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Nevada radiology practice to pay $2 million settlement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

A Nevada radiology practice has agreed to pay $2 million to settle accusations by the U.S. government that it submitted false reimbursement claims to Medicare.

March 26, 2009

Automated CT volumetry of lymph nodes gauges treatment response

By Eric Barnes

Cancer patients who respond to neoadjuvant therapy have a better prognosis than nonresponders, of course, but with the exception of FDG-PET, reductions in the size of tumors treated with chemotherapy or radiation have been difficult to gauge using imaging modalities that are capable of delineating the anatomy.

March 26, 2009

Beekley debuts ColdSpot postbiopsy product

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Beekley has introduced a new product for post-breast-biopsy patients, the company said.

March 25, 2009

FDA clears Digirad's SPECT/CT device

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its Cardius X-ACT imaging system.

March 25, 2009

VC/AAA screening combo cost-effective in older adults

By Eric Barnes

A new analytic model has found that virtual colonoscopy is a highly cost-effective colon cancer screening method for older adults in the Medicare population, especially when combined with screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a test performed using the same CT dataset at little additional cost.

March 25, 2009

MedSeek wins three-year contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare IT firm MedSeek has inked a three-year contract with a Michigan-based company to create an information management system for the firm.

March 25, 2009