Practice Management: Page 974

Ferrania promotes Stevens, Wilson

Medical equipment and informatics developer Ferrania Imaging Technologies has named Adrian Stevens as its managing director for Europe, with direct responsibility for Italy, Germany, U.K., Ireland, Scandinavia, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, France, and Iberia, according to the Cairo Montenotte, Italy-based company.

December 17, 2003

RSNA 2003: New technology review

The links below provide access to an archived version of an educational Webcast provided by OTech Health Care Technology Solutions in cooperation with AuntMinnie.com. The Webcast originally appeared on OTech's Web site on December 18, 2003.

December 17, 2003

Boycott letter backfires in mammo malpractice case

By Brian Casey

Mammography providers upset about the high cost of malpractice litigation have been rumbling about launching a boycott against radiologists who testify for plaintiffs in malpractice cases. But things may have gone too far in Florida, where a malpractice case is in limbo after one of the defendants sent an article supporting a boycott to a prominent radiologist testifying for the plaintiffs.

December 16, 2003

OmniSonics names Geffken as CFO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Vascular ultrasound developer OmniSonics Medical Technologies of Wilmington, MA, has appointed Daniel Geffken as its chief financial officer.

December 15, 2003

'Threatening' article to mammo expert throws malpractice case into disarray

By Tracie L. Thompson

A medical malpractice lawsuit against a Florida radiology group is now in limbo after one of the individual defendants sent a "threatening" article to a prominent radiologist who was testifying for the plaintiffs in her case.

December 15, 2003

VSM places MEG unit in Münster

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) developer VSM MedTech of Vancouver, B.C., reported that its CTF Systems subsidiary has finalized an agreement to provide a 275-channel MEG system to Westfalische Wilhelms-Universität Münster in Germany.

December 10, 2003

Mayo to market MRI coils

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN, has obtained Food and Drug Administration clearance to market a collection of MRI coils to other medical centers in the U.S.

December 10, 2003

Cook to begin testing endovascular TAA graft

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Cook has received a Food and Drug Administration investigational device exemption (IDE) to begin a clinical investigation of its Zenith TX2 endovascular graft for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAA).

December 10, 2003