Gastrointestinal Radiology: Page 141

Braintree releases HalfLytely
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical developer Braintree Laboratories has released its HalfLytely and bisacodyl tablets bowl prep kit, used as a prescription preparation for bowel cleansing prior to colonoscopy.
October 6, 2004
Gastroenterology warning: Prepare for VC or regret it
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Gastroenterologists face a future of potentially wrenching reimbursement cuts for some services, combined with important new economic opportunities in others, according to Dr. Joel Brill, who spoke at the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) 2004 meeting on Monday.
October 5, 2004
VC faces off (again) against second-look colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
With its high per-patient sensitivity and specificity, virtual colonoscopy could become a valuable method of identifying clinically significant colorectal neoplasms, according to a new study from the University of Bern in Switzerland.
October 3, 2004
ConMed completes Bard endoscopic acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical technology firm ConMed has completed its acquisition of endoscopic technologies from Murray Hill, NJ-based interventional technology provider C.R. Bard.
September 30, 2004
RITA touts RF ablation research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RITA Medical Systems reported that a presentation at the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Society of Europe (CIRSE) 2004 meeting showed positive results from colorectal metastatic cancer patients treated with radiofrequency ablation.
September 28, 2004
Berlex, Bracco, E-Z-EM, PETNet form consortium
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Berlex, Bracco Diagnostics, E-Z-EM, and CTI Molecular Imaging subsidiary PETNet Solutions have formed Imaging Choice Consortium, an alliance aimed at providing customers with a range of imaging contrast agents in one purchasing portfolio.
September 26, 2004
Cook, Angiotech restructure licensing deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology developer Cook has restructured its license agreement for drug-eluting medical devices with Angiotech, accommodating Cook's decision to focus its product developments efforts on peripheral vascular and gastrointestinal drug-eluting medical devices.
September 23, 2004
Low-dose VC finds disease outside the colon
By Brian Casey
September 20, 2004
Even low-dose VC yields extracolonic findings
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy serves up significant extracolonic findings even when acquired with a low-dose protocol, researchers in New York City reported. They also found that the cost of following up the findings is minimal, due in part to the low numbers of patients who require additional care.
September 20, 2004
CAD firm Medicsight finds friends in high places
By Brian Casey
If you're a small company just getting started in the cutthroat medical imaging industry, it helps to have influential friends. That could be the motto of U.K. software developer Medicsight, which has lined up an impressive array of clinical partners as it begins to bring its line of computer-aided detection (CAD) products to market.
September 19, 2004
Given's M2A undergoes makeover
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, has changed the brand name of its M2A video capsule endoscopy system to PillCam.
September 8, 2004
VC fares better as its own gold standard
By Eric Barnes
September brings two new virtual colonoscopy studies from the researchers who last year pitted VC against conventional colonoscopy in a large group of average-risk patients. One paper calculates VC's adenoma miss rate with itself as a gold standard; the second describes the incidence and types of lesions. The authors conclude that VC should be added as a front-line colorectal screening exam.
September 7, 2004
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