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Molecular Insight posts Q2 2007 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cambridge, MA-based Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals announced its second quarter 2007 (end-June 30) financial results.
August 12, 2007
Medtronic to buy Biophan MRI technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis has signed a deal to pay $11 million for patents owned by Biophan Technologies of Rochester, NY, covering the development of MRI-safe devices.
August 8, 2007
CardioDynamics outlines Nasdaq compliance options
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) developer CardioDynamics of San Diego has updated its plans for bringing the company back into compliance with the Nasdaq stock exchange's listing requirements.
August 8, 2007
Orbotech to buy DDD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Electronics industry technology firm Orbotech has signed a definitive agreement to purchase Danish cardiac gamma camera developer 3D Danish Diagnostic Development (DDD) for approximately $39 million.
August 6, 2007
CTA finds serious incidental findings after CABG surgery
By Eric Barnes
Nearly one-fifth of patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) had potentially serious incidental findings at CT coronary angiography (CTA) performed after the procedure, according to a new study from U.S. researchers.
August 5, 2007
FDG-PET could help unlock secrets of atherosclerotic plaque
By Wayne Forrest
Two studies from Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City are shedding light on the role of FDG-PET in analyzing plaques in carotid arteries and the aorta as a precursor to cardiac health. Researchers said the studies are important because as much as 70% of all myocardial infarctions are due to the rupture of nonsclerotic lesions.
August 1, 2007
Giant virtual reality chamber boosts 3D echo accuracy
By Eric Barnes
Have you ever diagnosed a three-foot-tall 3D heart? Talk about cardiomegaly. Researchers from the Netherlands who survived the experience found they could diagnose valve defects that went unnoticed in a standard 2D exam. At the 2007 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting in Berlin, Anton Koning, Ph.D., from Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam discussed how 3D visualizes complex pathology of the heart and how image display can be improved with different kinds of VR (virtual reality) systems.
August 1, 2007
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UltraSPECT reaches U.S. milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm UltraSPECT of Merrick, NY, has recorded its 100th installation in the U.S.
July 31, 2007
Boston Scientific begins Taxus Element stent trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific of Natick, MA, has begun trials for its first third-generation paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent, Taxus Element. The trial will include 1,500 patients at 100 U.S. and international centers.
July 19, 2007
Abbott begins stent trial for cardiovascular disease
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Abbott Laboratories of Abbott Park, IL, has enrolled the first patient in a new clinical trial of the company's Xience V everolimus-eluting stent.
July 19, 2007
Cancer risk and cardiac CTA; DICOM for your CR/DR QC station
By Brian Casey
July 16, 2007
JAMA study: Coronary CTA poses substantial cancer risk in select patients
By Cheryl Hall Harris, R.N.
Sixty-four slice coronary CT angiography (CTA) forges ahead as the go-to imaging modality in coronary artery disease, but the diagnostic test carries a significant risk for radiation-induced cancer, especially in women and younger patients, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
July 16, 2007
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