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ScImage inks deal with Mennen
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image management firm ScImage of Los Altos, CA, has inked a deal with cardiac patient monitoring firm Mennen Medical of Trevose, PA, to provide image and data management to each company’s customers.
February 3, 2004
R2 gets FDA panel nod for lung CAD
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee panel has voted unanimously to recommend approval for R2 Technology's ImageChecker CT computer-aided detection (CAD) system.
February 3, 2004
Chase gets FDA OK for 3-D cardiac MRI software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardiac device manufacturer Chase Medical has received Food and Drug Administration 510(k) marketing clearance for Simon, the company's cardiac 3-D analysis system.
February 3, 2004
Neuroblastoma patients benefit from 131I MIBG scans throughout treatment
By Shalmali Pal
The positive feedback for MIBG scans in neuroblastoma patients continues. In a presentation at the 2003 RSNA conference in Chicago, Dr. Soo-Ah Im from the Catholic University of Korea in Seoul shared her department’s experience with imaging neuroblastoma patients with 123I MIBG after chemotherapy.
February 3, 2004
Medical Media Systems buys GHRL oncology technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Vascular imaging developer Medical Media Systems (MMS) has purchased the assets of GHRL, a Cambridge, MA-based provider of technology for the 3-D imaging of tumors.
February 2, 2004
Palatin nets $22.7 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Contrast agent developer Palatin Technologies has concluded an offering that raised approximately $22.7 million from sale of common stock and warrants to primarily institutional investors.
January 29, 2004
Large echo order for Siemens
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has installed 23 Acuson Sequoia echocardiography systems and two Acuson Cypress cardiovascular systems at Abbott Northwestern Hospital and the Minneapolis Heart Institute.
January 29, 2004
ISET talks offer innovative ways to survey aortic aneurysm repair
By Edward Susman
MIAMI BEACH, FL - CT scans following endovascular repair of the aorta could be a thing of the past if tiny sensors currently in development prove successful, according to a presentation at the International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET) this week.
January 29, 2004
Tailor insufflation technique to the patient, says VC researcher
By Eric Barnes
Insufflation has been shown to be crucial to the success of virtual colonoscopy. Adequate colonic distension is more important than thin-section imaging or even multidetector-row scanning, and ranks right up there with bowel prep in terms of the factors affecting lesion detection, according to Dr. Elizabeth McFarland.
January 29, 2004
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Lung CAD makes strides in nodule detection
By Eric Barnes
A survey of the latest nodule-detection studies finds that lung CAD algorithms have evolved to become unmistakably useful to radiologists. In nine studies presented at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago, CAD schemes developed by multimodality vendors and independent firms alike all brought significant sensitivity gains to the tedious job of lung-nodule detection.
January 29, 2004
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US offers info on complete quadriceps tendon tears
By Ultrasound Review
(Ultrasound Review) Radiologists and surgeons at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, MI, set out to ascertain the ultrasound features of partial-thickness and complete tears of the quadriceps tendon. Dr. Samuel La and colleagues also determined whether sonography could aid the diagnosis of such injuries.
January 29, 2004
Boston Scientific gets French reimbursement for Taxus
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Interventional device developer Boston Scientific has received reimbursement approval from the French government for its Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system.
January 28, 2004
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