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EBCT versus MDCT? It depends on the application
By Eric Barnes
SAN FRANCISCO - Dr. Friedrich Knollmann from Berlin's Charité Hospital discussed the clinical implications and prospects for future developments in cardiac CT on Saturday at the 2003 Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT, sponsored by Stanford University of Stanford, CA.
June 30, 2003
BTG licenses radiotracer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Technology development firm BTG of West Conshohocken, PA, has licensed an imaging probe that could be used for the development of a new contrast agent for the detection of heart disease.
June 30, 2003
MRI reveals how reading skills mature
By Shalmali Pal
A functional MRI study has shed light on the different brain processes involved in reading as children grow into adulthood. According to research published in Nature Neuroscience, kids rely on phonetic cues to decode words at first, but later learn to consolidate letter sequences and identify them as whole units.
June 29, 2003
Radiographs improve treatment of land mine injuries
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
More than 110 million land mines of various types remain hidden around the world, waiting to be triggered by unsuspecting civilians. Radiographs are a useful tool to reduce the number of intensive operations and improve treatment of these patients, according to researchers from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD.
June 26, 2003
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R2 partners with Stanford
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided-detection (CAD) firm R2 Technology and Stanford University’s department of radiology in Stanford, CA, will be collaborating on the development of CAD-enhanced products for the detection of lung cancer and optimized clinical workflow.
June 25, 2003
CTF places three MEG units
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CTF Systems, a subsidiary of Canadian medical device company VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, has signed an agreement with a Nevada-based physician/investor consortium for three 275-channel magnetoencephalography (MEG) systems.
June 25, 2003
Immunomedics highlights LeukoScan research
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Immunomedics said that its work-in-progress LeukoScan radiopharmaceutical was featured in five presentations at the annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine in New Orleans.
June 25, 2003
Hunting for recruits, pediatric radiologists take aim at "misconceptions"
By Eric Barnes
Pediatric radiologists say there's nothing more rewarding than intervening to make a difference in children's lives. Why, then, is it so difficult to attract qualified candidates to the field? At the Society for Pediatric Radiology meeting, three practitioners scoured the statistics -- and the workplace -- in search of answers.
June 25, 2003
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Esophageal cancer patients benefit from clinical staging with FDG-PET
By Shalmali Pal
NEW ORLEANS - A negative FDG-PET scan is highly useful for excluding distant metastases in patients with pre-resection esophageal cancer, according to a poster presentation at the 2003 Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting.
June 25, 2003
R2's ImageChecker CT set for FDA review
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
R2 Technology's pre-market approval (PMA) application for its ImageChecker CT computer-aided detection system has been accepted for review by the Food and Drug Administration.
June 24, 2003
CompuMed builds global sales effort
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bone densitometry developer CompuMed has signed new distribution agreements covering Israel, Brazil, Egypt, and India.
June 24, 2003
GE, Cytogen ink fusion imaging alliance
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Medical Systems and Cytogen have teamed up to market a prostate molecular imaging system built on GE's new Infinia Hawkeye SPECT/CT system and Cytogen's ProstaScint radiolabeled monoclonal antibody.
June 23, 2003
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