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NAS gets FDA clearance for brachytherapy needle kit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm North American Scientific (NAS) has received Food and Drug Administration clearance to market its Prospera SurTrak line of brachytherapy products for the treatment of prostate cancer.
February 6, 2006
Boston Scientific shows 2005 sales gains
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has released financial results for its 2005 fiscal year and fourth quarter (end-December 31).
February 6, 2006
RadInfo Systems completes cardiac PACS installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare informatics developer RadInfo Systems reported that it has completed three new installations of its Cardiology PowerPACS product.
February 6, 2006
Hologic, Johns Hopkins APL ink pact
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Women's imaging vendor Hologic has signed an agreement with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL), receiving exclusive, worldwide rights to the Laurel, MD-based lab's bone health analysis technology.
February 6, 2006
CT angiography runs circles around stress testing
By Eric Barnes
Stress testing is commonly used to diagnose coronary artery disease, but has limited diagnostic accuracy. Researchers from Israel sought to assess the additive value of MDCT by comparing 64-slice CT angiography (CTA) to treadmill testing, and found that CTA adds significant information to the diagnosis.
February 6, 2006
How 64-slice CT saved my life: A radiologist's story
By Dr. Benjamin Roach
Buying a major piece of imaging equipment is always a big moment for a radiologist. So Dr. Benjamin Roach was truly excited when his facility, Our Lady of Bellefonte Hospital in Ashland, KY, decided to purchase a new CT scanner. For the purchase of a cutting-edge, state-of-the-art 64-slice scanner, the excitement was palpable: "Think of the lives we'll save," he thought. Little did he know that one of the first lives saved would be his own.
February 6, 2006
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Partners taps Moss
Cardiac CT practice developer Partners Imaging has appointed Robert Moss as national vice president, sales.
February 5, 2006
Angio labs readying for digital conversion
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Capital budgets for interventional angiography labs are increasing as they gear up to purchase flat-panel digital detectors, according to a new report published by market research and consulting firm IMV Medical Information Division.
February 5, 2006
Adverse events weigh on colonoscopy mortality equation
By Eric Barnes
Does optical colonoscopy produce a mortality benefit? Dr. David Lieberman, chief of gastroenterology at Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, tackled the question at the recent American Society of Clinical Oncology's Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium in San Francisco.
February 5, 2006
CT features diagnose autoimmune pancreatitis
By Eric Barnes
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare form of pancreatitis characterized by diffuse or focal enlargement of the gland, periductal inflammation, fibrosis, and vasculitis -- often accompanied by other autoimmune disease and nonspecific symptoms. But according to researchers from Italy, the condition can be reliably characterized on biphasic or triphasic CT.
February 2, 2006
Heart disease in women often eludes angiography
By Brian Casey
Gender disparities in the diagnosis and treatment of heart disease are well known in the literature. Women typically present different symptoms from those in men, are less likely to be treated for heart disease, and respond differently to therapy. But new heart studies published this week are shedding light on some enduring mysteries in the diagnosis of coronary artery disease in women.
February 1, 2006
Cardiovascular disease growth pushes European digital cath lab implementation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A steep rise in cardiovascular disease and mortalities in Europe has created enhanced scope for the purchase of cardiac catheterization imaging systems, according to a report by healthcare analysts Frost & Sullivan (F&S).
February 1, 2006
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