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CompuMed aids in pediatric screening program
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CompuMed is partnering with the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in a newly created pediatric screening program.
January 28, 2009
Report: Canada's isotope supply 'fragile'
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. isn't the only North American country sending warnings about the tenuous supply of medical isotopes. Canadian officials describe the problem as "critical" in a report published in the British journal Nature.
January 28, 2009
Rads prefer dual-energy x-ray over standard DR in lung
By Brian Casey
A Canadian study has found that radiologists preferred the image quality of a dual-energy digital radiography (DR) technique over conventional DR in detecting lung lesions. Dual-energy DR produced better soft-tissue delineation thanks to the removal of bony anatomy from images, according to the researchers.
January 28, 2009
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CIVCO to distribute dosimetry system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound and radiotherapy products provider CIVCO Medical Solutions has signed a deal with software developer Math Resolutions covering a patient dosimetry system.
January 28, 2009
Intelerad to license PACS technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor Intelerad Medical Systems of Montreal has agreed to license PACS technology from Acacia Research subsidiary Hospital Systems.
January 28, 2009
Philips joins SonoDrugs project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips Electronics said that it is leading a European consortium to develop MRI- and ultrasound-guided drug delivery technologies for treating cancer and cardiovascular disease.
January 28, 2009
Boston Scientific to bring Taxus Liberté to Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received clearance from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare to market its Taxus Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
January 28, 2009
Neusoft Positron files 510(k) for Attrius
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Positron joint venture Neusoft Positron Medical Systems in Shenyang, China, has submitted a 510(k) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its Attrius cardiac PET scanner product line.
January 28, 2009
Analogic to cut staff
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical imaging technology developer Analogic said it will reduce its workforce by approximately 140 positions, or 9%, worldwide.
January 28, 2009
Carestream nets Health Canada nod for DRX-1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received a medical device license from Health Canada for its DRX-1 digital radiography system.
January 27, 2009
Visage Imaging sold to Australian IT firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Visage Imaging has been sold by its parent company, Mercury Computer Systems of Chelmsford, MA, Mercury announced.
January 27, 2009
RCT licenses US harmonic patents to Toshiba
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Patent management firm Research Corporation Technologies (RCT) has granted Toshiba Medical Systems a nonexclusive license to patents for its ultrasound tissue harmonic imaging (THI) technology.
January 27, 2009
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