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RARE technique shows benefits in MR colonography
By Eric Barnes
Researchers from the Prince of Wales Hospital in Hong Kong used MRI with air as a contrast agent to look for colorectal polyps and carcinomas in 22 patients. The RARE protocol offers visualization benefits, they said, but other issues may have kept the sensitivity low for the detection of lesions 1 cm and smaller.
July 14, 2003
Reimbursement gains, competition prime CAD market
By Erik L. Ridley
The U.S. computer-aided detection (CAD) market more than doubled in 2002, turning in $65.2 million in revenues, according to market research firm Frost & Sullivan. Frost segmented the CAD market into mammography, chest/lung, and virtual colonoscopy applications.
July 14, 2003
'Katie Couric effect' raises colon screening rates
By Eric Barnes
A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that significantly higher screening rates, dubbed the "Katie Couric effect," persisted throughout the U.S. for at least nine months after the Today show episode in which the popular host underwent colon cancer screening.
July 13, 2003
Terason, Siemens form partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable ultrasound technology provider Terason of Burlington, MA, has signed a definitive agreement with Siemens Medical Solutions.
July 13, 2003
Cytogen nets $10 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cytogen has raised $10 million in a private placement with institutional investors. The Princeton, NJ-based firm said it would use the proceeds for its previously announced eacquisition from of North American and Latin American rights and related expenses to its Quadramet radiopharmaceutical.
July 10, 2003
Electromed, Inphact plan merger
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS and radiology information systems provider Inphact of Brentwood, TN, and digital cardiac imaging systems developer Electromed of Laval, Quebec, plan to merge.
July 10, 2003
Shortage of nuclear medicine technologists shows no signs of abating
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The aging of certified nuclear medicine technologists matches that of the general U.S. population. But as more Americans require nuclear medicine services, a decreasing number of qualified professionals will be available to provide those services.
July 10, 2003
Fuji, Medstrat set partnership
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Fujifilm Medical Systems USA and orthopedic imaging informatics developer Medstrat of Downers Grove, IL, have partnered to provide filmless capabilities to orthopedic practices.
July 9, 2003
Positron, GE in cardiac PET swap
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron has sold its cardiac PET software to GE Medical Systems in exchange for cancellation of a note and other obligations owed to GE.
July 8, 2003
Virtual colon dissection is promising, if flawed
By Eric Barnes
Dr. Hanno Hoppe and colleagues from Inselspital University Hospital in Bern, Switzerland, used virtual colon dissection software to evaluate virtual colonoscopy studies, comparing the technique to axial viewing and to conventional colonoscopy.
July 8, 2003
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Given Imaging receives FDA first-line tool clearance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Video-capsule manufacturer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, said that it has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for use of its Given Diagnostic System as a first-line tool in the detection of abnormalities of the small bowel.
July 7, 2003
flexScan launches flexPLUS
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Whole-body CT screener flexScan of Mission Viejo, CA, has launched flexPLUS, a corporate benefit initiative for full-body and colonoscopy CT screening.
July 7, 2003
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