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BrainLab adds M. D. Anderson Orlando install
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided surgery (IGS) and stereotactic radiosurgery developer BrainLab said that M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando in Orlando, FL, has installed its Adaptive Respiratory Gating system.
July 18, 2005
VC holds up against back-to-back colonoscopies
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy's accuracy is hard to verify because it is usually compared against the imperfect gold standard of optical colonoscopy. But in a new study, researchers in Italy compared the results of VC to those of back-to-back colonoscopies and may have achieved the best reference standard so far for VC.
July 18, 2005
TomoTherapy nets two Hi-Art installs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy developer TomoTherapy of Madison, WI, has installed its Hi-Art system at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK, and the City of Hope Cancer Center in Duarte, CA.
July 14, 2005
ArthroCare receives FDA clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device firm ArthroCare of Sunnyvale, CA, received notice from the Food and Drug Administration that its Parallax Acrylic Resin with Tracers-Ta Bone Cement Opacifier has been cleared for the fixation of pathological fractures of the vertebral body using vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty procedures.
July 14, 2005
Echo illuminates prognosis in infective endocarditis, ACS
By Tracie L. Thompson
A pair of new studies suggests that cardiac imaging still has plenty to gain from echocardiography -- specifically, from its strong predictive value in infective endocarditis to its accurate assessment of patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
July 14, 2005
Swissray adds to client roster
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Digital radiography developer Swissray International reported that it has installed four of its ddRModulaire DR units in three offices of Princeton, NJ-based Princeton Orthopaedic Associates.
July 13, 2005
E-Z-EM launches Varibar Thin Honey
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast and virtual colonoscopy provider E-Z-EM has expanded its roster of barium products for the study of swallowing disorders with the market introduction of Varibar Thin Honey.
July 13, 2005
Part I: Computer-aided detection marking new targets
By Wayne Forrest
When healthcare practitioners think of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology today, they usually consider using it with mammography for early breast cancer detection. As technology and research progress, however, there is a developing consensus among radiologists that CAD can aid in uncovering abnormalities in applications such as breast MRI, lung cancer screening, and virtual colonoscopy exams.
July 13, 2005
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Bracco, Toshiba partner in 64-slice CTA trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics is teaming up with Toshiba Medical Systems of Tokyo to support a clinical trial aimed at assessing the viability of using multislice CT as a primary diagnostic tool for detecting cardiovascular disease and disorders.
July 12, 2005
Medtronic launches Valiant thoracic stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Medtronic has released the Valiant thoracic stent graft with its Xcelerant delivery system, according to the Minneapolis-based firm.
July 12, 2005
Reduced prep, low-residue diet, and mild tagging suffice for accurate VC
By Eric Barnes
High barium doses aren't necessary for reduced-prep virtual colonoscopy when a low-residue diet is part of the protocol. In the American Journal of Roentgenology, researchers from Belgium reported high sensitivity and specificity for colorectal polyps using such a protocol.
July 12, 2005
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Novadaq receives Spy patent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Novadaq Technologies of Toronto has been granted a patent, 6,915,154 B1, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its Spy intraoperative imaging system.
July 11, 2005
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