Thoracic Imaging: Page 189

Merry X-Ray installs first ThoraScan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Merry X-Ray of San Diego has installed its first ThoraScan digital chest x-ray system under a distribution deal with the product’s manufacturer, Delft Imaging Systems of the Netherlands.
October 21, 2003
Medicsight gets CE Mark, financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image analysis software developer Medicsight has received the European CE Mark for Release I of its CT recognition application.
October 7, 2003
R2 installs lung CAD system in Greece
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology has installed the first commercial lung CT CAD system at IASO General Hospital in Athens, Greece.
October 6, 2003
FLT-PET shows promise in differentiating unclear lung lesions
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
FDG has long shown its efficacy in demonstrating the metabolic differences between benign and malignant lung tumors. However, the radiotracer is not tumor-specific. German researchers are investigating fluorothymidine (FLT) as an alternative radiotracer for therapy response in non-small cell lung cancer.
September 30, 2003
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CT with pulmonary function testing improves results in cystic fibrosis
CT paired with pulmonary function testing (PFT) may offer an innovative way of evaluating treatment effects in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to Stanford researchers.
September 14, 2003
Color Doppler ultrasound visualizes vascular structures in chest
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Color Doppler ultrasound provided additional essential information during biopsy of chest tumors, according to investigators from Atatürk University in Erzurum, Turkey.
August 25, 2003
Pairing of CT and PET scans may aid early lung cancer detection
The combined use of low-dose spiral CT and FDG-PET scanning may provide reliable detection of early lung cancer, according to Italian researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the European Institute of Oncology in Milan.
August 21, 2003
HealthTest launches second center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Preventive imaging services provider HealthTest Scan Center has opened its second center.
August 13, 2003
ACR Learning File CD-ROM Series: Chest
This ACR Learning File on the chest is a near complete resource. Utilizing an improved interactive format, this product offers cased-based teaching at its finest.
August 13, 2003
Caelum scores NCI grants
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Caelum Research of Rockville, MD, has received two National Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Cancer Institute.
August 11, 2003
Dynamic MRI of helium inhalation reveals asthmatic pulmonary function
By Tracie L. Thompson
Duke University researchers are reporting the first use of dynamic MRI to simultaneously assess regional lung function and morphology, which they have used to observe what occurs when asthma is induced in small animals.
July 24, 2003
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Introgen agent shows promise in radiotherapy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical developer Introgen Therapeutics reported results from a preclinical study that its INGN 241 mda-7 therapeutic can be effectively combined with radiation therapy and shows promise as a possible treatment for lung cancer.
July 15, 2003
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