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Intraop posts Q3 results
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical of Sunnyvale, CA, has posted its third-quarter 2007 financial results (end-June 30).
August 22, 2007
ImaRx wins NIH study grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical company ImaRx Therapeutics of Tucson, AZ, has received a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, a division of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
August 22, 2007
PET exposes shift in brain function among young alcohol abusers
By Edward Susman
SAN FRANCISCO - Keggers and beer bongs may be a ubiquitous part of a young man's college experience, but even such short-term heavy drinking can cause significant neurological changes, according to a presentation last week at the American Psychological Association (APA) meeting. Researchers used FDG-PET imaging to detect changes in brain function among young male alcohol abusers.
August 22, 2007
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Insider
By Eric Barnes
August 21, 2007
Presence of osteoarthritis influences bone bruise prognosis
By Shalmali Pal
Bone bruises are thought to result from microfractures of the medullar trabeculae. They are often radiographically occult and hidden on arthroscopy. In a new paper in the September issue of American Journal of Roentgenology, Dutch radiologists looked at whether the natural course of bone bruises, as seen on MRI, had any prognostic value.
August 21, 2007
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Ground-glass lung nodules need extra scrutiny
By Eric Barnes
Ground-glass opacities (GGOs) are different from solid nodules found at thoracic CT, and they need more frequent follow-up. Dr. Ella Kazerooni of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor recently reviewed the why and how of GGOs, a troublesome result of CT screening that radiologists are encountering more frequently as more smokers and former smokers are screened.
August 21, 2007
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GE warns of impending Ceretec shortage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bad weather and flooding have forced Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based GE Healthcare to close its manufacturing facility in Gloucester, U.K., temporarily interrupting supplies of an imaging radiopharmaceutical.
August 20, 2007
Vital Images releases software upgrades
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization developer Vital Images has released several product upgrades, including Vitrea 4.0 and ViTALConnect 4.1.
August 20, 2007
Whites prefer virtual colonoscopy; minorities like conventional
By Eric Barnes
Blacks and other racial and ethnic minorities, who are already screened for colorectal cancer (CRC) in lower numbers and suffer its consequences more acutely than the U.S. population as a whole, don't seem too impressed with virtual colonoscopy, according to a new study by researchers from New York City.
August 19, 2007
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Boston Scientific mulls sale of cardiac, vascular surgery businesses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific plans to explore the sale of its cardiac surgery and vascular surgery businesses, the Natick, MA-based firm reported. The move is part of the company's plan to streamline its portfolio and strengthen its operating and financial performance.
August 16, 2007
CardioDynamics moves closer to Vermed sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) developer CardioDynamics said it is getting closer to a sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Vermed, a manufacturer of medical electrodes and medical sensors for use in medical physiological measurement applications.
August 15, 2007
MDCT's 'virtual Whipple' offers practice run before complex surgery
By Eric Barnes
Among the nearly 30,000 cases of pancreatic cancer diagnosed each year in the U.S., an estimated 5% to 30% have tumors that are contained entirely within the head of the pancreas. This relatively fortunate subgroup has a better chance of surviving long term via the Whipple procedure. Radiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston are hoping to boost the odds of surgical success with the virtual Whipple, a CT-based planning tool they've developed to give surgeons an idea of what they're going to find step-by-step during the Whipple procedure.
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