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NCI to study Advanced Magnetics agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MRI contrast media developer Advanced Magnetics has signed two clinical trial agreements with the National Cancer Institute's Biomedical Imaging Program (BIP).
September 30, 2002
CADx to defend R2 suit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer CADx Medical Systems of Laval, Quebec, will defend itself against a patent infringement lawsuit filed Friday against the firm by R2 Technology.
September 30, 2002
Turf Wars in Radiology, Part V: Radiologists, orthopedists put best foot forward
The bad news, at least from the radiologist's perspective, is that many orthopedists like to perform their own imaging studies. The good news is that some radiologists are beginning to deliver musculoskeletal imaging services in ways that make it easy for their orthopedic colleagues to value and rely on radiologists' expertise.
September 30, 2002
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MR spectroscopy of biopsy specimen could spare breast surgery
By Shalmali Pal
Australian investigators are heading up a research project that will look at the viability of MR spectroscopy analysis of primary breast lesions. This pre-surgical methodology will separate benign tumors from malignant ones, and determine if cancer has spread to the lymph nodes.
September 30, 2002
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Aurora reports MRI-guided breast biopsy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Physicians at Faulkner Hospital in Boston have performed a successful breast biopsy procedure using an MRI-guided interventional system by Aurora Imaging Technology.
September 29, 2002
Referring physicians reserve perfusion imaging for sickest patients
BALTIMORE - Coronary artery disease patients with the most serious symptoms are more likely to wind up in the nuclear medicine imaging department, resulting in skewed referral patterns, according to a presentation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology meeting.
September 29, 2002
PET advocates urge CMS to rethink proposed reimbursement rates
By Kate Madden Yee
Less than six months after raising Medicare reimbursement rates for FDG-PET procedures, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has recommended significantly lower rates for 2003, sparking a flurry of activity among PET proponents to educate CMS on the true cost of PET.
September 29, 2002
R2 sues CADx, Qualia
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided-detection developer R2 Technology has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against CADx Medical Systems and Qualia Computing.
September 26, 2002
Wait time reduced with new rest-stress test protocol
BALTIMORE - Imaging specialists performing the standard technetium-99m sestamibi stress protocol may not need to wait three hours between tests to allow for the breakdown of sestamibi, according to a poster presented Thursday at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference.
September 26, 2002
CryoVascular receives FDA clearance for vascular therapy device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CryoVascular of Los Gatos, CA, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its PolarCath peripheral transluminal angioplasty system.
September 26, 2002
GE debuts cardiac gamma camera
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems is launching Millennium Myosight, a new dedicated cardiac gamma camera, at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference in Baltimore this week.
September 26, 2002
Primary care reminders reduce x-ray requests
By Tracie L. Thompson
By attaching routine educational reminders to radiology reports, British researchers have reduced the number of inappropriate x-ray exams ordered by primary care physicians. The six participating institutions looked at two ways of eliminating clinically useless radiographs.
September 26, 2002
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