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CAD boosts new readers in diagnosing stenosis on CCTA

By Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Computer-aided detection (CAD) software can improve the diagnosis of stenosis on coronary CT angiography (CCTA), although the level of performance gain varies by level of reader experience, according to research presented Sunday at the 2010 RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 27, 2010

Agfa inks resale deal with Forcare

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare announced it has signed a resale agreement to market Dutch healthcare IT firm Forcare's interoperability software products as part of its Impax Data Center.

November 27, 2010

Tomosynthesis uncovers occult scaphoid fractures

By James Brice

Digital radiography tomosynthesis shows promise for diagnosing acute scaphoid wrist fractures that can lead to severe complications when missed with conventional radiography, according to a pilot study published online November 6 in the journal Skeletal Radiology.

November 23, 2010

Report: DR to drive European market

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Demand for digital radiography (DR) systems will increase significantly in European markets, while computed radiography units will reach saturation levels in many European sectors, according to a survey from German market research firm Data Information Intelligence.

November 21, 2010

OR Technology nets German military deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German image processing and PACS firm OR Technology said that its distribution partner Atomed X-Ray has received a large mobile digital x-ray order from the German Bundeswehr, the country's armed forces.

November 14, 2010

Carestream completes French install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has installed its Carestream DRX-Evolution digital radiography suite at Brest Regional University Hospital in western Brittany, France.

November 11, 2010

Sectra nabs U.K. contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has won a contract for its mammography and osteoporosis screening technology with a U.K. hospital, the company said.

October 20, 2010

7T MRI matches 3T in right coronary artery imaging

By Wayne Forrest

Dutch researchers have concluded that in vivo human imaging of the right coronary artery at 7-tesla MRI equals or surpasses 3-tesla MRI, according to a study published in the October issue of Radiology.

October 19, 2010

Rotational coronary angiography accurate with less radiation, contrast

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The diagnostic accuracy of rotational coronary angiography is as good as that of conventional angiography, but it significantly reduces the amount of radiation and contrast medium required, according to findings reported in September's American Heart Journal by a German team.

October 4, 2010

Ziehm lands German military deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

C-arm developer Ziehm Imaging has received an order for 110 C-arms from the German Bundeswehr, the country's federal armed forces.

October 3, 2010

Biospace changes name to EOS Imaging

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French digital radiography firm Biospace Med has changed its name to EOS Imaging.

September 28, 2010

CAD detects signs of emphysema on DR images

By Brian Casey

Most of the recent research on the use of computer-aided detection (CAD) software for analyzing digital radiography (DR) studies of the chest has focused on lung cancer. But Italian researchers this month in European Journal of Radiology report good performance of an emphysema CAD algorithm that they developed at their institution.

September 26, 2010

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