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Mouse roars in workstation navigational study
By Eric Barnes
A lowly computer mouse aced the race for best input device in lung CT datasets. In a user study conducted at the University Hospital of Cleveland, the murine contender won out over an array of navigational devices, including a trackball, a video game joystick, a jog-dial, and a gamepad.
February 8, 2004
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E-Z-EM introduces virtual colonoscopy marker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Virtual colonoscopy and contrast developer E-Z-EM of Lake Success, NY, has launched Tagitol V -- a low-volume barium sulfate suspension that can effectively help tag retained stool for enhanced detection of pathology in virtual colonoscopy.
February 5, 2004
Myocardial ischemia, viability made apparent with MR
By Shalmali Pal
Cardiac imaging sessions at the 2003 RSNA meeting in Chicago featured three papers on the role of dobutamine stress MRI, as well as contrast-enhanced MRI, in assessing the myocardium. Two groups, from the Netherlands and Germany, discussed the safety and feasibility of dobutamine MR in patients suspected of having myocardial ischemia.
February 5, 2004
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MR, CT detect cystic pancreatic lesions, but malignancy a tough call
By Eric Barnes
CT and MR are both good at characterizing the morphology of cystic pancreatic masses, according to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. The problem is with the masses themselves, which can appear benign when they aren't, and vice-versa.
February 4, 2004
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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
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