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Infinitt
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Infinitt of Phillipsburg, NJ, will be unveiling a work-in-progress software application, the Infinitt Lung Solution, at the 2006 RSNA conference later this month.
November 2, 2006
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GE Healthcare
By Brian Casey
Look for GE to reprise last year's introduction of its VCAR (volume computer-assisted reading) software by highlighting the software again at this year's meeting.
November 2, 2006
EDDA Technology
By Brian Casey
This Princeton Junction, NJ, company will tout a recent alliance with multimodality vendor Philips Medical Systems, as well as a new enterprise-based version of its computer-aided detection (CAD) software for chest radiography studies.
November 2, 2006
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CT lung cancer screening reduces mortality
By Eric Barnes
A massive CT screening study of smokers and former smokers has concluded that annual CT screening detects curable cancers, while suggesting that survival rates improve markedly when the tumors are resected. In the study, 92% of participants who had stage I cancers resected were alive five years later, while untreated patients succumbed to the disease.
October 25, 2006
Chest x-ray lung CAD reimbursement picks up
By Cynthia E. Keen
An early analysis of a nine-month period of billing conducted by a healthcare consulting firm determined that chest x-ray CAD is reimbursed by 52 national, regional, and local payors representing over 60 million covered lives.
October 23, 2006
FDA gives Siemens PMA for lung CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on a premarket approval (PMA) application from Siemens Medical Solutions for its syngo Lung computer-aided detection (CAD) software for assisting radiologists in the detection of solid lung nodules in CT chest exams.
October 19, 2006
Student-designed CT-guided biopsy device shows early promise
By Wayne Forrest
Three graduate students have developed a CT-guided breast biopsy device, which may make needle biopsies less invasive and reduce potential complications for lung cancer patients as well.
September 18, 2006
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Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI shows promise in mesothelioma
By Wayne Forrest
An international group of researchers said they have encouraging preliminary results from the use of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) to help determine the malignancy of cancer cells in the protective sac -- the mesothelium -- that surrounds most of the body's internal organs.
September 14, 2006
Barriers still hinder lung CAD adoption
By Eric Barnes
A decade into the game, lung CAD appears to work well enough to be considered a serious tool for screening CT lung data. Several studies have shown gains in detecting clinically significant nodules. So why don't more radiologists use CAD in daily practice? There are many reasons, but most revolve around workflow and practice issues rather than the efficacy of CAD itself.
August 23, 2006
Pulmonary nodule decisions must be individualized
By Eric Barnes
In dealing with the onslaught of pulmonary nodules from multidetector-row CT, radiologists are finding they need to hone their management strategies or risk being inundated. One strategy is based on established size and risk guidelines as well as individual patient factors and nodule morphology. Meanwhile, a new study suggests that gene-expression profiles could potentially improve the management of early-stage lung cancer patients.
August 15, 2006
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Study reaffirms value of chest radiography
By Brian Casey
As medical imaging goes increasingly high-tech, a new study out of the Netherlands indicates that the workhorse of radiology -- the chest x-ray -- remains a cost-effective exam that impacts patient management in a majority of cases.
August 10, 2006
Cook completes enrollment in STARZ-TX2 trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional firm Cook has completed patient enrollment in the STARZ-TX2 (Study of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Repair with Zenith TX2 Thoracic TAA endovascular graft) clinical trial.
July 31, 2006
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