Clinical News: Page 647

FDA OKs trials for MS PET tracer

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved human trials for a new PET radiotracer that could help diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) in its early stages.

January 28, 2020

Findings from NELSON trial affirm benefits of CT lung screening

By Abraham Kim

The much-anticipated final results from the Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening (NELSON) trial were published online January 29 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings reaffirm that CT lung cancer screening can significantly reduce high-risk smokers' likelihood of death from lung cancer.

January 28, 2020

GE Healthcare reports marginal growth in 2019

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Higher sales in its Life Sciences business helped GE Healthcare achieve slightly higher revenues for the fiscal fourth quarter of 2019 and the year.

January 28, 2020

Accuray posts mixed Q2 results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Despite a decline in overall revenue, radiation oncology firm Accuray posted net income for its second quarter and first six months of fiscal 2020.

January 28, 2020

No signs of residual gadolinium after MR arthrography

By Wayne Forrest

No signs of residual gadolinium uptake in the brain were found following intra-articular administration of a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) for MR arthrography in a new study, published online January 25 in Skeletal Radiology. The findings indicate that residual gadolinium may not occur with intra-articular use.

January 28, 2020

X-ray helps diagnose coronavirus in Vietnamese man

By Brian Casey

Radiography was one of several diagnostic tools that helped detect the presence of novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a Vietnamese man who had traveled to Wuhan, China, the center of the outbreak. The case study was reported on January 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

January 27, 2020

Jubilant gets Health Canada nod for Drax Exametazime

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Jubilant Radiopharma has garnered Health Canada clearance for Drax Exametazime, a kit for preparing technetium-99m exametazime for leukocyte labeling.

January 27, 2020

AuntMinnie.com Women's Imaging Insider

By Theresa Pablos

January 27, 2020

Philips upgrades its Zenition mobile C-arm

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare announced that clinicians can now operate the company's Zenition mobile C-arm inside the sterile field during interventional procedures and that the C-arm allows for the use of intravascular ultrasound for peripheral vascular procedures.

January 27, 2020

Deep learning could help MS patients avoid GBCA MRI

By Wayne Forrest

With the aid of a deep-learning model, a team of researchers has detected with greater than 70% accuracy active lesions in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), potentially helping them avoid repeat MRI scans and multiple doses of gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs), according to a study published in the February issue of Radiology.

January 27, 2020

Experts reemphasize value of imaging in EVALI diagnosis

By Abraham Kim

A team of U.S. radiologists and pathologists outlined the current understanding of electronic cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury (EVALI), the value of imaging in its diagnosis, and lingering questions about the condition in a review article published online January 28 in Radiology.

January 27, 2020

FDA takes action to counter novel coronavirus

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlined steps it plans to take to advance the development of countermeasures against the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a statement released January 27.

January 26, 2020

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