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Verma confirmed as CMS chief

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare policy consultant Seema Verma has been confirmed as administrator of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

March 13, 2017

Conavi lands Health Canada nod for Foresight

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardiovascular imaging technology developer Conavi Medical has received Health Canada approval for its Foresight intracardiac echocardiography system.

March 13, 2017

AccuBoost signs Baptist Memorial Health Care

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Women's health firm AccuBoost has received an order from Baptist Memorial Health Care in Memphis, TN.

March 13, 2017

Lantheus plans secondary offering of 3M shares

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lantheus Holdings said that certain of its existing stockholders will sell 3 million shares of its common stock in a public secondary offering.

March 13, 2017

Elastography can differentiate cervical lymph nodes

By Erik L. Ridley

An ultrasound shear-wave elastography technique can effectively differentiate between metastatic and nonmetastatic cervical lymph nodes, according to preliminary research published in the March issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.

March 13, 2017

Guerbet concurs with gadolinium recommendations

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast agent manufacturer Guerbet has issued a press release expressing its support for the decision by a European Union regulatory body to recommend that four gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) for MRI scans be pulled off the market due to concerns about gadolinium remaining in the body years after scans occur.

March 12, 2017

Advanced Radiology opens new Conn. center

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Advanced Radiology Consultants has opened a new imaging center in Wilton, CT.

March 12, 2017

Pull linear MRI contrast from market, European group says

By Brian Casey and Wayne Forrest

In a stunning development, a European Union regulatory body on Friday recommended that four gadolinium-based contrast agents for MRI scans be pulled off the market due to concerns about gadolinium remaining in the body years after scans occur. The agents affected include some of the most widely used contrast products in medical imaging.

March 9, 2017

Koning scores Vizient breast CT deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast CT developer Koning has won a contract to supply its breast CT technology to hospitals belonging to group purchasing organization Vizient's network.

March 9, 2017

Court approves IsoRay class-action settlement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer IsoRay said a federal court has approved the settlement of a class-action shareholder lawsuit against the company.

March 9, 2017

Konica Minolta launches remote device monitor

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Konica Minolta Healthcare Americas has launched a cloud-based monitoring tool for its AeroDR digital radiography (DR) systems.

March 9, 2017

SIR: Prostate artery embolization effective long term

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Prostate artery embolization relieves urinary symptoms of an enlarged prostate without causing major side effects, according to research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) annual meeting in Washington, DC.

March 9, 2017

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