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Medtronic buys Visualase

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Medtronic has completed the acquisition of Visualase, a company that develops and markets MRI-guided technology for minimally invasive neurosurgeries.

August 3, 2014

Standard mammography image processing best for calcifications

By Kate Madden Yee

Standard image processing algorithms help mammography detect calcification clusters more effectively than low-contrast or film-screen algorithms and could reduce false positives, according to a new study published in the August issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

July 30, 2014

Merge sales dip, net loss narrows in Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare reduced its net loss in the second quarter of 2014.

July 29, 2014

NEJM article seeks more FDA regulation of mHealth apps

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

While mobile health (mHealth) apps have the potential to broaden healthcare access and control costs, more regulatory oversight is needed to ensure consumer confidence and safety, according to an article in the New England Journal of Medicine.

July 28, 2014

ACR backs tomo payments; PET and radiomics; TAE in the UAE

By Brian Casey

July 23, 2014

AAPM: Radiomics helps fine-tune radiation therapy dose

By Wayne Forrest

By extracting statistical information and other measurements from PET images using a data analysis technique called radiomics, researchers have developed a way to determine radiation therapy dose more accurately, according to a study presented this week at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting.

July 23, 2014