Clinical News: Page 3401

RTs score well in breast imaging classification

By Shalmali Pal

Researchers from Pittsburgh set out to test whether mammography technologists have the skills to take on more diagnostic responsibilities and classify screening mammograms.

January 21, 2003

MRA may make invasive angiography obsolete

By Edward Susman

MIAMI BEACH, FL - Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) has supplanted invasive angiography for assessing treatment options in patients with vascular disease, according to a presenter at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy.

January 20, 2003

NuWay Medical boosts 3-D US rental program

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

NuWay Medical, a medical device distribution firm based in Laguna Hills, CA, has signed an agreement with Mission Viejo, CA-based KMB Medical Marketing to recruit, train, and supervise sales agents for its 3-D ultrasound rental agreements.

January 20, 2003

Stereotactic radiosurgery slated for live Web broadcast

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC, is scheduled to present a live Internet broadcast of a gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery procedure on a malignant brain tumor beginning at 5 p.m. U.S. EST today.

January 20, 2003

Theseus withdraws IND application

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Theseus Imaging is withdrawing its investigational new drug (IND) application to the Food and Drug Administration for its Hynic-Annexin V product candidate.

January 20, 2003

Given Imaging gets new payors on board

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel has received coverage policies for use of its M2A capsule endoscope from Blue Cross of California, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island Medicare, and HGSAdministrators, the Medicare Part B insurance carrier servicing Medicare beneficiaries in Pennsylvania.

January 20, 2003

Offsite ASP archive fulfills disaster-recovery, backup requirements

By Erik L. Ridley

Planning for data recovery and backup is crucial in a filmless environment, because the only copy of the imaging study may be the one stored in the PACS archive. One California hospital successfully addressed the data backup issue with a home-grown solution based on an application service provider (ASP) model.

January 20, 2003

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Positron records PET sale

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET vendor Positron has shipped an mPower PET scanner to Health Imaging Services, a freestanding imaging center in Cullman, AL.

January 19, 2003

Fischer taps Broda

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mammography vendor Fischer Imaging has hired Janine Broda as director of corporate healthcare strategy, national accounts.

January 19, 2003

Philips introduces five-minute MRI scanning package

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Medical Systems has launched a new MRI scanning package that enables clinicians to conduct a whole-body scan in about five minutes.

January 19, 2003

GE Medical sales, profit climb

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Medical Systems turned in a record 2002, reporting revenues of $8.955 billion.

January 19, 2003

Cocaine abuse may irreversibly damage dopamine neurons

Chronic cocaine users experience the loss of a transporter protein, which could indicate damage to striatal dopamine fibers and permanent neuronal changes. Researchers from Michigan worked with a selective radiotracer to illustrate the molecular mechanisms of cocaine addiction.

January 19, 2003

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