Industry News: Page 2041

IBt teams with Russia on prostate cancer implants

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

International Brachytherapy (IBt) has set up a joint venture with Russian state fund Rusnanotech and local partners to manufacture prostate cancer implants in that country.

April 9, 2009

ETIAM upgrades CD-in

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

French software firm ETIAM has released an upgrade for CD-in, the company's application for importing images on CDs and DVDs or other media from outside institutions into a PACS network.

April 9, 2009

CardioDynamics sees revenue dip in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Impedance cardiography developer CardioDynamics posted a dip in revenue in the first quarter of 2009.

April 9, 2009

New Mexico governor signs US, MRI licensure bill

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

New Mexico governor Bill Richardson has signed a bill into law that requires healthcare professionals who perform diagnostic medical sonography and MRI to be licensed in that state, according to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists.

April 9, 2009

U.K. specialists want relevancy, detail in radiology reports

By Cynthia E. Keen

Radiology reports that are most beneficial include clinical comments and are presented in a consistent, easy-to-read tabular format, according to a survey of physicians ordering radiology procedures from a community hospital in northwest England.

April 9, 2009

VC CAD plus electronic cleaning boosts sensitivity, false positives

By Eric Barnes

Computer-aided detection (CAD) of colorectal polyps combined with electronic cleansing of tagged data is a promising but technically daunting approach to finding more polyps in virtual colonoscopy. In a new Korean study, electronic cleansing slightly increased the sensitivity of CAD but more than doubled the number of false-positive detections.

April 9, 2009