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FDA clears mobile version of GE’s Discovery ST PET/CT
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration has given 510(k) clearance to GE Medical Systems of Waukesha, WI, for the mobile version of its Discovery ST PET/CT system.
March 30, 2003
Islet cell transplantation may replace insulin for diabetes
SALT LAKE CITY - Twelve-month outcome data from the first patients treated with the Edmonton protocol for islet cell transplantation indicates that 8 of 10 patients with type 1 diabetes can achieve insulin independence with transplantation.
March 30, 2003
Philips hires new senior executives
Multimodality vendor Philips Medical Systems has hired two new senior executives, one of whom previously worked for Siemens, and the other with management experience at GE.
March 30, 2003
NIBIB co-sponsors pancreatic beta cell imaging workshop
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A workshop on imaging the pancreatic beta cell will be held April 21-22 in Bethesda, MD.
March 30, 2003
SIR presentation offers program for interventional rads to master MRA
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Standard MR angiography is considered the workhorse modality for vascular screening. But patient motion, in-plane saturation, and a prolonged scan time make it a less-than-perfect modality for the interventional radiologist who has higher aspirations for vascular imaging.
March 29, 2003
CTA serves as sole pre-op imaging for AAA endograft patients
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Interventional radiologists at the UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas are relying almost exclusively on CT angiography assessment of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) prior to performing endografts. Dr. Bart Dolmatch presented his group’s work Saturday at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting.
March 29, 2003
Korean investigators share angiographic pitfalls of HCC
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Korean interventional radiologists reviewed a decade’s worth of data on angiographic diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) to come up with a comprehensive list of imaging pitfalls. Avoiding these pitfalls is especially vital when performing transcatheter arterial chemoembolization (TACE) for cancer treatment.
March 28, 2003
Women respond well to UAE in the long term, SIR study shows
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Interventional radiologists may be sold on the advantages of uterine artery embolization (UAE), but how do patients feel about the procedure, especially a year or more after surgery? They're more than satisfied, according to a survey presented Friday at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) meeting.
March 28, 2003
Radiologists gain market share in GI tract procedures
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Gastrointestinal access services are a wide-open market for interventional radiologists, according to a talk Friday at the Society for Interventional Radiology (SIR) conference. In the past several years, radiologists have seen substantial gains in such procedures compared with surgeons and others, while gastroenterologists continue to dominate the specialty.
March 27, 2003
Catheter-driven MR scanner offers faster intravascular guidance
By Shalmali Pal
SALT LAKE CITY - Fine-tuning MRI parameters during vascular intervention can be a time-consuming process that requires the interventional radiologist to turn away from the procedure and work on a keyboard or mouse. But researchers from Ohio have devised a way to adjust imaging parameters in real-time, using an intravascular catheter.
March 27, 2003
Toshiba shows Ultimax with DynaDirect detector
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems is showcasing its Ultimax multipurpose x-ray system at this week's meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology in Salt Lake City.
March 27, 2003
Longport adds new president, marketing deal
Portable ultrasound developer Longport has appointed Paul Wilson as president, and announced a potential new sales distributor in the wound-care market.
March 27, 2003
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