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Stereotaxis reports revenue growth in Q3
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Image-guided interventional surgery firm Stereotaxis has reported strong revenue growth and a significant reduction in net loss for Q3.
November 5, 2009
SNM contests proposed CMS payment rules
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine society SNM has raised significant concerns about proposed reimbursement rules for imaging procedures, announced by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on October 30.
November 5, 2009
ACRIN seeks research sites for clinical trial
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) has put out a call seeking sites to participate in a multicenter trial of the use of FDG-PET/CT for the staging of head and neck cancer.
November 5, 2009
Film-screen mammo and MRI: Different enough to complement
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast MRI and film-screen mammography (FSM) are complementary tests for early breast cancer detection, according to a new study published in Academic Radiology. Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital studied the correlation between FSM and breast MRI to determine how effective breast MRI can be when used as an adjunct to mammography.
November 5, 2009
Automated segmentation could improve fetal heart echo
By Eric Barnes
A new method of segmenting the fetal heart with echocardiography could improve the evaluation of congenital heart defects compared to the time-consuming manual segmentation in use today, according to researchers from the U.K.
November 5, 2009
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Philips inks 8-year PACS/Xcelera deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has announced a contract to replace a siloed legacy PACS at Lakeland Regional Medical Center in central Florida.
November 4, 2009
Pseudoprogression in children merits scrutiny
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CHICAGO - Pseudoprogression, an increase in the size of high-grade brain tumors that may occur following radiation therapy and chemotherapy, occurs in pediatric cancer patients as frequently as it does in adults, according to researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, NY.
November 4, 2009
CMS cuts SPECT MPI payments 36%, sets CCTA rates
By Eric Barnes
Cardiac imaging is scheduled for reimbursement cuts -- including a 36% hack at SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) -- under the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2010. On the plus side, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) also published base rates for coronary CT angiography (CCTA) and increased cardiac PET reimbursement by about 17%.
November 4, 2009
RT alone can reduce PSA levels
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CHICAGO - Radiation therapy alone can reduce prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels below detectable amounts in prostate cancer patients, researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia reported at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's annual meeting being held this week in Chicago.
November 3, 2009
Medis unveils software enhancements
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Quantification software provider Medis Medical Imaging Systems has released the 7.2 version of QAngio XA for quantitative analysis of peripheral and coronary vessels in angiograms.
November 3, 2009
BRCA1 carriers benefit from combo of FFDM and breast MRI
By Kate Madden Yee
Tuesday, December 1 | 11:30 a.m.-11:40 a.m. | SSG09-07 | Room S102DFor BRCA1 carriers, a combination of full-field digital mammography (FFDM) and breast MRI for annual screening exams is the most clinically effective strategy, according to researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
November 3, 2009
ABUS plus DBT improves specificity of diagnosis
By Kate Madden Yee
Monday, November 30 | 3:10 p.m.-3:20 p.m. | SSE02-02 | Room E450AA 3D breast imaging system that incorporates digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) and automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) may improve the specificity of tomosynthesis data, particularly in relation to cysts, according to this scientific session presentation by researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center.
November 3, 2009
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