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VC screening trials find good sensitivity, high patient acceptance
By Eric Barnes
A number of recent studies have examined feasibility and patient-acceptance issues associated with virtual colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer. Trials in Australia and in Holland found that individuals preferred VC over conventional colonoscopy.
October 29, 2002
GE to launch new e-Speed EBCT scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems is launching e-Speed, the first completely new electron beam computed tomography scanner to be developed since the company bought EBCT vendor Imatron in December 2001.
October 29, 2002
Boston Scientific biliary stent approved
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration has given Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, clearance to market its biliary stent system.
October 29, 2002
New SNM regulatory guide for nuclear medicine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) has published a reference guide for nuclear medicine professionals who want to bring their facilities into compliance with recently revised U.S. regulations governing the medical use of nuclear byproduct materials.
October 29, 2002
AIUM now accepting grant applications
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine’s Education and Research Fund is accepting applications for four research grants to be awarded in 2003.
October 29, 2002
Minnies competition pulls into home stretch
By Brian Casey
Suspense is reaching fever pitch in The Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’s annual event to recognize excellence in radiology. Our original list of 228 candidates has been narrowed to just 30 finalists in each of our 15 categories. Now it’s up to you to pick the winners!
October 29, 2002
The Minnies 2002 candidates
The following is a list of all 228 candidates in 15 categories of the 2002 Minnies, AuntMinnie.com’s annual event to recognize excellence in radiology. Congratulations to everyone who was nominated!
October 28, 2002
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MDS Nordion medical isotope reactor restarted
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian isotope manufacturer MDS Nordion has received Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) authorization to restart low-power commissioning of its Maple 1 reactor at Chalk River, ON, near its Ottawa headquarters.
October 28, 2002
iCAD launches lease program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Hudson, NH-based iCAD says its operating-lease program will allow women’s health centers to immediately provide patients the benefit of CAD without large capital outlays.
October 28, 2002
Combined PET and MRI distinguish necrosis from tumor recurrence
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
SAN DIEGO - The aggressiveness of many brain tumors makes accurate imaging vital for staging and patient management. At the 2002 Academy of Molecular Imaging conference, Dr. Miguel Pozo of the Centro PET Complutense in Madrid found that coregistered FDG PET and MR images accurately distinguished necrosis from tumor recurrence.
October 28, 2002
Positron emission mammography shows promise for breast imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
SAN DIEGO - Positive results in mammography and ultrasound don't always correspond to malignancy, so researchers at the Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, developed a technique that coregisters PET and mammographic images.
October 27, 2002
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Syncor debuts radiation emergency kits
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Syncor Radiation Management has begun marketing an emergency kit for use in possible terrorist attacks involving radiation contamination.
October 27, 2002
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