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Barco gets 510(k) for advanced visualization suite, launches new PACS display
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization software developer Barco said it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the latest version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software suite. The Kortrijk, Belgium-based firm also launched a new PACS color display system.
June 6, 2007
CompuMed signs new CEO
Medical informatics firm CompuMed of Los Angeles has appointed imaging executive Maurizio Vecchione as its new president and CEO.
June 6, 2007
InSightec nabs CE Mark
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec announced that its ExAblate 2000 system has received the European CE Mark certification for pain palliation of bone metastases.
June 6, 2007
Obesity and prostate cancer: Should imaging have a role in screening?
By
Kate Madden Yee
Prostate cancer remains a significant health concern in the U.S., where nearly 235,000 men were diagnosed with the disease last year. Preliminary research in obese men strongly suggests that these patients are susceptible to more aggressive cancers and higher mortality rates, and traditional prostate cancer screening exams are not always accurate in this population. Experts weigh in on whether screening obese patients with imaging would be a better bet.
June 6, 2007
Misonix reports successful prostate ablation results
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound technology developer Misonix of Farmingdale, NY, said that researchers attending last month's American Urological Association (AUA) meeting in Anaheim, CA, reported positive results with the firm's prostate hemiablation therapy device, SB500.
June 5, 2007
GE SNM news includes PET, SPECT upgrades
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
WASHINGTON - New enhancements and upgrades to its PET/CT and SPECT product lines mark the exhibit booth of GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., at this week's SNM meeting.
June 5, 2007
Israeli group test-drives 64-slice SPECT/CT system for cardiac imaging
By
Brian Casey
WASHINGTON - Israeli researchers yesterday gave SNM attendees a look at their research with an investigational SPECT/CT system that uses 64-slice CT integrated with a dedicated cardiac gamma camera. While they gave the system points for patient convenience, it's still unclear whether such a unit has a role in a clinical environment.
June 5, 2007
PEM performs well against breast MRI, whole-body PET
By
Wayne Forrest
WASHINGTON - Positron emission mammography (PEM) was comparable to breast MRI and outdueled whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) in a pilot study to determine which modality was most helpful in preoperative surgical planning. The results were presented Tuesday at the 2007 SNM annual meeting.
June 5, 2007
Patients show slight preference for MR colonography over colonoscopy
By
Eric Barnes
Most patients who underwent MR colonography (MRC) and optical colonoscopy preferred MRI, according to a new study by researchers from Essen, Germany, and Atlanta, GA. When the patients were questioned about which colorectal screening test they'd rather have in the future, however, MR's advantage dwindled.
June 5, 2007
GVI launches cardiac SPECT camera
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
WASHINGTON - Gamma camera developer GVI Medical Devices of Twinsburg, OH, is launching a new cardiac SPECT gamma camera, called ClearVision SPECT, at this week's SNM meeting.
June 4, 2007
EDDA to release new IQQA software
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) software developer EDDA Technology will be releasing IQQA-Liver Enterprise for contrast multidetector CT (MDCT) studies at this week's annual meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) in Providence, RI.
June 4, 2007
MDS Nordion to help create molecular imaging center
By
AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, is collaborating with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute in Ontario to establish a Molecular Imaging Centre of Excellence to advance cardiology research.
June 4, 2007
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