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Elekta receives Italian orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Two Italian hospitals will open new radiation therapy clinics with technology from Elekta of Stockholm, Sweden.
September 24, 2007
CAD may improve sensitivity of MDCT screening exams
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can improve radiologists' sensitivity for detecting solid lung nodules 4 mm or larger during multidetector CT chest screening studies, according to research published in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 20, 2007
Combining T2-weighted MRI and DWI improves prostate cancer detection
By Radiology Review
(Radiology Review) Combined T2-weighted MRI and diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) is significantly better than T2-weighted imaging alone for detecting peripheral zone prostate cancer, according to a report in the August issue of American Journal of Roentgenology.
September 20, 2007
SPECT/CT offers better bone scan views to enhance treatment
By Wayne Forrest
Combining SPECT and CT into a single hybrid modality can improve physicians' views of bone scans, as well as the confidence levels of their own diagnoses. Two recent studies are showing SPECT/CT's value in managing cancer patients and patients with back pain.
September 20, 2007
CHAMP won't include Medicare provisions
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Negotiators from the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate brokered an agreement September 18 to remove Medicare provisions from the House-approved Children's Health and Medicare Protection Act (CHAMP), according to the American College of Radiology (ACR) of Reston, VA.
September 19, 2007
Cook expands existing Cardica deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Cook Medical announced that it has inked a deal with Cardica of Redwood City, CA, to expand the two firms' original agreement for developing vascular closure devices.
September 19, 2007
Slice thickness, reading method don't change VC results
By Eric Barnes
Neither the primary reading method (2D versus 3D) nor reconstruction slice thickness affected VC results in significant ways in a recent study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. The group also found that the novel "virtual dissection" viewing method saved reading time.
September 19, 2007
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Varian, BrainLab team up
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, and image-guided therapy developer BrainLab of Germany have partnered to introduce the Novalis Tx stereotactic radiosurgery system.
September 18, 2007
Gamma Medica-Ideas makes Oklahoma install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas has made an installation of its dual-modality SPECT/CT preclinical imaging system at a site in Oklahoma.
September 18, 2007
NAS completes sale of Nomos unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer North American Scientific (NAS) has completed the sale of its Nomos radiation oncology business to Best Medical International.
September 18, 2007
Imaging software helps guide liver surgery
By Brian Casey
September 17, 2007
NeuroLogica adds cranial stabilization unit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable CT developer NeuroLogica is teaming up with German neurosurgery products firm pro med instruments (PMI) to launch its Doro CereTom intraoperative cranial stabilization system.
September 17, 2007
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