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Smith & Nephew acquires OsteoBiologics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The endoscopy division of medical device firm Smith & Nephew has acquired privately held OsteoBiologics.

July 10, 2006

Kyron gets Prism clearance

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI advanced visualization application developer Kyron Clinical Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its Prism Acquire and Prism Process brain imaging products in the U.S.

July 10, 2006

JAMA study reveals gender differences in lung cancer rates and survival

By Wayne Forrest

New data from the Early Lung Cancer Action Project (ELCAP) reveal significant differences between men and women in rates of lung cancer prevalence and survival, according to a study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

July 10, 2006

CardioStream to install software at Georgia practice

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CardioStream, an application service provider (ASP)-based cardiology mini-PACS firm in Austell, GA, has signed a deal to install its software at a practice in the Atlanta metropolitan area.

July 10, 2006

2D primary reading plus CAD has an edge in VC study

By Eric Barnes

In comparing 2D primary reading to 3D for virtual colonoscopy interpretation, 3D yielded lower sensitivity and more false positives, and took significantly longer to complete. But a computer-aided reading scheme applied to both methods was helpful, according to a study in the June issue of Radiology.

July 10, 2006

GE inks deal with ACC

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with the American College of Cardiology (ACC). The Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor will be developing software for the ACC National Cardiovascular Data Registry (ACC-NCDR) Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) registry, allowing institutions to send procedure data to the ACC-NCDR.

July 9, 2006

Data, not fear, should drive CT decisions in pregnancy

By Eric Barnes

Deciding whether to scan a pregnant patient with CT can be one of the toughest decisions in radiology. At the recent International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT in San Francisco, two presenters addressed some of the risks and fears of CT in pregnancy.

July 9, 2006

IsoRay pulls Nasdaq application for now

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IsoRay has withdrawn its application for a listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange because the Richland, WA, company's stock did not meet the capital market's minimum bid requirement of $4 for more than 10 trading days.

July 6, 2006

IsoRay begins cesium-131 production testing

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical said it has begun production testing the creation of cesium-131 at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls.

July 6, 2006

Varian signs French client

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation oncology vendor Varian Medical Systems reported that three of its Clinac linear accelerators equipped for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) are being installed at La Roche-sur-Yon Hospital in La Roche-sur-Yon, France.

July 6, 2006

PET trumps MRI for brain cancer chemo response

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Monitoring the effectiveness of chemotherapy for brain cancer is a critical element in the treatment of the disease. A recent study by French researchers indicates that monitoring chemotherapy efficacy with FDG-PET may detect recurrence of high-grade glioma earlier than imaging studies conducted with MRI.

July 6, 2006

Reducing radiation dose in cardiac CTA

By Brian Casey

July 5, 2006

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