Clinical News: Page 806

Bicycle Therapeutics makes executive changes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotechnology firm Bicycle Therapeutics has appointed Peter Leone as chief business officer and promoted Lee Kalowski from chief financial officer to president of the company's U.S. subsidiary.

February 19, 2019

Medsquare upgrades dose monitoring software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation dose management firm Medsquare plans to show an upgraded version of its patient radiation dose monitoring software at ECR 2019 next week in Vienna.

February 19, 2019

Germitec to launch disinfection system for ultrasound probes at ECR

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French firm Germitec plans to launch its new chemical-free, ultrafast, high-level disinfection system for ultrasound probes at ECR 2019 next week in Vienna.

February 19, 2019

Fraunhofer MEVIS presents AI at SPIE meeting

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

German research organization Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine (MEVIS) is presenting several artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms at the International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE) Medical Imaging conference this week in San Diego.

February 19, 2019

Lantheus posts sales gains, earnings dip in Q4

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Driven by strong worldwide sales of its Definity ultrasound contrast agent, Lantheus Holdings reported a 6.2% sales gain in its fourth quarter. Net income declined, however, due to adjustments in tax reporting completed in 2017.

February 19, 2019

Philips scores FDA nod for DR system

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its DigitalDiagnost C90 premium digital radiography (DR) system.

February 19, 2019

ACR sounds alarm regarding Medicare ultrasound cuts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The American College of Radiology (ACR) is urging radiologists to help it block $112 million in Medicare ultrasound reimbursement cuts by sending invoices to the college that reflect the actual cost of ultrasound equipment.

February 19, 2019

Lower recall rate makes DBT better for breast screening

By Kate Madden Yee

Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) has a lower recall rate compared with full-field digital mammography, making it an effective breast cancer screening tool, according to a study published online February 13 in Academic Radiology.

February 19, 2019

3D printing yields custom-fit glasses for kids

By Abraham Kim

Researchers from California have developed a method for creating individually tailored 3D-printed glasses based on the CT scans of kids with craniofacial defects who are unable to wear standard frames, according to a study published online in the Journal of the American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus.

February 19, 2019

AI developer Aidence adds $11.3M to seed funding

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Netherlands-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm Aidence has received $11.3 million in a series A funding round, bringing its total funding to $14.2 million.

February 19, 2019

Targeted MRI signal could provide insights to psychosis

By Wayne Forrest

Results of a type of MRI protocol called neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (NM-MRI) could help diagnose psychosis and provide an indicator of psychosis severity, according to a study published February 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

February 19, 2019

MRI measurements can change Parkinson's diagnosis

By Wayne Forrest

With a tweak to a proven MRI method for measuring certain brain regions, Italian researchers have eased the difficult task of differentiating between Parkinson's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy with parkinsonism. Results of their study were published online February 13 in Movement Disorders.

February 19, 2019

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