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HCG develops Philips-based modular cath lab
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
HCG Building Technologies said it is developing a modular cardiac catheterization facility designed to specifications approved by the California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for the Allura Xper FD20 vascular and cardiac imaging system by Philips Medical Systems.
March 8, 2006
ScImage updates cardiology suite for PACS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS vendor ScImage said it will demonstrate its latest suite of cardiology applications for the firm's Web-based PicomEnterprise PACS product at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta next week.
March 8, 2006
VisualSonics adds new cardiac capabilities
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Microimaging ultrasound developer VisualSonics will introduce new cardiovascular functionalities for its Vevo 770 microultrasound system at the 2006 American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in Atlanta next week.
March 8, 2006
A fresh new look in cardiac imaging
By Brian Casey
March 8, 2006
Philips to buy Witt
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Medical Systems parent Royal Philips Electronics will be acquiring cardiology image and information management firm Witt Biomedical for approximately $165 million.
March 8, 2006
Boston Scientific submits final Liberté PMA module
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has submitted the final module of a premarket approval (PMA) application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Taxus Liberté paclitaxel-eluting coronary sent system.
March 8, 2006
GE, St. Joseph's ink research deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix have signed a six-year research agreement.
March 7, 2006
VC shows advantage for recurrent rectal cancer surveillance
By Eric Barnes
A recently published study that followed 434 rectal cancer patients with virtual colonoscopy and colonoscopy found that VC was 100% sensitive for detecting recurrent cancer, catching a few cases that were negative or indeterminate on optical colonoscopy, but also producing a few indeterminate results that were in fact negative.
March 7, 2006
Flat-panel detector CT bests MDCT in the skull base
By Eric Barnes
VIENNA - In a study presented today at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR), researchers from Hannover Medical School in Germany compared flat-panel-based volume CT (fpVCT) to thin-section 16-row multidetector CT images of the whole human skull base. Flat-panel imaging beat 16-slice MDCT hands down in a subjective visualization of 21 structures in the skull base.
March 6, 2006
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Zonare releases new transducer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
VIENNA - Ultrasound technology developer Zonare Medical Systems unveiled a new transducer for its ultrasound systems this week at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR).
March 6, 2006
New endovascular repair CPT codes for 2006
If your facility performs endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms, prepare for new and revised Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes in 2006. Endovascular repair of the abdominal aorta has had its own Category I codes for several years, but repair of the thoracic aorta has had only Category III codes (0033T-0040T). On January 1 of this year, however, new Category I codes for the thoracic aorta procedures took effect.
March 6, 2006
ONI debuts MSK Extreme scanner
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Extremity MRI developer ONI Medical Systems has introduced MSK Extreme, a 1-tesla dedicated extremity MRI device for musculoskeletal radiology applications.
March 5, 2006
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