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CompuMed closes private placement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical informatics firm CompuMed has closed on a $2 million restricted private stock placement from a long-term institutional investor.

March 18, 2007

Radiographers equivalent to radiologists in VC study

By Eric Barnes

Finding polyps may be a tough job, but radiologists aren't any better at it than radiographers, according to the results of a new virtual colonoscopy study by researchers from the Netherlands. The findings suggest that dedicated radiographers trained in reading VC exams can be as accurate as radiologists in evaluating the exams.

March 18, 2007

DTHI boosts US performance in hepatic imaging

By Erik L. Ridley

NEW YORK CITY - A new dual-frequency nonlinear imaging mode called differential tissue harmonic imaging (DTHI) offers improvements over tissue harmonic imaging (THI) and fundamental ultrasound for hepatic applications, according to researchers from the U.S. and Taiwan. Dr. Flemming Forsberg presented the team's research Friday at the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) meeting.

March 15, 2007

Anatomic variants of the ankle made clear on MRI

By Shalmali Pal

Pinpointing ankle disorders caused by trauma or injury may be fairly simple, but what about asymptomatic ankles with anatomic variants? Two studies from Switzerland looked at the particular imaging anatomic hallmarks that clinicians should watch out for in the asymptomatic ankle.

March 15, 2007

Patterson extends Schick dental x-ray deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Dental distributor Patterson Companies of St. Paul, MN, has extended an exclusive distribution agreement with Sirona Dental Systems of Long Island City, NY, for its subsidiary Schick Technologies' CDR digital dental x-ray products.

March 14, 2007

Eckert & Ziegler ends deal with RadQual

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radioisotope developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products said that RadQual has informed the company that it has now developed its own process to manufacture gamma camera flood sources and that it is no longer using Eckert & Ziegler technology.

March 14, 2007

NAS revenues edge up, but loss widens in Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Strong gains in North American Scientific's radiation sources business segment were mostly offset by declines in its intensity-modulated radiation therapy/image-guided radiation therapy (IMRT/IGRT) business unit in its fiscal first quarter.

March 14, 2007

Health Canada issues gadolinium advisory

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The Canadian health regulatory agency Health Canada has issued a regulatory advisory to healthcare professionals in the country regarding the use of contrast agents containing gadolinium.

March 14, 2007

1.5T, 3.0T MRI are equivalent for assessing myocardial infarction

By Eric Barnes

In a new study by researchers from the U.K., 1.5- and 3.0-tesla MRI showed strong agreement in both mass and transmural extent of myocardial hyperenhancement (HE) when using the same imaging sequence for patients with previous myocardial infarction.

March 14, 2007

BrainSuite iCT

Siemens Medical Solutions' and BrainLab's intraoperative CT system, BrainSuite iCT, uses floor rails to move the scanner to the patient and then return it to its original position after images are acquired.

March 13, 2007

Prepless VC a gentle alternative for elderly

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - Prepless virtual colonoscopy with oral contrast is a viable alternative to aggressive oral cleansing preparation and colonoscopy in frail, elderly patients, researchers from Ireland reported at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 12, 2007

VC CAD ramps up detection of medium-sized polyps

By Eric Barnes

VIENNA - U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers, who spent years developing an advanced VC computer-aided-detection (CAD) scheme, recently revamped the polyp-detection algorithm to significantly improve its performance. They presented their research on the updated system today at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 11, 2007

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