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FDA to give GE's AdreView priority review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has designated for priority review GE Healthcare's new drug application for AdreView, a molecular imaging agent for the detection of neuroendocrine tumors in pediatric and adult patients.
June 12, 2008
Imaging Biometrics to contribute to ACRIN
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Imaging Biometrics of Milwaukee has signed an agreement with the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) to evaluate MRI datasets using its IB Neuro dynamic susceptibility contrast MR perfusion software.
June 11, 2008
Molecular Insight starts Trofex trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals of Cambridge, MA, has begun a phase I clinical trial for its Trofex molecular imaging program for detecting and staging metastatic prostate cancer.
June 11, 2008
GE revises Optison's prescribing information
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has issued updates to the prescribing information for Optison (perflutren protein-type A microspheres injectable suspension, USP).
June 10, 2008
Ultrasound's accuracy in differentiating thyroid nodules depends on nodule size
By Erik L. Ridley
Certain ultrasound criteria can be useful in distinguishing between malignant and benign thyroid nodules, but their accuracy depends on the size of the tumor, according to a multicenter study published in the June issue of Radiology.
June 10, 2008
Broadlane awarded contract extension
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Group purchasing organization Broadlane will remain the exclusive supplier for the Henry Medical Center in Stockbridge, GA.
June 9, 2008
Siemens to debut new echo system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare will release its Acuson SC2000 echocardiography system at the annual session of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Toronto.
June 9, 2008
Neoprobe starts phase III trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe has launched a phase III clinical trial for its Lymphoseek radiopharmaceutical agent.
June 8, 2008
Avid launches phase II trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Avid Radiopharmaceuticals has begun a phase II clinical trial for its F-AV-45 molecular imaging compound for Alzheimer's disease.
June 8, 2008
Video game technology speeds beating-heart surgery
By Eric Barnes
Intracardiac reconstructive surgery can be used to repair defects in the beating heart while avoiding the need for cardiopulmonary bypass, but progress has been limited by a lack of reliable imaging tools. A new study introduces a solution based on video gaming technology to improve the results of real-time 3D echocardiography.
June 8, 2008
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Family history of colon cancer may improve survival
By Eric Barnes
Among patients with advanced colon cancer undergoing treatment, a family history of the disease is associated with significant reductions in both cancer recurrence and death, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The risk is further reduced if the patient has more than one first-degree relative affected by the disease.
June 8, 2008
CT rules out malignancy in most pancreatic cysts
By Eric Barnes
Today's volumetric MDCT images are yielding a troubling trove of small cystic lesions of the pancreas. The vast majority of such lesions smaller than 3 cm are benign, but it takes a bit of sleuthing to rule out malignancy based on imaging alone.
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