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MR technique, criteria hone in on prostate cancer progression
By Shalmali Pal
Two new studies take a closer look at the progression of prostate cancer with MRI. Researchers from Switzerland performed prostate MR spectroscopy (MRS) using 2D S-PRESS, while a group from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City used MRI to detect, localize, and stage transition zone prostate cancers.
June 13, 2006
CompuMed re-signs correction contracts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm CompuMed said it has renewed agreements to provide electrocardiogram (ECG) remote interpretation systems and services for GEO Group, the Nevada Department of Corrections (NDOC), and the City and County of San Francisco Jail Health Services.
June 12, 2006
Given gets FDA OK for real-time device
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule developer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration marketing clearance for its Rapid Access RT product.
June 12, 2006
CardioStream signs Ultrascan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CardioStream, an application service provider (ASP)-based cardiology mini-PACS firm in Austell, GA, has signed an agreement to provide digital image and data acquisition, review, and storage for Ultrascan, an Atlanta-based mobile ultrasound provider.
June 12, 2006
Firm raises eyebrows with push to enforce anti-kidney-failure patent
By Wayne Forrest
A start-up company's efforts to enforce a patent it received for preventing kidney failure during contrast administration has a number of hospitals consulting with their attorneys. A central issue is whether patent holders can successfully enforce patents against physicians who are using generically available compounds and devices for treating patients.
June 12, 2006
SonoSite to provide iPod video training
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Compact-ultrasound developer SonoSite has launched an initiative to provide physician refresher courses using Apple Computer's iPods.
June 11, 2006
Medtronic nets French reimbursement approval
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional technology firm Medtronic said it has received reimbursement approval in France for its Endeavor drug-eluting coronary stent system.
June 11, 2006
FDA clears GE nuclear cardiology software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for a new software package for the fusion of PET/CT and SPECT/CT cardiac studies.
June 11, 2006
GE investigates Omniscan cases
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is investigating 25 cases of a rare kidney disease that developed in European patients after administration of the company's Omniscan MRI contrast agent.
June 11, 2006
Flat polyps foil readers in 16-slice VC study
By Eric Barnes
Korean researchers had a hard time finding flat polyps on contrast-enhanced virtual colonoscopy, even with the aid of thin-section imaging on a 16-slice CT scanner, according to a new study. Fewer than half of the flat lesions in the retrospective patient cohort were detected by blinded and unblinded review together.
June 11, 2006
Positron buys Cadenza software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron has acquired exclusive licensing rights to sell and further develop Cadenza Software for predicting coronary artery disease.
June 8, 2006
Konica Minolta expands extra-long CR cassette functionality
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA has made its long-length CR cassette for capturing full-length leg and spine images available for more CR models.
June 8, 2006
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