgical suite. Australian researchers relied on MR and sonography to make that distinction, reporting their results in the online issue of Skeletal Radiology.
September 28, 2003
CT follow-up improves confidence in borderline kidney lesions
By Tracie L. Thompson
In this month’s American Journal of Roentgenology, Dr. Morton Bosniak offers further suggestions from his experience with the lesions he places in Category IIF, where F stands for follow-up.
September 28, 2003
MaxxVision rolls out iView
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging technology developer MaxxVision has introduced iView, a handheld system that allows radiologists to digitally enhance and magnify film-screen mammography images.
September 25, 2003
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