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EPMedSystems files 510(k) for ultrasound catheter system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electrophysiology equipment developer EPMedSystems has submitted a 510(k) filing with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for regulatory approval of its ViewMate intracardiac ultrasound catheter system.
April 3, 2003
Residents' after-hours CT interpretation shows high accuracy
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
After-hours interpretation of body CT examinations by radiology residents shows an accuracy rate similar to that of board-certified radiologists, according to a study conducted at the University of Arizona in Tucson.
April 3, 2003
Amnesiacs retain some memories, according to MR studies
MRI studies of amnesic patients are teasing out the pathways of memory, researchers said at the 2003 Rotman Research Institute conference in Toronto. An investigator from Rotman compared the brain activity of an amnesic patient with that of a healthy control subject. Meanwhile, another researcher from Germany sought the brain correlates of functional retrograde amnesia.
April 3, 2003
Imaging centers offer solution to hospital economic pressures
By Brian Casey
Hospital radiology departments can successfully address economic pressures by sending outpatient imaging studies to freestanding imaging centers, without any decrease in quality of service. That’s the opinion of imaging economics expert Dr. Thomas Dehn, who spoke on the topic at a conference this week in Philadelphia.
April 3, 2003
DraxImage begins U.S. shipments of I-131 kit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Draxis Health division DraxImage has initiated U.S. shipments of its recently approved radiotherapeutic product, a kit for the preparation of sodium iodide I-131 capsules and oral solution.
April 2, 2003
Cine MR cuts acute myocardial infarction exam time
CHICAGO - In a presentation at the American College of Cardiology meeting, radiologists from William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI say they can reduce the time needed to delineate hibernating myocardium and assess microvascular dysfunction by more than a third.
April 2, 2003
Confirma inks research deal with UCSD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-processing firm Confirma and the Robert M. Berk Magnetic Resonance Institute at the University of California, San Diego have signed an agreement to conduct research using Confirma’s CADstream system for breast MR image processing and analysis.
April 2, 2003
PET/CT boosts confidence in rectal cancer staging, US yields high sensitivity
By Eric Barnes
Restaging rectal cancer after surgery was more accurate with PET/CT than with PET alone, according to a study presented at the 2003 European Congress of Radiology. Other studies found that ultrasound beats both MR and CT for assessing local tumor invasion, and that CT multiplanar reconstructions are better than the standard axial kind for staging.
April 2, 2003
3-D power Doppler challenges standard aneurysm visualization
HONOLULU - Three-dimensional transcranial power Doppler imaging (3D-PDI) has shown promise as a rapid, noninvasive screening method for visualizing ruptured intracranial aneurysms in the emergency room, researchers reported Tuesday at the American Academy of Neurology meeting.
April 1, 2003
Medrad inks Novation deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medrad of Indianola, PA, has signed an agreement with group purchasing organization Novation that allows Medrad to supply its MR-compatible 9500 patient monitors to hospitals in the VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium networks.
April 1, 2003
Fischer delays filing of year-end results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women’s imaging vendor Fischer Imaging of Denver has delayed the filing of its 10-K annual report for 2002.
April 1, 2003
Using PET to tailor antidepressant dosage
By Robert Bruce
UCLA neuroscientists used PET to determine the effectiveness of paroxetine (Paxil) in treating obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) versus major depression. The study, in the March 2003 American Journal of Psychiatry, compares neurobiological predictors of response to the same treatment of these disorders.
April 1, 2003
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