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Medrad debuts Stellant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medrad has introduced Stellant, a CT contrast fluid injection system. Stellant features include saline flush, pressure monitor graph, improved syringe design, and syringe auto load, according to the Indianola, PA-based vendor.
April 8, 2003
Cytogen, DraxImage terminate brachytherapy agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm DraxImage of Kirkland, Quebec, and biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen of Princeton, NJ, have terminated agreements for DraxImage’s BrachySeed I-125 and BrachySeed Pd-103 products.
April 8, 2003
CT spiral venography shows anatomic variations in DVT
By Shalmali Pal
Patients who present with acute deep veinous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremities also have underlying anatomic problems, according to Korean interventional radiologists. The group, from Seoul National University Hospital, now routinely uses spiral CT venography to assess DVT patients.
April 8, 2003
Ultralow-dose virtual colonoscopy shows merit
By Brian Casey
Italian researchers have found they can cut the radiation dose for virtual colonoscopy studies by more than half, while maintaining excellent sensitivity and specificity.
April 8, 2003
Varian expects surge in Q2 earnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy and x-ray firm Varian Medical Systems said it expects earnings for the second quarter of fiscal 2003 to increase by 35% to 40% compared to the same period in fiscal 2002.
April 7, 2003
R2, HPG sign deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection firm R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA, has signed a two-year, dual-source contract with Nashville, TN-based group purchasing organization HealthTrust Purchasing Group.
April 7, 2003
Molecular imaging explains why ibuprofen prevents Alzheimer’s
By Tracie L. Thompson
A new radiotracer under development at UCLA has enabled researchers to see for the first time how NSAIDs appear to prevent and even dissolve the amyloid plaque brain lesions that characterize, and likely cause, Alzheimer’s disease.
April 7, 2003
Ultralow-dose virtual colonoscopy shows high sensitivity
By Eric Barnes
Italian researchers have produced excellent virtual colonoscopy results using sharply lower radiation exposures. The ultralow-dose technique may limit the detection of extracolonic pathology, but its sensitivity and specificity are as good as studies using twice the dose.
April 7, 2003
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Siemens files PMA for FFDM system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has filed a premarket approval (PMA) application with the Food and Drug Administration for its first full-field digital mammography system, Mammomat NovationDR.
April 6, 2003
RITA and Boston Scientific settle patent dispute
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firms RITA Medical Systems and Boston Scientific have settled a patent dispute between the companies.
April 6, 2003
ECR sees growth, new initiatives, solid research
By Eric Barnes
At the close of this year's European Congress of Radiology in Vienna, incoming ECR president Helen Carty from the U.K. spoke of a meeting based on friendship, a congress in which nations of "many creeds and races, rich and poor," come together to share their knowledge in a nonconfrontational atmosphere.
April 6, 2003
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Varian responds to stock trading activity
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In response to an inquiry from the New York Stock Exchange, radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said it is not aware of any reason for the unusual trading activity of the firm's common stock on Friday.
April 6, 2003
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