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CT is the blanket modality for neuroimaging blunt injury patients

SAN FRANCISCO - In case you had any doubts, technology and urgent care practice are increasingly headed toward a single conclusion: CT is all you need to image neurological injuries, including the head, the spine, and even ligamentous trauma.

January 11, 2006

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TomoTherapy adds to coffers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy developer TomoTherapy said it raised $14 million of new equity capital in late December.

January 10, 2006

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January 10, 2006

E-Z-EM posts strong Q2

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Contrast agent and virtual colonoscopy developer E-Z-EM reported robust fiscal 2006 second-quarter net sales of $34.2 million, up 30% compared with the $26.2 million booked in the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

January 10, 2006

Guidant expects Q4 sales downturn

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device firm Guidant said that it believes preliminary unaudited fiscal 2005 fourth-quarter sales will be approximately $828 million, reflecting a decline of approximately 15% compared with the fiscal 2004 fourth quarter.

January 9, 2006

CPT code released for breast MRI CAD

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

MRI computer-aided detection developer CAD Sciences of White Plains, NY, reported that a Category III Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) code can be used for breast MRI CAD.

January 9, 2006

MDCT still can't differentiate between noncalcified plaques

Thin-section multidetector-row CT does a fine job of visualizing calcified atherosclerotic plaque, but is all but blind when it comes to differentiating two important but morphologically distinct types of noncalcified coronary plaque.

January 9, 2006

GE, PhotoCure ink optical imaging deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

GE Healthcare and PhotoCure have inked a licensing agreement covering the Oslo, Norway-based firm's Hexvix optical molecular imaging agent for diagnosing and monitoring bladder cancer.

January 8, 2006

I-ELCAP data suggest need to work up secondary lung lesions

Lung cancer screening data from the I-ELCAP trial suggest that patients with secondary tumors might benefit from more aggressive management, and that metastases, at least in the predominant non-small cell lung cancers, may be less common than previously thought. The data also suggest that revisions in the current staging criteria may help save lives.

January 8, 2006

Early postoperative US predicts liver transplant complications

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) The hepatic artery resistive index can predict vascular and nonvascular complications in adult liver transplant patients, according to a study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology. The authors highlight the importance of early detection of hepatic artery stenosis or thrombosis with ultrasound to enable timely revascularization.

January 5, 2006

Diagnostic Ultrasound acquires Saturn Biomedical

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Diagnostic Ultrasound has acquired Saturn Biomedical Systems, the Burnaby, British Columbia-based manufacturer of the GlideScope Video Laryngoscope.

January 4, 2006

Tobin extends term with Boston Scientific

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Interventional device developer Boston Scientific said that its president and chief executive officer Jim Tobin has agreed to a request from its board of directors to extend his tenure at the firm.

January 4, 2006

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