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Reimbursement gains, competition prime CAD market
By Erik L. Ridley
The U.S. computer-aided detection (CAD) market more than doubled in 2002, turning in $65.2 million in revenues, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan. Frost segmented the CAD market into mammography, chest/lung, and virtual colonoscopy applications.
July 14, 2003
GE, Deus unveil lung cancer CAD unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems and computer-aided detection developer Deus Technologies have released RapidScreen Digital, a digital lung cancer CAD product.
July 7, 2003
Thin-slice CT reveals severe lung abnormalities in SARS patients
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong examined 24 SARS patients following their discharge from the hospital. With the aid of thin-section CT, they found parenchymal abnormalities in nearly all of them.
July 6, 2003
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R2 partners with Stanford
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided-detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology and Stanford University’s department of radiology in Stanford, CA, will be collaborating on the development of CAD-enhanced products for the detection of lung cancer and optimized clinical workflow.
June 25, 2003
R2's ImageChecker CT set for FDA review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
R2 Technology's pre-market approval (PMA) application for its ImageChecker CT computer-aided detection system has been accepted for review by the Food and Drug Administration.
June 24, 2003
NAS back on track with Hynic-Annexin V
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. clinical testing of Theseus Imaging's Hynic-Annexin V molecular imaging agent appears set to resume.
June 12, 2003
IDC adds new DR unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital x-ray developer Imaging Dynamics has released Xplorer 1500, a digital chest unit.
June 9, 2003
CT-guided lung biopsy cuts time, expense, and risk in kids
By Eric Barnes
At the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Dr. Anne Marie Cahill and colleagues have used core and aspirational biopsy techniques successfully in dozens of patients.
June 3, 2003
Chest CR outperforms screen-film catheter localization
By Shalmali Pal
The performance of storage-phosphor computed radiography is markedly superior to that of screen-film radiography for detecting low-contrast catheter materials on bedside chest x-rays, regardless of the dose level, according to researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria.
May 25, 2003
R2 adds North American ImageChecker CT installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer R2 Technology has installed five of its work-in-progress ImageChecker CT systems for use in detecting lung nodules in multidetector CT exams.
May 5, 2003
SARS presents distinct radiological patterns
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
SAN DIEGO - Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) presents with distinct radiological signs in approximately 75% of plain-film chest radiographs, according to Dr. Narinder Paul of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, ON. Paul offers a first-hand look at the radiographic variations of SARS.
May 5, 2003
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Nodule analysis can help manage CT lung screening patients
By Eric Barnes
A Japanese study has found that high-resolution CT analysis can be used to successfully manage small solitary pulmonary nodules (SPNs). The practice could potentially obviate the need for some follow-up exams and biopsies, according to the paper published in the American Journal of Roentgenology.
April 28, 2003
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