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AAPM speaker tackles topic of healthcare reform
By Kathlyn Stone
HOUSTON - Physics-based technology has had an undeniably positive effect on medical diagnosis and treatment, but that same technology is overused and its expense is contributing to America's exorbitant healthcare costs, according to the opening address at the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting.
July 28, 2008
Digirad posts loss in Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A 5.8% increase in second-quarter revenue wasn't enough to bring profitability to nuclear medicine vendor Digirad.
July 28, 2008
Italian colon study to use CAD as primary reader
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A province in Italy is launching a new research project to screen residents for colon cancer using virtual colonoscopy and computer-aided detection software as a primary reader.
July 28, 2008
CompuMed to bring OsteoGram to China
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone density firm CompuMed has received approval from China's State Food and Drug Administration for its OsteoGram bone density screening software.
July 27, 2008
FOBT-screened cohort yields too many positives for VC
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy (VC) seems a promising way to sort through patients with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT), considering the latter's demonstrated low sensitivity and high false-positive rate. But in a screening cohort from the Netherlands, polyps and cancer were so common in FOBT patients that VC hardly seemed worth it.
July 27, 2008
TomoTherapy readies TQA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy plans to introduce its Tomo Quality Assurance (TQA) application at the annual American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting in Houston.
July 24, 2008
Varian, BrainLab land Danish orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy vendor Varian Medical Systems and partner BrainLab said that Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen has ordered three Novalis Tx radiosurgery platforms.
July 24, 2008
IDC signs Florida client
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian digital radiography developer Imaging Dynamics (IDC) has received an order from the Orthopaedic Institute in Florida.
July 24, 2008
Breast MRI use grows; NSF and MRI contrast
By Brian Casey
July 23, 2008
NeuroLogica wins Pennsylvania contract
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica has installed its head and neck scanner at a Pennsylvania hospital.
July 23, 2008
EDDA launches new liver CAD version
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection software developer EDDA Technology is releasing a new version of its liver analysis software.
July 23, 2008
Varian grows Q3 sales, earnings
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer Varian Medical Systems has reported growth in both revenues and earnings for the company's third quarter.
July 23, 2008
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