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Novadaq begins trials for Luna system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies has commenced the first human clinical trial of its Luna urology visualization system.
October 22, 2006
Instrumentation, attenuation correction steer nuclear cardiology's future
By Eric Barnes
Nuclear cardiology modalities are seeing a resurgence of late, which is not to say the most widespread heart-imaging modalities were in decline. Still, recent technical improvements on multiple fronts, from detector technology to hybrid modalities like SPECT/CT and PET/CT, seem to have sharpened the modalities' future prospects as they have sharpened the images themselves.
October 22, 2006
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FDA gives Siemens PMA for lung CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has signed off on a premarket approval (PMA) application from Siemens Medical Solutions for its syngo Lung computer-aided detection (CAD) software for assisting radiologists in the detection of solid lung nodules in CT chest exams.
October 19, 2006
Tips for successful pediatric nuclear imaging
The prospect of scanning a pediatric patient can create fear and self-doubt in even the most experienced technologist. Yet most techs will encounter children as patients at some time and with some frequency. Nuclear medicine technologist Sandy Ferency of SPECT imaging provider Brain Matters in Denver shares some important tips to help achieve a good quality scan and a happy patient.
October 19, 2006
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GE makes Innova IVUS install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano of Rancho Cordova, CA, said they have completed the first commercial installation of an Innova IVUS system.
October 18, 2006
TeraRecon launches dental CT system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm TeraRecon of San Mateo, CA, launched a conebeam CT system for dental imaging as a work-in-progress at this week's American Dental Association meeting in Las Vegas.
October 18, 2006
NAS gets nomosSTAT install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific said that its Nomos radiation oncology division has placed its first nomosSTAT Encore system at Finger Lakes Radiation Oncology in Clifton Springs, NY.
October 18, 2006
Viatronix notches French installations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Advanced visualization firm Viatronix reported that it has installed its V3D Colon module for virtual colonoscopy at 14 hospitals throughout France, and that it expects to install the application at additional French sites in the coming months
October 18, 2006
InfraReDx receives FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Coronary imaging developer InfraReDx reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued 510(k) clearance for the company to market its near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopic system for examining coronary arteries.
October 18, 2006
AuntMinnie.com Cardiac Imaging Insider
By Eric Barnes
October 18, 2006
New data reveal higher efficacy for primary VC screening
By Eric Barnes
BOSTON - Across most of the U.S., virtual colonoscopy practice is a low-volume affair, relegated by lack of reimbursement to a few diagnostic indications and follow-up after incomplete colonoscopies. But clinicians and researchers at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison have built a bustling VC practice based primarily on reimbursed screening exams for mostly asymptomatic subjects 50 and older.
October 17, 2006
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Time-resolved MRA effective for congenital heart defects
By Eric Barnes
Improved imaging and therapeutic options have resulted in more congenital heart problems being diagnosed than in the past. Researchers in Germany believe they have found an easy, reliable way to deliver functional information in adult patients with complex congenital heart disease -- MRI.
October 17, 2006
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