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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
Dopamine transporter imaging with SPECT narrows Parkinsonian diagnosis
Dopamine transporter imaging using 123I beta-CIT SPECT may improve the accuracy of Parkinsonian syndrome diagnosis, according to a report from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN) meeting last week in Honolulu.
April 6, 2003
GE echo business surges
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems said its cardiovascular ultrasound business grew more than 70% in 2002.
April 3, 2003
Transesophageal MRI improves evaluation of aortic plaque
By Peggy Peck
CHICAGO - The combination of transesophageal magnetic resonance imaging (TE MRI) with standard cardiac MRI is an excellent diagnostic option for the assessment of aortic plaque, according to a presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting.
April 3, 2003
Planmed, SourceOne link up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mammography vendor Planmed of Addison, IL, and imaging equipment distributor SourceOne Healthcare Technologies have entered into an agreement to distribute Planmed’s line of products.
April 3, 2003
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