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NAS trims year-end losses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific reported fiscal 2006 year-end results that showed a downturn in revenues, but with a sizeable drop in net loss.
January 11, 2007
SPECT/CT enhances octreotide imaging
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Indium-111-labeled octreotide imaging has shown greater accuracy than CT or MRI scans in detecting somatostatin receptor-positive neuroendocrine tumors. But anatomic localization of these tumors solely based on octreotide scans is problematic, so these procedures are usually performed with CT or MRI. A recent study suggests that SPECT/CT in octreotide imaging can provide important diagnostic information to clinicians that is unavailable with planar whole-body scans.
January 11, 2007
Intraop raises $1.2 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has closed a $1.2 million financing arrangement.
January 10, 2007
Boston Scientific launches Promus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said that it has initiated international marketing of its Promus everolimus-eluting stent.
January 10, 2007
Philips, EP MedSystems partner for cath lab US
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems and electrophysiology product manufacturer EP MedSystems have signed a joint development and distribution agreement for the ViewMate II, a combined ultrasound and intracardiac catheter-based imaging system.
January 10, 2007
Fuji acquires cardiac PACS firm ProSolv
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA has moved into the cardiology market with the acquisition of cardiology PACS vendor Problem Solving Concepts (ProSolv) of Indianapolis.
January 10, 2007
Lesion-guided prostate biopsy bests random biopsy methods
By Erik L. Ridley
Lesion-directed prostate biopsies yield higher cancer detection rates than random biopsies, regardless of the prostate-specific antigen level, according to a five-year study published in the latest edition of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. Researchers from Taiwan used transrectal ultrasound to compare sonographically suspicious lesion-directed biopsies and random biopsies in 518 patients referred for prostate biopsies.
January 10, 2007
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January 10, 2007
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E-Z-EM shows positive Q2
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast and virtual colonoscopy accessory developer E-Z-EM reported a slight uptick in net sales and profit for its fiscal 2007 second quarter.
January 9, 2007
CT distinguishes asbestos lung damage from smoking impairment
By Eric Barnes
A new study finds that CT can apportion the blame for lung function impairment between patients' asbestos exposure and their smoking-related emphysema. The preliminary results will require further validation, but the authors believe the results are clear enough to have medicolegal implications, inasmuch as doctors have traditionally found it difficult until now to differentiate between the two common causes of lung impairment.
January 9, 2007
C-RADS reporting yields effective VC analysis
By Eric Barnes
C-RADS, the virtual colonoscopy reporting system developed by the Virtual Colonoscopy Working Group, is an efficient way to evaluate practice experience in virtual colonoscopy, and can be used to compare exam quality, readers, and patient cohorts, according to researchers from Boston.
January 8, 2007
'Instant replay' fluoroscopy cuts radiation dose in children
By Eric Barnes
If you've ever watched a fluoroscopy study fly by and muttered something less printable than "Wait -- what was that again?" you may not be alone. Considering how fast physiologic processes happen, a little instant-replay action could go a long way toward nailing the diagnosis. Now researchers from Israel have found that a software feature known as last fluoroscopy hold (LFH) can dramatically reduce the need for another pass at the patient, thereby reducing the radiation dose and saving time.
January 8, 2007
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