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MR spectroscopy provides noninvasive prostate cancer staging
CHICAGO - Researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City are reporting that proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) can accurately predict Gleason scores in prostate cancer, making it the first effective, noninvasive method for staging prostate cancer.
December 4, 2002
TRW offers CAD to OEMs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
TRW Healthcare Solutions of Pleasanton, CA, is offering its CAD and image analysis software to equipment manufacturers so they can deliver fully integrated systems to end users.
December 4, 2002
Platinum Equity renames HCP distributor unit
CHICAGO - Platinum Equity has annouced a new name for its imaging distributor unit: SourceOne Healthcare Technologies. The new organization will be formed upon completion of the merger of Platinum acquisitions Philips Health Care Products and Diagnostic Imaging, and is expected to be completed by the end of December.
December 4, 2002
Post-biopsy gel marker stays put on mammographic follow-up
By Shalmali Pal
CHICAGO - Published reports have noted that post-biopsy markers can move dramatically over time and cause pseudo-lesions on mammography, but a new gelatin pledget/metallic marker appears to stay in place.
December 4, 2002
MRI shows progression of West Nile virus encephalitis
CHICAGO - Serial MR imaging of West Nile virus (WNV) encephalitis in the brain of a man who died after contracting the illness shows that extensive disease may be present in such patients before it can be seen in MRI.
December 4, 2002
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MRI agent detects lymph node disease in prostate and renal cancers
Biopharmaceutical companies Advanced Magnetics of Cambridge, MA and Princeton, NJ-based Cytogen said studies presented at this week’s RSNA meeting indicate that investigational MRI contrast agent Combidex is able to distinguish malignant from normal lymph nodes in a variety of cancers, including prostate and renal tumors.
December 3, 2002
Syncor announces agreements with SEC and Justice Department
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Syncor of Woodland Hills, CA also announced today that it had reached separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission related to the previously disclosed improper payments made by Syncor subsidiaries.
December 3, 2002
Mammogram findings indicate higher risk of heart disease
By Edward Susman
CHICAGO - The visualization of calcified breast arteries on a mammogram appears to be linked to the woman’s risk of heart disease, researchers reported at the 88th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.
December 3, 2002
Cryoablation for prostate cancer yields long-term success
By Eric Barnes
CHICAGO - Dr. Duke Bahn from the Crittenton Prostate Center in Ventura, CA, discussed a seven-year follow-up study of prostate cancer patients treated with cryoablation therapy in this week's RSNA scientific sessions.
December 3, 2002
iCAD partners with two digital mammography vendors
Denver, CO-based Fischer and iCAD of Boca Raton, FL, said at this week’s RSNA meeting that they have entered into a development and marketing agreement to provide CAD capability to the Fischer SenoScan TrueView digital mammography system.
December 3, 2002
R2 and Vital Images to merge CT lung nodule software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CAD developer R2 Technology of Sunnyvale, CA and Plymouth, MN-based Vital Images have agreed to integrate their lung nodule detection software.
December 3, 2002
Hologic introduces new bone densitometer
Hologic is introducing its Discovery series of bone densitometers, which the company says combines 10-second bone density measurements with 10-second assessment of vertebral fracture status at this week’s RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 3, 2002
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