Industry News: Page 660

Would risk-based breast screening be more cost-effective?

By Philip Ward

Not offering breast screening to women at lower risk of cancer could improve the cost-effectiveness of screening programs, reduce overdiagnosis, and maintain most of the benefits of screening, according to U.K. research published online July 5 by JAMA Oncology.

July 4, 2018

Agfa completes enterprise imaging installation in Texas

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has completed an installation of its Enterprise Imaging software at Methodist Healthcare System of San Antonio.

July 4, 2018

Study: Optical ultrasound system compatible with MRI

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

All-optical ultrasound technology can provide real-time 2D imaging of biological tissue with imaging capabilities comparable to those of an electronic high-frequency ultrasound system, and it could even be used safely with MRI, according to research published in the August issue of Biomedical Optics Express.

July 4, 2018

MRI scans show neckties cut blood flow to brain

By Brian Casey

You now have another reason to hate neckties. German researchers using MRI discovered that neckties can constrict blood flow to the brain, according to a study published online June 30 in Neuroradiology.

July 4, 2018

Cardiac hybrid imaging predicts adverse cardiac events

By Abraham Kim

A cardiac hybrid imaging technique that fuses SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging with coronary CT angiography scans can help predict major adverse cardiac events in patients suspected of having coronary artery disease, according to a study published online July 3 in Radiology.

July 3, 2018

AI software bests Chinese physicians in contest

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Artificial intelligence (AI) software performed better than physicians in diagnosing brain tumors and predicting hematoma expansion in a competition held in China, according to an article on China.org.cn.

July 2, 2018

Augmenix brings SpaceOAR hydrogel to Japan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Prostate radiation therapy device developer Augmenix said the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare has added the firm's Spacing Organs at Risk (SpaceOAR) hydrogel spacer to the national reimbursement program for all men undergoing prostate cancer radiotherapy in Japan.

July 2, 2018

Novel nanoSPECT/CT radionuclide could aid cancer therapy

By Wayne Forrest

Swedish and Dutch researchers are reporting early progress in combining nanoSPECT/CT with a novel pretargeted radionuclide therapy for cancer that so far is nontoxic to the kidneys, according to a preclinical study published in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

July 2, 2018

Medimsight takes on Imaging Biometrics' software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Imaging Biometrics will provide quantitative software for artificial intelligence firm Medimsight.

July 1, 2018

Faxitron acquires Precision X-Ray assets

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Preclinical image-guided radiotherapy research firm Precision X-Ray and small animal x-ray irradiator company Faxitron Bioptics are combining their irradiation businesses into one entity.

July 1, 2018

Alliance Medical Group acquires Piramal Imaging

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Alliance Medical Group has reached an agreement to acquire Piramal Imaging, which includes its two subsidiaries -- Piramal Imaging Ltd. and Piramal Imaging GmbH -- and its U.S. business.

July 1, 2018

Ultrahigh-resolution CT enhances image quality twofold

By Abraham Kim

A new ultrahigh-resolution CT scanner -- boasting two times the spatial resolution of conventional CT -- significantly enhanced the image quality of in-stent restenosis in blood vessel phantoms without altering radiation dose, according to an article published online June 26 in Radiology.

July 1, 2018

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