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Gamma camera market set to show 3.1% growth rate

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Analysis from market research group Frost & Sullivan indicates that the global market for gamma cameras will be constrained by the lack of new imaging agents that would open up new clinical applications for the systems, and by competition for budget and resources from PET, according to the San Jose, CA-based firm.

July 5, 2004

Orex starts shipping units with OsteoGram software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

CR manufacturer Orex Computed Radiography of Auburn, MA, has begun shipping CR readers with the DICOM version of OsteoGram bone densitometry software from CompuMed of Los Angeles.

July 5, 2004

Real-time perfusion info improves dobutamine stress echo

By Jerry Ingram

Dobutamine stress echocardiography exams can be made more sensitive with the addition of real-time low mechanical index imaging (RTLMII) following intravenous contrast injection, according to a multicenter pilot study.

July 4, 2004

FBP and AW-OSEM square off in 2D/3D cardiac PET

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Filtered back projection (FBP) and attenuation-weighted ordered-subsets expectation maximization (AW-OSEM) protocols have demonstrated efficacy as image reconstruction algorithms for use in 3D whole-body PET oncology imaging. A recent study from the Netherlands assessed the quantitative accuracy of each protocol in both 3D acquisition and iterative reconstruction for cardiac FDG-PET.

July 1, 2004

Witt, Omega team up

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Witt Biomedical and Omega Medical Imaging have formed a cooperative alliance.

June 30, 2004

Siemens, Platinum Medical partner on C-arms

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed a distribution agreement with Platinum Medical for mobile C-arm sales.

June 30, 2004

Siemens signs Johns Hopkins

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions has signed an agreement to provide its KinetDx ultrasound PACS network to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

June 29, 2004

Honing MRI, PET/CT protocols for larger patients

By Shalmali Pal

Excess body weight has been linked to a number of serious health complications, such as obesity, Type 2 diabetes, and a menu of cancers. It's a safe bet that imaging specialists are going to have to contend with these heavier patients at some point. Two recent papers focused on the role of weight-related imaging.

June 29, 2004

Siemens launches new echo capabilities

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound vendor Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, is introducing a new image and patient data management system for entry-level digital echocardiography at this week's American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) meeting in San Diego.

June 28, 2004

Siemens launches cardiac CT unit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

SAN FRANCISCO - Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, has announced a new version of its 64-slice CT platform that's optimized for cardiac, thoracic, and vascular studies. The company debuted the system at this week's International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT.

June 24, 2004

Immunomedics scores favorable patent ruling

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Immunomedics said it has received a favorable ruling in its patent infringement suit against Cytogen of Princeton, NJ, and C.R. Bard of Covington, GA, relating to their ProstaScint agent.

June 24, 2004

InfiMed launches stitching application

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital imaging developer InfiMed has debuted a new stitching software application called StingRay ImageStitch, according to the Liverpool, NY-based vendor.

June 24, 2004

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