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Ousted South African nuclear executives head to court

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

South Africa's Pretoria High Court is scheduled next week to hear from three former board members of South African Nuclear Energy who are appealing their suspensions over allegations of mismanagement.

January 9, 2019

Sectra secures NC contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PACS provider Sectra has won a contract with Charlotte Radiology of North Carolina to install its Sectra PACS for breast imaging software in 15 of the company's breast centers.

January 9, 2019

Endologix appoints new CCO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional technology developer Endologix has appointed John Zehren as its chief commercial officer (CCO), effective January 7.

January 9, 2019

QT Ultrasound launches commercial scanning centers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer QT Ultrasound has opened three commercial breast scanning centers that will feature its QTscan breast imaging technology.

January 9, 2019

Philips rearranges business segments

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare parent Royal Philips has announced a realignment of its three major business segments: As of January 1, the reporting segments are Diagnosis and Treatment, Connected Care, and Personal Health.

January 9, 2019

Is fluoroscopy or CT guidance best for spinal injections?

By Abraham Kim

CT guidance allowed interventional radiologists to perform spinal injections just as effectively as they did using traditional fluoroscopy but with much lower personal radiation exposure, according to an article published online January 8 in Radiology. The cost? Increased radiation exposure to patients.

January 9, 2019

FDA to fast track RadioMedix, Curium PET agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotechnology firm RadioMedix and global nuclear medicine firm Curium have received fast-track designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for their PET diagnostic radiopharmaceutical copper-64 DOTATATE.

January 8, 2019

Start-up BURL develops ultrasound-based 'ECG for stroke'

By Brian Casey

SAN FRANCISCO - A California start-up is developing an ultrasound-based device that it hopes could become a low-cost way to test patients for stroke, much in the same way electrocardiograms (ECGs) assess heart-attack patients. Executives with BURL Concepts presented the idea at this week's Digital Medicine & Medtech (DigiMed) Showcase.

January 8, 2019

Beyond BMI: AMRA aims to take MRI fat analysis further

By Brian Casey

SAN FRANCISCO - Image analysis software developer AMRA Medical hopes to take body fat analysis beyond the measurement of body mass index (BMI) with an application that analyzes MRI scans to assess health risk, according to a presentation on Tuesday at the Digital Medicine & Medtech (DigiMed) Showcase.

January 8, 2019

Carestream wins large VA order

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Carestream Health has inked a multimillion dollar enterprise PACS contract for U.S. Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals in the Pacific Northwest.

January 7, 2019

IZI buys Cook biopsy, breast localization needle assets

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional radiology technology provider IZI Medical Products has purchased several soft-tissue biopsy and breast localization needle assets from interventional technology developer Cook Medical.

January 7, 2019

Tromberg takes over as NIBIB director

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biophotonics researcher Bruce Tromberg, PhD, has been officially sworn in as the new director of the U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB).

January 7, 2019

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