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Siemens, Wyeth join forces
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The molecular imaging division of Siemens Medical Solutions and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals have inked an Alzheimer's disease research agreement.
March 4, 2007
Medtronic submits PMA for Talent Thoracic
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic has submitted the final module of a premarket approval (PMA) application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Talent Thoracic stent-graft system.
March 4, 2007
iCAD integrates NIH technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD has integrated technology developed and licensed from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) into its colon CAD product line.
March 4, 2007
Calcium scoring requires individualized reconstruction phases
By Eric Barnes
Preset reconstruction phases won't cut it for retrospectively gated CT calcium scoring -- not if you want accuracy and reproducibility. A preliminary but ongoing study from the Netherlands has found that large errors can be introduced by the use of predetermined reconstruction intervals, particularly when hearts beat fast.
March 4, 2007
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Food for thought: Neuroimaging offers clues into eating-related psychopathology
By Shalmali Pal
In honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, AuntMinnie.com surveyed the latest research in eating-related imaging using functional MRI (fMRI). The European and U.S. studies examined appetite-related brain activity, the subjective quality of appetite, and cerebral processing of food-related stimuli by gender, as well as hunger and satiety in anorexia patients.
March 1, 2007
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Viatronix completes Massachusetts installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Viatronix of Stony Brook, NY, has installed its V3D Colon module at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) in Boston, as well as the BWH Radiology outpatient imaging center in Chestnut Hill, MA.
February 28, 2007
Refurbished equipment helps imaging facilities do more with less
By Brian Casey
Farida Razvi was facing a dilemma. As manager of the nuclear medicine department at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago, she wanted to replace the hospital's aging single-head gamma camera, a Prism system of Picker International vintage. But as a nonprofit community hospital, Mount Sinai faced serious budget constraints in terms of how much money it could commit to acquiring new technology.
February 28, 2007
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New techniques in breast ultrasound may find more cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Valued as a noninvasive imaging modality that is well-tolerated by patients, ultrasound has played an important role in breast imaging as an adjunct to conventional mammography, particularly for women with dense breasts.
February 28, 2007
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Novadaq nets Japanese patent for Spy
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies of Toronto has received a patent grant in Japan for its Spy intraoperative imaging system.
February 27, 2007
Real-time 3DTTE comparable to MRI in LV evaluation
By Erik L. Ridley
Real-time 3D transthoracic echocardiography (RT-3DTTE) yields comparable accuracy to cardiac MRI in assessing left ventricular (LV) volume, mass, and ejection fraction (EF), according to an article published in the February issue of Echocardiography.
February 27, 2007
AFP Imaging to acquire Quantitative Radiology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital x-ray device developer AFP Imaging of Elmsford, NY, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Quantitative Radiology (QR) of Verona, Italy, a supplier of the NewTom 3G, a 3D dental CT device.
February 26, 2007
Amicas signs distribution pact with NeuroLogica
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Boston-based PACS vendor Amicas has inked a distribution agreement to make its image management software available with Danvers, MA-based NeuroLogica's CereTom portable and wireless head and neck mobile CT scanner.
February 26, 2007
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