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Universal Medical to sell DDD gamma cameras

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Universal Medical Resources has signed on to handle U.S. distribution of the CorCam dedicated cardiac gamma camera from Danish nuclear medicine technology developer DDD-Diagnostic.

March 11, 2013

Atirix upgrades tracking software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical software developer Atirix Medical Systems has released a new version of its MG-Track software, an exam tracking, patient letter, and medical audit reporting system.

March 11, 2013

GE, NFL join forces to tackle traumatic brain injury

By Cynthia E. Keen

NEW YORK CITY - With the goal of improving the safety of athletes, members of the U.S. Armed Forces, and society overall, GE Healthcare and the National Football League (NFL) have launched a $60 million program aimed at speeding the diagnosis of and improving treatment for mild traumatic brain injury.

March 11, 2013

Adding digital tomo to mammography boosts cancer detection rate

By Rebekah Moan

VIENNA - Adding digital breast tomosynthesis to digital mammography increased the breast cancer detection rate from 1.26% to 2.03%, in a study from Spain presented on Monday at ECR 2013.

March 11, 2013

'Unfair' regulatory stance on radiotracers poses threat to PET's future

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - Legal and regulatory issues surrounding the production and uses of radiotracers represent a significant threat to PET imaging, a senior luminary told ECR 2013 attendees at Sunday's professional challenges session on the legal matters related to multimodality techniques.

March 10, 2013

Gymnasts' spines, footballers' ankles, and golfers' wrists take the strain

By Philip Ward

VIENNA - The ultrademanding and highly competitive nature of modern professional sport was visible to all during Sunday's refresher course on overuse injuries at ECR 2013. An international group of radiologists discussed common injuries in professional athletes and what to look for when imaging these patients.

March 10, 2013

A 3-piece jigsaw: patient, radiologist, clinician. But do they fit together?

By Becky McCall

VIENNA - The delicate balance of power and complex set of interactions between radiologists, patients, and clinicians was the subject of some lively and frank discussion at Sunday's professional challenges session, which followed a novel and original format, at ECR 2013.

March 10, 2013

CIVCO names new sales VP

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has appointed Hap Peterson as vice president of North American sales for its radiation oncology business unit.

March 10, 2013

Bracco promotes MultiHance study results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Bracco Diagnostics is highlighting results from a recent study that found a single, standard dose of its MultiHance MR contrast agent provided at least equivalent contrast enhancement and diagnostic performance to a double dose of gadopentetate dimeglumine in MR angiography of the peripheral arteries.

March 10, 2013

CT colonography screening bill reintroduced in House

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

U.S. Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) and co-sponsor Rep. Danny Davis (D-IL) have reintroduced HR 991, the CT Colonography Screening for Colorectal Cancer Act.

March 10, 2013

CMS: 2% Medicare fee-for-service cuts begin April 1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) said that all claims from healthcare providers for Medicare fee-for-service program reimbursement will be subject to a 2% reduction, effective April 1.

March 10, 2013

Prone-supine matching algorithm shows high accuracy in CTC

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - U.K. researchers have developed an accurate matching algorithm to deal with the gnarly problem of integrating prone and supine CT colonography (CTC) datasets, according to a presentation at ECR 2013.

March 10, 2013

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