Clinical News: Page 680

Hologic to jettison Cynosure aesthetics business

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's imaging vendor Hologic has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Cynosure medical aesthetics business to an affiliate of investment funds managed by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice for $205 million in cash.

November 20, 2019

Revenue slips at International Isotopes in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Revenue decreases in its cobalt products and radiological services segments hampered growth for radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes in its third-quarter and nine-month financial report.

November 20, 2019

MRI scoring system could predict liver transplant need

By Wayne Forrest

European researchers have developed a functional liver imaging score that uses gadoxetic acid-enhanced MRI to help predict which patients with advanced chronic liver disease might need a transplant or are at greater risk of mortality, according to a study published online November 19 in Radiology.

November 20, 2019

PTW unveils multipurpose QA rad therapy phantom

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dosimetry firm PTW has introduced Ruby, a modular, multipurpose phantom designed to provide quality assurance (QA) evaluation of the entire radiotherapy treatment chain.

November 19, 2019

Hospital ordered to pay family for MRI-related death in India

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Bombay High Court this week ordered the city government of Mumbai to pay the interim compensation of 1 million rupees (approximately $14,000 U.S) to the family of a man who died in an MRI accident, according to a November 19 report in the Indian Express.

November 19, 2019

Carestream nets FDA OK on 2 DR products

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its dual-energy imaging technology for digital radiography (DR) and its Focus 35C detector with Image Suite software.

November 19, 2019

Keepsake ultrasound operator fires back at critics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The woman who operated a keepsake ultrasound center in Louisiana that has been in the headlines this week is firing back at her critics, claiming she has done nothing wrong and that the negative media coverage is the result of a campaign orchestrated by a competitor.

November 19, 2019

CT radiation increases risk of thyroid cancer, leukemia

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from the U.S. and Taiwan have identified an association between radiation exposure from CT scans and an increased risk of thyroid cancer and leukemia in a large-scale, population-based study. The findings are covered in an article published online on November 19 in JNCI Cancer Spectrum.

November 19, 2019

AuntMinnie.com Ultrasound Insider

By Kate Madden Yee

November 18, 2019

Mevion lands order in Taiwan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Mevion Medical Systems and systems integrator ASYS have signed an agreement with Chung Shan Medical University Hospital in Taiwan.

November 18, 2019

RaySearch expands customer base with China contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch has received an order for its RayStation treatment planning software from the Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center in China.

November 18, 2019

La. keepsake ultrasound center leaves moms in lurch

By Brian Casey

A group of expecting moms in Louisiana have discovered a hard lesson about the perils of keepsake ultrasound centers. The center apparently told dozens of women the wrong gender for their babies, and it even told one woman to do jumping jacks to enable a better view on ultrasound scans, according to news reports.

November 18, 2019

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