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Arthritis Imaging set to launch

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Pennsylvania start-up is planning to begin operations marketing a new device that combines 3D and thermal imaging for the imaging of conditions that lead to arthritis.

January 24, 2007

Stereotaxis hits procedure milestone

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis of St. Louis reports that has achieved several milestones in the use of its magnetic navigation technology.

January 24, 2007

3mensio enters surgical visualization market

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging has signed a contract with the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands for the development and delivery of a new surgical visualization product, 3surgery.

January 17, 2007

Image-guided surgery market in U.S. to reach $300 million

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A report from healthcare research firm Millennium Research Group of Waltham, MA, holds that the U.S. market for image-guided surgery (IGS) procedures, which currently exceeds $150 million, will grow to $300 million by 2011.

January 15, 2007

'Instant replay' fluoroscopy cuts radiation dose in children

By Eric Barnes

If you've ever watched a fluoroscopy study fly by and muttered something less printable than "Wait -- what was that again?" you may not be alone. Considering how fast physiologic processes happen, a little instant-replay action could go a long way toward nailing the diagnosis. Now researchers from Israel have found that a software feature known as last fluoroscopy hold (LFH) can dramatically reduce the need for another pass at the patient, thereby reducing the radiation dose and saving time.

January 8, 2007

VirtualScopics reports record contracts

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Computerized image analysis developer VirtualScopics said it inked new contracts totaling $8.5 million in 2006, up 67% compared with contract signings in 2005.

January 7, 2007

Head and neck surgeons can handle ultrasound, journal article says

By Erik L. Ridley

Head and neck surgeons can readily incorporate office-based ultrasound procedures into their practice, according to an article in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. Office-based ultrasound offers an easy and cost-effective tool to the surgeons, the authors report.

January 4, 2007

US-guided needle aspiration offers effective, low-cost treatment for liver abscesses

By Radiology Review

Trial percutaneous needle aspiration of multiple pyogenic liver abscesses, under ultrasound guidance, should be performed prior to catheter drainage or surgery, according to researchers from Italy. Because of its low-cost, real-time nature, and mobility, ultrasound is more versatile than CT guidance, the group states.

January 4, 2007

Phase imaging with MPR improves MDCT of pancreatic cancer

By Radiology Review

For evaluating pancreatic adenocarcinoma using triple-phase multidetector-row CT (MDCT), a combination of pancreatic parenchymal and portal venous phase imaging is essential and appropriate, according to radiologists in Japan.

January 3, 2007

Temporal subtraction technique improves diagnostic accuracy, speed

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Although bone scintigraphy is one of the more widely used nuclear medicine studies, interpreting the images is time-intensive, and detecting interval changes can be problematic. Now researchers from Chicago have developed a computerized temporal subtraction technique used between successive whole-body bone scans that may reduce physicians' reading time and improve their accuracy.

January 3, 2007

Hansen completes robotic catheter trial

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Robotic technology developer Hansen Medical of Mountain View, CA, has completed a seven-day clinical trial of its Sensei robotic catheter system.

December 24, 2006

Advanced visualization alone reduces coronary CTA accuracy

By Eric Barnes

Radiologists using advanced visualization software to get the best coronary CT angiography (CTA) results might want to take another look. Radiologists in Germany and the U.S. have concluded that reading CTA data using advanced visualization techniques alone can miss many relevant stenoses that would have been found with a glance at the native CT data.

December 21, 2006

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