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E-Z-EM founder dies
Contrast injection developer E-Z-EM announced the death of Howard Stern, co-founder and chairman emeritus of the company.
January 3, 2006
MDCT spurs boom in ER CT utilization
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Implementing MDCT in the emergency room can improve workflow and increase throughput due to the modality's faster scanning and reconstruction times. However, MDCT may also create increased workloads, as researchers from Philadelphia discovered at their institution.
January 3, 2006
IsoRay, IBt notch technology agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has signed a letter of intent for a technology licensing agreement covering access to International Brachytherapy's (IBt) proprietary polymer seed technology for use with cesium-131 in brachytherapy.
January 2, 2006
CT differentiates mesenteric ischemia from transmural necrosis
By Eric Barnes
Researchers in Korea have found CT useful for differentiating transmural ischemic necrosis from nontransmural ischemia, potentially sparing some patients the need for surgical intervention.
January 2, 2006
Larger brain volume, head circumference may be early markers of autism
By Shalmali Pal
Although the exact cause of autism is still a mystery, possible explanations include accelerated neural development and/or macrocephaly, resulting in a larger brain and head size. Going a step beyond anatomy, researchers from North Carolina studied brain volume and head circumference in children with autism. Their results suggest that generalized enlargement of certain areas of the brain may begin as early as the first year of life.
January 2, 2006
Familial links may improve patient selection for lung cancer screening
By Eric Barnes
The past decade has seen substantial growth in lung cancer screening, which has benefited from government funding and improvements in MDCT technology and CAD software. But studies suggest that improvements in mortality may come at a high cost. New research, however, offers hope for lowering screening costs through better selection of the screening population based on genetics and familial linkage.
January 1, 2006
Heart rate determines best CTA reconstruction interval
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, have confirmed that heart rate dictates the optimal reconstruction technique in CT angiography.
January 1, 2006
Guidant schedules J&J vote
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Shareholders of interventional device firm Guidant of Indianapolis have set January 31 as the date for a vote on the firm's proposed acquisition by Johnson & Johnson of New Brunswick, NJ.
December 29, 2005
Automated CO2 insufflation maintains lead
By Eric Barnes
Automated CO2 insufflation improves colonic distension for virtual colonoscopy compared to manual CO2 insufflation, particularly in the left colon, researchers from the U.K. reported in the January American Journal of Roentgenology.
December 29, 2005
FDG-PET may predict which lymphoma patients will benefit from stem cell therapy
By Jerry Ingram
FDG-PET could play a major role in determining whether relapsed lymphoma patients should progress to autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT), according to a presentation earlier this month at the American Society of Hematology meeting in Atlanta.
December 29, 2005
Digirad prepares for triple-head rollout
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad of Poway, CA, said it has completed clinical testing of its mobile Cardius-3M triple-head gamma camera.
December 28, 2005
CompuMed revenues up in 2005
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm CompuMed reported fiscal 2005 revenue of $2.3 million, up 23% compared with the $1.9 million reported in fiscal 2004.
December 27, 2005
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