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Boston Scientific receives FDA nod for FilterWire EZ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its FilterWire EZ embolic protection system for use in carotid artery stenting (CAS) procedures.
December 13, 2006
IBA to supply radiopharmaceuticals to Spain
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has been named by the regional health authorities in the Spanish region of Andalusia as its exclusive supplier of FDG and other radiopharmaceuticals.
December 13, 2006
CardioDynamics boosts sales force
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Impedance cardiography (ICG) technology developer CardioDynamics of San Diego said that it has increased its sales personnel by 25%.
December 11, 2006
Cordis launches lower-leg catheters
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Cordis Endovascular has introduced its Frontrunner XP chronic total occlusion (CTO) catheter and Outback re-entry catheter for the treatment of blocked lower-leg arteries in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
December 11, 2006
Novadaq gets Canadian approval for Luna
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies reported that it has received Health Canada approval for use of its Luna surgical visualization system for urological procedures.
December 11, 2006
Virtual dissection reading method finds the same polyps faster
By Eric Barnes
A virtual colonoscopy reading method that unrolls, opens, and displays the colon as a flat 3D model allowed readers in a recent study to find the same polyps they found in 2D or regular 3D endoluminal viewing, only faster. Still, double reading beat any single-display technique in lesion detection.
December 11, 2006
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IBA starts shipments from new Italian facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Belgian nuclear medicine products firm Ion Beam Application (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve has begun distribution of PET radiopharmaceuticals from a facility in Rome, Italy.
December 10, 2006
Emergency radiology requires fast turnaround times with PACS
By Erik L. Ridley
Emergency department (ED) physicians use PACS technology to view imaging studies concurrently or even before radiologists, potentially resulting in discrepancies and miscommunication, according to a study presented at the recent 2006 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 10, 2006
Maryland oncology center begins Trilogy treatments
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center in Baltimore has begun treating patients with the firm's Trilogy linear accelerator.
December 7, 2006
Trial shows promise for preventing radiocontrast nephropathy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A clinical feasibility trial presented at the recent American Heart Association (AHA) conference in Chicago last month demonstrated that endovascular therapeutic hypothermia may help prevent contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN).
December 6, 2006
Kodak outfits U.S. Olympic training center
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Eastman Kodak Health Group has provided its digital x-ray and information systems to the U.S. Olympic training center in Colorado Springs, CO.
December 6, 2006
CEUS stars in differentiating PVT in cirrhotic patients
By Erik L. Ridley
Contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) shows high sensitivity, accuracy, and specificity for differentiating benign and malignant portal vein thrombosis (PVT) in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), according to a team of Italian researchers.
December 6, 2006
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