Industry News: Page 1805

Philips grows Q1 sales by 7%
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Driven by its Imaging Systems and Clinical Care Systems segments, Philips Healthcare achieved greater sales growth in the first quarter of 2010.
April 18, 2010
Report: GE ignored Omniscan warnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Documents from the Circuit Court of Cook County in Chicago allege that GE Healthcare declined to restrict the use of its gadolinium-based MRI contrast agent Omniscan, despite warnings from people inside the company.
April 18, 2010
CT attenuation improves sensitivity for bowel wall obstruction
By Eric Barnes
A technique that analyzes the attenuation of small regions of interest in the bowel wall at CT can improve the diagnosis of suspected bowel wall ischemia, a condition associated with substantial morbidity and mortality, according to a study in the April American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 18, 2010
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3T MRA protocol has value but falls short in abdominal vasculature
By Wayne Forrest
A time-resolved 3-tesla MR angiography (MRA) technique that uses less contrast dose than conventional high-resolution MRI has some advantages in the abdominal aorta, but its lower signal-to-noise ratio means it probably won't supplant conventional MRA, according to a study in the May Academic Radiology.
April 18, 2010
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Esaote inks Italian deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Esaote has signed an agreement to implement its cardiac information system and PACS software in the cardiology departments of the Villa Maria Group in Italy.
April 15, 2010
Bracco expands to Korea
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Italian contrast firm Bracco Imaging is planning a direct entry into the Korean market.
April 15, 2010
Varian installs TrueBeam in Zurich
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has implemented its image-guided radiotherapy and radiosurgery TrueBeam system at University Hospital Zurich in Switzerland.
April 15, 2010
VisEn adds FMT imaging module, touts study results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer VisEn Medical has added an FMT Multi-Species Imaging Module for fluorescence molecular tomography (FMT) and related applications on larger preclinical animal models.
April 15, 2010
Merge extends Amicas tender offer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has extended its tender offer for Boston-based PACS developer Amicas to 5 p.m. eastern time on April 23.
April 15, 2010
Court OKs MedQuist, CBay buy of Spheris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all assets of Spheris to speech recognition and transcription technology provider MedQuist and its majority shareholder CBay.
April 15, 2010
GE grows revenue, profit in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Solid order growth drove an increase in revenue and income for GE Healthcare in its first quarter.
April 15, 2010
Obama signs bill averting 21% Medicare pay cut
By Kate Madden Yee
Both the U.S Senate and House of Representatives passed legislation yesterday that once again temporarily delays the 21% cut in physician reimbursements mandated by the sustainable growth rate formula, this time through May 31.
April 15, 2010
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