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Siemens debuts Axiom Artis dBC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced Axiom Artis dBC, a biplane cardiac and angiography system equipped with two flat-panel digital detectors.
September 21, 2003
Philips adds to Integris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, has signed a letter of intent with MediGuide of Haifa, Israel, to equip its Integris Allura flat-panel catheterization lab with sensor-tracking capabilities.
September 18, 2003
Philips adds to Integris
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical device developer Philips Medical Systems of Andover, MA, has signed a letter of intent with MediGuide of Haifa, Israel, to equip its Integris Allura flat-panel catheterization lab with sensor-tracking capabilities.
September 17, 2003
Clinical trials begin for ImaRx
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound therapy developer ImaRx Therapeutics of Tucson, AZ, has begun clinical trials to investigate the use of its SonoLysis technology for the treatment of blood clots in kidney dialysis patients.
September 17, 2003
Siemens signs US, injector alliance agreements
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Medical Solutions’ ultrasound division and 3-D developer TomTec Imaging Systems of Unterschleissheim, Germany, have entered into a strategic alliance.
September 17, 2003
Jury deadlocks on use of Buscopan in virtual colonoscopy
By Eric Barnes
Three studies on the benefits of hyoscine butylbromide (Buscopan) in virtual colonoscopy have reached different conclusions. One group says it produced better colonic distension, while two others found the muscle relaxant to be generally ineffective.
September 17, 2003
Boning up on musculoskeletal MR basics at ISS
By Shalmali Pal
SAN FRANCISCO - At the International Skeletal Society (ISS) meeting, Dr. Mini Pathria reviewed some of the technical considerations of musculoskeletal MR, focusing on the key elements of a successful imaging protocol.
September 17, 2003
MammoSite RTS treats first Canadian patient
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation-therapy developer Proxima Therapeutics said the first patient in Canada has been treated with its catheter-based radiation treatment device, MammoSite RTS.
September 16, 2003
FDA sets date to review Boston Scientific stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration will hold a special panel hearing on November 20 to review Boston Scientific’s premarket approval (PMA) application for the Taxus Express2 paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent.
September 15, 2003
Trial questions PET's cost-effectiveness for Alzheimer's diagnosis
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Based on the results of their analysis, Boston researchers concluded that although PET may have a high diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer’s diagnosis, adding it to the standard diagnostic regimen at Alzheimer’s disease clinics would yield limited benefits at a very high cost.
September 15, 2003
Groups to collaborate on x-ray visible stent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Stent developer REVA Medical and the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials, a consortium of Rutgers University, and other groups have teamed up to develop the first resorbable polymer drug-delivery stent that is visible by x-ray.
September 14, 2003
Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals to start phase III trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope imaging developer Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals will proceed with phase III trials of its molecular imaging pharmaceutical, (123I)-BMIPP, for the visualization of cardiac metabolism.
September 14, 2003
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