Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 135

Nucletron gets FDA OK for OncoSmart Intracavitary

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy provider Nucletron has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its OncoSmart Intracavitary applicator set.

April 17, 2005

Boston Scientific buys TriVascular

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device manufacturer Boston Scientific has acquired TriVascular, a Santa Rosa, CA-based developer of treatment devices for abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA).

April 17, 2005

Virtual colonoscopy: Ready already for those who know how

By Eric Barnes

Is virtual colonoscopy ready for routine clinical use? It depends on who's doing it and how, according to Dr. Andrik Aschoff. At the recent 2005 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna, he discussed the state of virtual colonoscopy today, and explored the often quirky relationship between radiologists, protocols, and results.

April 14, 2005

Given gets German reimbursement nod

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, reported that the central consultation committee for reimbursement issues of Germany's Federal Chamber of Physicians has approved reimbursement for capsule endoscopy for obscure gastrointestinal bleeding following inconclusive upper and lower endoscopy.

April 12, 2005

SmartPill begins clinical trials

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SmartPill of Buffalo, NY, has reported that 510(k) clinical trials of its SmartPill capsule, a noninvasive ingestible medical device that captures biomedical data from within a patient's GI tract, are set to begin next week at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, NC.

April 11, 2005

Z-axis modulation cuts VC dose, keeps image quality high

By Eric Barnes

Screening asymptomatic patients means justifying the radiation dose, and in recent years virtual colonoscopy practitioners have strived to ramp the dose downward, with an eye on finding the dose levels where noise levels and accuracy might begin to suffer. Researchers from Germany found that adding dedicated z-axis modulation could cut the dose, while keeping image quality high.

April 11, 2005

VC with contrast finds more extracolonic trouble

By Eric Barnes

Among symptomatic older patients, virtual colonoscopy found more extracolonic abnormalities with IV contrast than without, according to a study presented at the 2005 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.

April 10, 2005

E-Z-EM sales and profit grow in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM reported strong growth in sales and net income for the third quarter (end-February 26), in part due to a voluntary recall of liquid barium products of one of its competitors.

April 7, 2005

E-Z-EM scores patent for NutraPrep

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM has received a patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its NutraPrep preprocedure meal plan for virtual and optical colonoscopy.

April 6, 2005

E-Z-EM to move to Nasdaq

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast agent and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM has decided to switch its common stock listing from the American Stock Exchange to the Nasdaq National Market.

March 30, 2005

Late phase best to differentiate focal liver lesions with CEUS

By N. Shivapriya

Differentiating benign from malignant lesions with contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) is best done at late phase, and a quantitative analysis of ultrasound video intensity can be used to calculate the conspicuity index for effective and objective differentiation of the liver tumors, according to Italian researchers.

March 28, 2005

Senate hears testimony on virtual colonoscopy

By Eric Barnes

At a recent U.S. Senate Cancer Coalition hearing, a senator and several colon cancer screening experts spoke of the need to increase screening compliance, and about the role of virtual colonoscopy in those efforts.

March 27, 2005

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