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Sirtex reports large sales gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sirtex Medical said that dose sales of its SIR-Spheres yttrium-90 resin microspheres in the Americas region grew more than 28% over the same period a year ago.
February 19, 2015
FDA issues massive recall of GE MRI scanners
By Brian Casey
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered a recall of thousands of MRI scanners manufactured by GE Healthcare to correct a problem that could "result in life-threatening injuries" if magnet shutdown modules are disconnected, according to an FDA notice.
February 18, 2015
Endomag begins trial of breast cancer staging system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.K. cancer care technology developer Endomag said that a pivotal clinical trial is underway in the U.S. for its Sentimag and Sienna+ magnetic detection system, which is designed to stage breast cancer during sentinel lymph node biopsy procedures.
February 18, 2015
Results of European CT screening trial can be widely applied
By Eric Barnes
Individuals scanned with CT in the Nederlands-Leuvens Longkanker Screenings Onderzoek (NELSON) lung cancer screening trial had a similar risk of cancer as people who did not participate in the study, meaning the research can be generalized to a wider population.
February 18, 2015
VidiStar partners with CSI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS developer VidiStar and Computer Service Innovations (CSI) have formed a partnership.
February 18, 2015
Info on 'overdiagnosis' saps interest in breast screening
By Kate Madden Yee
Giving women more information about the negative aspects of mammography, such as overdiagnosis, makes them less inclined to want breast screening, according to a new Australian study published online February 17 in Lancet.
February 18, 2015
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Imaging Biometrics touts ACRIN trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Biometrics is touting results of an American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) trial in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
February 18, 2015
Breast MR useful for assessing BI-RADS 4 lesions
By Kate Madden Yee
A new study published in the February issue of Radiology found that breast MR is useful for working up suspicious lesions classified as BI-RADS 4 at mammography or ultrasound -- and, in fact, can help avoid 92% of unnecessary biopsies.
February 18, 2015
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MRI scanner installed in Palestine
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A new MRI scanner has been installed at An-Najah National University Hospital in Nablus in Palestine.
February 17, 2015
Calgary Scientific upgrades ResolutionMD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Calgary Scientific has released ResolutionMD 5.0 to enhance communication among practitioners and patients.
February 17, 2015
DTI-MRI shows muscle distress in marathon runners
By Wayne Forrest
The marathon season is fast approaching, and people training to run those 26.2 miles will endure countless aches, pains, and muscle pulls. Dutch researchers are using diffusion-tensor MRI (DTI-MRI) to gain new insight into the toll that long-distance races take on the human body.
February 17, 2015
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Mobius releases software upgrade
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Mobius Medical Systems has released an upgrade to its Mobius3D radiation therapy quality assurance and treatment planning software.
February 17, 2015
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