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Higher CT values associated with malignancy in lung nodules
By Eric Barnes
Dutch researchers noticed some intriguing results in a recent analysis of data from the ongoing NELSON lung cancer screening trial. They found that malignant nodules, scanned at baseline and follow-up, had higher attenuation overall than benign nodules -- a feature that could potentially aid the management of patients with indeterminate solid pulmonary nodules.
April 13, 2008
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MeVis acquires Hologic/R2's CT division
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MeVis Medical Solutions of Pewaukee, WI, has acquired the CT business of R2 Technology of Santa Clara, CA.
April 10, 2008
Dilon nets nine Q1 orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Scintimammography developer Dilon Technologies of Newport News, VA, received orders for nine Dilon 6800 gamma cameras in the first quarter.
April 10, 2008
St. Jude Medical to buy EP MedSystems
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
In a union of cardiac device firms, St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN, has agreed to purchase EP MedSystems of West Berlin, NJ, for $92.1 million.
April 10, 2008
CardioDynamics grows revenue in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) developer CardioDynamics of San Diego enjoyed healthy revenue growth in the first quarter of 2008.
April 10, 2008
Cedars-Sinai explores PET's future in nuclear cardiology
By Wayne Forrest
Dr. Daniel Berman has followed the progress of PET for more than three decades, to a point in which today Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles is committed to exploring the modality's efficacy in a wide range of nuclear cardiology applications. He discusses Cedars-Sinai's latest research with rubidium-based PET for cardiac imaging.
April 10, 2008
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Tissue Doppler beats standard echo in predicting heart failure
By Edward Susman
The routine use of tissue Doppler echocardiography as opposed to standard echocardiography can provide more useful information to doctors and patients who may be at risk of heart failure events, according to Danish researchers. They evaluated how the new imaging modality performed as a diagnostic and prognostic strategy compared to standard echo.
April 10, 2008
Orthocrat nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning provider Orthocrat has received the European CE Mark for its TraumaCad software.
April 8, 2008
Korean VC program sees Western-style success
By Eric Barnes
With virtual colonoscopy capacity concentrated in the U.S. and Europe, programs to screen Asian populations less invasively for colon cancer have been rare. But Korean researchers say they've duplicated Western screening procedures in a technically advanced program that has examined more than 1,000 asymptomatic patients so far.
April 8, 2008
FDG-PET is effective for diagnosing spinal tumors
By Barbara Boughton
F-18 FDG-PET can effectively distinguish benign spinal lesions from malignant ones, according to researchers from North Carolina. They imaged 53 patients with sarcomas and biopsy-proven spinal or paraspinal tumors using FDG-PET, and found that the modality proved to be precise for identifying malignant lesions.
April 8, 2008
MedX releases NuQuest V3.0
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine developer MedX of Arlington Heights, IL, has released NuQuest V3.0, the latest version of its nuclear medicine image acquisition and processing software.
April 7, 2008
3mensio nets CE Mark for workstation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging of Bilthoven, Netherlands, has received the CE Mark Class IIa for its 3surgery vascular imaging workstation.
April 7, 2008
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