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GE to sell Draxis generic MIBI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health of Mississauga, Ontario, has signed a deal with GE Healthcare giving the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based company rights to sell Draxis generic technetium-99m sestamibi in the U.S.
December 20, 2007
Orthocrat lands Canadian install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Orthopedic template and surgical planning developer Orthocrat of Tel Aviv, Israel, has landed an installation of its TraumaCad software at a Canadian hospital.
December 20, 2007
VC program takes off in nonacademic setting
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists in Belgium have built a popular virtual colonoscopy practice they credit with increasing awareness of colorectal cancer screening in their community and reducing unnecessary optical colonoscopies. The screening model offers a glimpse of what U.S.-based community screening practice might look like with a bit of reimbursement.
December 20, 2007
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AJR study: Women more likely to have gadolinium reactions, but acute cases remain mostly mild
By Shalmali Pal
Female patients are more likely to experience reactions to gadolinium-based contrast agents, especially as adults, according to a new study. Although the majority of these reactions are quite mild, clinicians who perform contrast-enhanced MR studies should be prepared to manage them, stated the authors.
December 20, 2007
Study shows benefits of very delayed cerebral FDG-PET imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Acquisition of PET images as long as six hours after FDG injection can be a useful and easy-to-perform technique in delineating gliomas from gray matter and detecting cerebral lymphomas, according to a study by researchers in France. They presented their findings at the recent 2007 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 20, 2007
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Bill introduced to add VC to Medicare screening coverage
By Eric Barnes
A bill introduced yesterday in the U.S. House of Representatives would add virtual colonoscopy (VC or CT colonography [CTC]) to the list of colorectal cancer screening alternatives covered by Medicare.
December 19, 2007
DBT reduces mammo recalls; getting paid for FFDM
By Brian Casey
December 19, 2007
TomoTherapy completes deal in Germany
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has completed installation of its radiation therapy platform at a German hospital group, the company reported.
December 19, 2007
Neoprobe extends agreement with Ethicon
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe of Dublin, OH, has extended its marketing and distribution agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery of Cincinnati.
December 19, 2007
Digital breast tomo cuts callback rate in screening setting
By Shalmali Pal
If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then the digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) images are undeniably powerful: lesions that manage to hide on conventional mammography exams are easily exposed by DBT. But does this dramatic improvement in tissue visualization lead to significant changes in the cancer screening setting? Yes, according to researchers at Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH). They noted a marked reduction in the callback rate for women screened with tomosynthesis at MGH.
December 19, 2007
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AuntMinnie.com Musculoskeletal Imaging Insider
By Shalmali Pal
December 18, 2007
CT for PE; how to assess kidney function: S-Cr or eGFR?
By Brian Casey
December 17, 2007
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