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Guidant/Cook deal in doubt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The bid by Guidant to buy fellow interventional device firm Cook appears to be unraveling due to disappointing results for a drug-eluting stent that Cook is developing.
January 2, 2003
EP MedSystems files for CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac electrophysiology developer EP MedSystems has submitted its ViewMate intracardiac ultrasound catheter system for CE Mark regulatory approval in Europe.
January 2, 2003
Cytogen regains rights to PMSA therapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical firm Cytogen has regained the rights to ex vivo prostate cancer immunotherapy using prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) following the expiration of its agreement with Northwest Biotherapeutics of Bothell, WA.
January 2, 2003
Self-referred screening patients are far less likely to find abnormal results
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists play a key role in steering the right patients into CT screening -- and the wrong patients away from it -- according to researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles.
January 2, 2003
Cardinal Health closes acquisition of Syncor
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare firm Cardinal Health has completed its acquisition of radiopharmaceutical company of Woodland Hills, CA.
January 1, 2003
PointDx, E-Z-EM ink license agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy and contrast firm E-Z-EM has signed a technology license agreement with virtual endoscopy and structured reporting developer PointDx.
January 1, 2003
MRI shows potential for staging pediatric non-Hodgkins lymphoma
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto are using whole-body MRI to stage pediatric NHL. Their findings thus far have been encouraging, and they believe MRI may one day replace standard radiographic procedures.
January 1, 2003
CompuMed trims loss in 2002
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry developer CompuMed today reported slightly higher revenues and a lower net loss for fiscal year 2002 (end-Sept. 30) compared to last year.
December 30, 2002
Strike a pose: PET sheds light on benefits of yoga
By Shalmali Pal
From treating cancer at Memorial Sloan-Kettering to calming fears in psychiatric patients, yoga is being integrated into modern healthcare. Imaging specialists are doing their part to study and quantify the affects and possible advantages of a yoga practice.
December 30, 2002
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CCD and flat-panel DR highlight CMT offerings
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Digital radiography developer CMT Medical Technologies of Haifa, Israel, brought both charge-coupled device (CCD) and flat-panel DR technology to showcase at the 2002 RSNA in Chicago.
December 29, 2002
US enables reliable diagnosis of pediatric orbital infections
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Pediatric radiologists at the University of Innsbruck Medical School in Austria recommend the early use of ultrasound imaging of the orbit in all children with periorbital swelling and erythema.
December 29, 2002
Finding unsuspected lesions with PET
By Brian Casey
PET has demonstrated its effectiveness in pathologies ranging from breast cancer to Alzheimer’s. In a new study, the modality has shown an ability to find unsuspected lesions other than the primary tumor for which the patient is being scanned.
December 26, 2002
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