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Amicas signs distribution pact with NeuroLogica
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston-based PACS vendor Amicas has inked a distribution agreement to make its image management software available with Danvers, MA-based NeuroLogica's CereTom portable and wireless head and neck mobile CT scanner.
February 26, 2007
CT spot sign predicts hematoma expansion in stroke patients
By Eric Barnes
In patients with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), hematoma expansion in the first critical hours after symptom onset is associated with significantly poorer outcomes. Thanks to CT imaging and a new drug in the pipeline, it may be possible to identify and treat ICH patients at risk of hematoma expansion while there is time to improve outcomes, according to two new studies.
February 25, 2007
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Seattle facility installs NeuroLogica CereTom
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NeuroLogica of Danvers, MA, has installed its CereTom at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle.
February 22, 2007
ASPECTS stroke scoring improved with perfusion CT
By Eric Barnes
The Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (ASPECTS) rates the presence or absence of ischemia in 10 regions of the brain. Paired with noncontrast CT when a patient presents with stroke symptoms, ASPECTS has been shown to effectively predict which patients will benefit from thrombolytic therapy. A recent study using perfusion CT has found that ASPECT increases the accuracy for predicting radiological and clinical outcomes over noncontrast CT.
February 20, 2007
Relative threshold method correlates CT, MRI stroke infarct assessment
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Researchers at the 2007 International Stroke Conference are making progress toward standardizing imaging and clinical criteria for the optimal treatment of stroke patients. The preliminary results from a study by Boston researchers are good news for CT perfusion imaging, which is faster and generally more available than MRI to handle emergent stroke cases.
February 8, 2007
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Advanced MR clarifies nexus between white matter and cerebrovascular disease
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - MRI has been a great boon to stroke researchers who are probing the depths of white matter and the reasons for its dysfunction. Unfortunately, standard MR has its limits in this beautiful and complex structure. But recent advances in MR technology should unlock some of the mystery surrounding white matter, according to a presentation at the 2007 International Stroke Conference.
February 8, 2007
BrainLab wins patent victory
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy firm BrainLab of Munich, Germany, reported that the U.S. District Court in Denver dismissed a patent infringement lawsuit earlier this month that was brought by interventional technology firm Medtronic of Minneapolis and that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld the decision.
February 7, 2007
Bio-Imaging completes Theralys acquisition
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bio-Imaging Technologies of Newtown, PA, has acquired Theralys of Lyon, France, a provider of customized imaging services in the field of central nervous system disorders (CNS) and neurovascular diseases.
February 6, 2007
MRI should be preferred test for suspected acute stroke
By Shalmali Pal
MRI should replace CT as the first-line test for accurate diagnosis of suspected acute stroke, according to a study published today in the Lancet. The authors found that MRI was superior to CT for diagnosing ischemic stroke, as well as acute and chronic hemorrhage. While cost is an issue with MRI, its greater diagnostic accuracy would justify the extra expense, they said.
January 25, 2007
Give a little bit! Give a little bit of your temporal cortex to me
By Shalmali Pal
When it comes to being charitable, Bill and Melinda Gates, Oprah, and Brangelina may have more in common than just open wallets. A recent fMRI study indicates that a specific region of the brain is linked to altruism and empathy. Interestingly enough, this particular region is not associated with the neurological areas that are responsible for higher functioning.
January 25, 2007
Bayer Schering to develop PET brain imaging agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Berlin-based Bayer Schering Pharma (formerly Schering) has signed a license and option agreement with two Japanese companies and the National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS) in Japan to develop imaging compounds for detecting neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
January 18, 2007
SPECT/CT enhances octreotide imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Indium-111-labeled octreotide imaging has shown greater accuracy than CT or MRI scans in detecting somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors. But anatomic localization of these tumors solely based on octreotide scans is problematic, so these procedures are usually performed with CT or MRI. A recent study suggests that SPECT/CT in octreotide imaging can provide important diagnostic information to clinicians that is unavailable with planar whole-body scans.
January 11, 2007
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