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Philips Healthcare's Q1 sales flat, imaging sales decline
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare reported a 1% decline in sales in its imaging systems division in its 2013 first quarter, as weaknesses in Western Europe and North America affected the company.
April 21, 2013
Elekta sells Versa HD systems to MD Anderson
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has sold two Versa HD linear accelerators to MD Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas.
April 21, 2013
Toshiba gains partners for fMRI research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba America Medical Systems announced it is partnering with cancer institute Shands at the University of Florida and Keck Medical Center of the University of Southern California to conduct research in functional MRI (fMRI).
April 21, 2013
ONC establishes new health IT workgroup
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has created a new workgroup whose responsibilities will focus on improving patient safety and promoting innovation in health information technology, including mobile medical applications.
April 18, 2013
Veritas to build Pa. cancer treatment center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation shielding protection firm Veritas Medical Solutions has won a contract to build a modular cancer treatment center at the Phoenixville Cancer Center in Phoenixville, PA.
April 18, 2013
GE's Q1 healthcare sales flat, profit edges up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Industrial conglomerate GE reported that first-quarter sales in its GE Healthcare division were essentially flat for the period, although the group's profit edged up 2% as the company works to control costs.
April 18, 2013
Eli Lilly buys PET drug candidates from Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly has acquired two investigational PET drug candidates from Siemens Healthcare designed to image early signs of Alzheimer's disease.
April 18, 2013
AT&T lands cloud installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
AT&T has landed two installations of its cloud-based platform for managing and storing medical images.
April 18, 2013
Navidea touts JNM study on amyloid imaging candidate
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is highlighting a peer-reviewed study that assessed the performance of its fluorine-18-labeled amyloid imaging candidate.
April 18, 2013
iCAD highlights brachytherapy research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection and radiation therapy firm iCAD said that positive data involving its Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system for the treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer is being presented at the American Brachytherapy Society annual meeting this week in New Orleans.
April 18, 2013
GOP senators suggest MU program needs 'reboot'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Six U.S. senators from the Republican Party believe that the "meaningful use" (MU) federal financial incentive program promoting electronic health record adoption needs to be recalibrated to be effective.
April 18, 2013
New approach may elevate thyroid elastography performance
By Erik L. Ridley
Ultrasound elastography has established a role in breast imaging, and the thyroid is one of the next clinical applications on the horizon. At last week's American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine meeting, Polish researchers unveiled a new data analysis method that may improve the technique's ability to characterize benign from malignant thyroid nodules.
April 18, 2013
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