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OmniSonics adds patents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular ultrasound developer OmniSonics Medical Technologies of Wilmington, MA, has added two new U.S. patents for its ultrasonic tissue ablation device.
June 16, 2003
MDS Nordion brings new cyclotron online
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope developer MDS Nordion of Kanata, ON, has started commercial production at its TR-30-2 cyclotron in Vancouver, BC.
June 16, 2003
Dow launches radiopharmaceutical unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Dow Chemical of Midland, MI, plans to unveil a new radiopharmaceutical services business at next week’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in New Orleans.
June 16, 2003
US, MRI challenge CT for classifying renal cell carcinoma
By Shalmali Pal
Researchers from St. Elizabeth’s Health Center in Youngstown, OH, reported that contrast-enhanced ultrasound offered several advantages over CT in pinpointing indeterminate masses. Meanwhile, a group from New York University Medical Center in New York City compared CT and MRI for lesion upgrading and patient management.
June 16, 2003
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Calcium mass measures coronary calcium best
By Eric Barnes
When it comes to gauging calcium in the coronary arteries, calcium mass is more accurate, less variable, and more reproducible than volume or Agatston-score measurements, according to researchers from the Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology in St. Louis.
June 16, 2003
Cytogen to reacquire Quadramet rights
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cytogen has signed an agreement with Berlex to reacquire marketing rights to its Quadramet pain therapy radiopharmaceutical agent.
June 15, 2003
Bard buys SourceTech
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm C.R. Bard of Murray Hill, NJ, has acquired substantially all the assets of brachytherapy developer SourceTech Medical.
June 15, 2003
MR spectroscopy assesses diabetic feet for treatment, therapy
By Jill Stein
NEW ORLEANS - Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can identify neuroischemic changes in the diabetic foot, according to a report Sunday at the American Diabetes Association meeting.
June 15, 2003
Sonohysterography offers savings for abnormal uterine bleeding treatment
Sonohysterography dramatically reduces the cost and time involved in the triage of abnormal uterine bleeding, according to researchers from Brookwood Women’s Medical Center in Birmingham, AL.
June 15, 2003
Smoothing the transition to filmless
Both large and mid-size facilities are deploying PACS networks with the goal of creating dramatic workflow efficiencies, superior patient care, tighter cost controls, and a stronger competitive position. John Monville of Xtria Healthcare discusses the strategic PACS imperative.
June 15, 2003
Sonography characterizes testicular torsion in wee babes
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Three sonographic stages of testicular torsion in infants and neonates were described in a recent study published in American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 15, 2003
Siemens launches new C512 Sequoia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The ultrasound division of Siemens Medical Solutions launched Acuson Sequoia C512, a new 512-channel echocardiography scanner, at this week’s American Society of Echocardiography meeting in Las Vegas.
June 12, 2003
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