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Stereotaxis, Medtronic partner for clinical study
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery firm Stereotaxis and interventional technology firm Medtronic said they will co-sponsor a postmarket, prospective, randomized outcomes-based clinical study to determine the role of magnetic navigation in left ventricular lead placement optimization.
May 17, 2006
Botox boosts radiation therapy treatment
By Brian Casey
It's better known as the cosmetic injection that's given new life to the careers of many a Hollywood star. But Botox may also have a role as a complementary tool that can increase the effectiveness of radiation and chemotherapy.
May 17, 2006
Color Doppler US shines for carpal tunnel syndrome
By Erik L. Ridley
Color Doppler sonography outperforms grayscale sonography in characterizing median nerve involvement in suspected carpal tunnel syndrome patients, according to research published in the May issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
May 17, 2006
Bone marrow edema on preop MR correlates with vertebroplasty success
By Shalmali Pal
On prevertebroplasty MRI, the loss of signal intensity from the vertebral bone marrow space is indicative of bone marrow edema. This information is useful for determining which vertebrae should be treated. Now, researchers in Japan have studied the direct connection between bone marrow edema patterns on preoperative MRI and clinical outcome after percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP).
May 17, 2006
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Stereotaxis, Siemens extend partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis and Siemens Medical Solutions have signed a three-year extension to their joint development agreement.
May 16, 2006
Siemens debuts new echo capabilities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing several new ultrasound applications at this week's annual scientific sessions of the Heart Rhythm Society (HRS) in Boston.
May 16, 2006
Hansen unveils new robotic catheter system
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Robotic technology developer Hansen Medical of Mountain View, CA, will showcase its new Sensei robotic catheter system in Boston at the Heart Rhythm Society's scientific conference this week.
May 16, 2006
Stereotaxis completes proof-of-concept demo
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis said that it has successfully completed a proof-of-concept demonstration of a magnetically enabled endocardial injection catheter developed in collaboration with Johnson & Johnson's Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis.
May 15, 2006
GE, St. Jude Medical partner on cardiac imaging
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and St. Jude Medical of St. Paul, MN, have entered into a development and collaboration agreement to create integrated imaging and monitoring capabilities for cardiac catheterization labs.
May 15, 2006
Cordis releases Smart stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Biologics Delivery Systems Group, Cordis has launched its Smart stent for primary stenting in the iliac artery.
May 15, 2006
Boston Scientific gets EC nod for added Liberte uses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device firm Boston Scientific reported that it has received indication extensions to the European CE Mark for its Taxus Liberte paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
May 15, 2006
Part II: Automated CT lung nodule assessment advances
By Eric Barnes
Part II of our series on automated CT nodule assessment explores the how and why of lung nodule assessment in a few computer-aided detection (CAD) systems. The results of some recent studies suggest that current CAD algorithms may need more emphasis on the small, irregularly shaped nodules that constitute many primary lung cancers.
May 15, 2006
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