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Senate amendment would kill medical device tax
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
An amendment to the Senate's 2014 budget proposal that supports repealing the medical device tax has passed the body with 79 votes, according to a statement from the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance.
March 21, 2013
FDA clears new use for GE's AdreView SPECT tracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a new cardiac indication for the AdreView (iobenguane I-123 injection) SPECT radiopharmaceutical from GE Healthcare.
March 21, 2013
Lantheus moves to reduce expenses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Diagnostic agent developer Lantheus Medical Imaging said on March 21 that it is taking steps to cut expenses, such as reducing internal R&D resources and seeking a partner to assist in the final development of one of its most promising PET radiopharmaceuticals.
March 21, 2013
Digisonics promotes Devlin to president
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics announced it has promoted James Devlin to president of the company.
March 21, 2013
DWI-MRI assists proton beam therapy for ocular melanoma
By Wayne Forrest
The ability of diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI-MRI) to differentiate between ocular melanoma and retinal detachment can help direct the appropriate proton beam therapy for patients, according to a study presented at this month's European Congress of Radiology.
March 21, 2013
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Konica Minolta scores Tenn. contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has taken an order for its AeroDR digital radiography systems for four sports medicine clinics operated by Campbell Clinic Orthopaedics.
March 20, 2013
GE promotes DaTscan study results at AAN meeting
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is touting the results of a randomized study of DaTscan SPECT in adult patients with a diagnosis of possible dementia with Lewy bodies.
March 20, 2013
Piramal's florbetaben PET agent to be reviewed
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Piramal Imaging said that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency have accepted the company's applications for review of its florbetaben investigational PET amyloid imaging agent.
March 20, 2013
House makes progress on helium supply bill
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Legislation that would stabilize the U.S. supply of helium, used to cool MRI magnets, took a step forward this week with the advancement of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.
March 20, 2013
FDA clears iCAD's cervical applicator for Xoft Axxent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection and radiation therapy firm iCAD has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new cervical applicator for use with the Xoft Axxent electronic brachytherapy system.
March 20, 2013
Automated postprocessing tools improve cardiac MR scans
By Erik L. Ridley
Several image postprocessing methods are up for the task of assessing myocardial scar tissue from late gadolinium enhancement on cardiac MR exams, according to a multicenter study presented at the recent Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance meeting.
March 20, 2013
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Jury still out on whether DBT can replace 2D mammography
By Kate Madden Yee
More evidence is needed before radiologists can determine unequivocally that digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) is ready to replace standard digital mammography, according to a literature review published online in the Breast journal. Fortunately, a number of research studies under way could prove that point.
March 20, 2013
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