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ImaginAb names chief business officer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging agent developer ImaginAb has named Ivan Plavec, PhD, as its new full-time chief business officer.
January 1, 2019
RaySearch upgrades info system, takes order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch has released a new version of its RayCare 2C oncology information system and has received a new contract.
January 1, 2019
Varian gets Chinese trade tariff exemption
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Trade Representative has approved a request from radiation oncology firm Varian Medical Systems to have its Halcyon radiotherapy systems manufactured in China excluded from U.S. trade tariffs.
January 1, 2019
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United Imaging breaks into U.S. imaging market
By Wayne Forrest
Shanghai-based United Imaging Healthcare (UIH) has officially put down stakes in the U.S. UIH Solutions made its debut at RSNA 2018 with a multimodality line of scanners, including a unique total-body PET scanner.
January 1, 2019
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JAMA: CCTA may not be best first-line exam for chest pain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Current evidence does not support coronary CT angiography (CCTA) as the test of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of chest pain, says a cardiologist from California in a December 26 editorial published in JAMA Cardiology.
January 1, 2019
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Use mammography to leverage CT lung cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast cancer screening offers radiology practices the opportunity to encourage women to get screened for lung cancer and receive smoking cessation counseling, according to research delivered at the RSNA 2018 meeting.
January 1, 2019
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RaySearch adds machine-learning feature to RayStation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy software developer RaySearch Laboratories has released the latest iteration of its RayStation treatment planning system, which now offers machine-learning and deep-learning applications.
December 20, 2018
Chinese researchers look to build 14T MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Clinical MRI magnet strength might not yet have peaked. Chinese researchers are looking to develop a 14-tesla scanner.
December 20, 2018
Is menopause a good time to treat women for Alzheimer's?
By Wayne Forrest
By using women's menopausal status and levels of beta-amyloid plaque as markers for possible progression to Alzheimer's disease, researchers are hoping to determine the best time to begin treatment to slow the onset of the condition, according to a study published online December 12 in PLOS One.
December 20, 2018
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Trixell launches Chinese subsidiary
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Trixell has launched a new subsidiary in China called Trixell Medical Devices, headquartered in Shanghai.
December 19, 2018
AR aids image-guided spinal procedures on live patients
By Abraham Kim
Researchers from Washington, DC, have successfully used augmented reality (AR) technology to perform image-guided spinal procedures on patients with an accuracy matching that of traditional fluoroscopy, according to research presented at the RSNA 2018 meeting in Chicago.
December 19, 2018
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CT lung screening spots cancers earlier in China
By Abraham Kim
A large-scale CT lung screening program in China detected a higher proportion of early-stage lung cancers than did comparable trials in the U.S. and Europe, even for a population that included relatively young, nonsmoking adults, according to an article recently published online in Academic Radiology.
December 19, 2018
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