Clinical News: Page 1016

BioClinica teams with Mirada for molecular imaging
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Clinical trial management firm BioClinica of Oxford, U.K., will partner with medical imaging software developer Mirada Medical to integrate Mirada's image analysis systems into BioClinica's PET and molecular imaging processes.
March 29, 2012
MRI tops FDG-PET in older dementia patients
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch researchers says invasive and expensive techniques, such as lumbar puncture and PET scans, are not useful to establish the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease in most elderly patients, as MRI is preferable, according to a study published in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.
March 29, 2012
'Therapeutic ultrasound' shows bone stress injuries
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - So-called therapeutic ultrasound, commonly used to treat soft-tissue injuries, can be an alternative to MRI for detecting bone stress injuries, according to a U.K. research team.
March 29, 2012
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Mini PET probe explores cancer biomarkers
By Tami Freeman, PhD
A project led by the European Center for Research in Medical Imaging is developing a miniature PET/ultrasound probe to study new biomarkers for pancreatic and prostate cancer. Its aim is to create a bimodal imaging probe that combines a miniaturized time-of-flight PET detector head with an ultrasonic endoscope.
March 29, 2012
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MRI displays rectal cancer prognosis and tumor regression
By Wayne Forrest
French researchers have found that MR volumetric measurements are reliable indicators of rectal cancer prognosis and can help predict disease-free survival and tumor regression, according to a study published online on 21 March in Radiology.
March 28, 2012
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Global cardio PACS market to reach 670M euros by 2017
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The global market for cardiovascular PACS is expected to reach 670 million euros by the year 2017, according to a new report from market research firm Global Industry Analysts.
March 27, 2012
What companies don't tell you about screening
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Private companies that offer health screening services come under the microscope in articles published this week in the British Medical Journal.
March 27, 2012
Radiographers & CT colonography; heart transplants; structured reporting
By Philip Ward
March 27, 2012
Elekta wins CE Mark for radiation therapy couchtop
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Elekta has received the CE Mark for its new modular couchtop for radiation therapy, the company said.
March 27, 2012
CT complements MRI for heart transplant follow-up
By Eric Barnes
MRI may be the gold standard for evaluation and follow-up of heart transplant patients, but multidetector CT can be well-suited to the conditions of the transplanted heart that evolve in the days and months following surgery.
March 27, 2012
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Radiographers' role in CT colonography comes under scrutiny
By Rebekah Moan
Radiographers have a greater capacity for triaging extracolonic findings at CT colonography after training, but they may still not be of significant support to radiologists, Dutch researchers said at the recent European Congress of Radiology.
March 27, 2012
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Philips eyes Middle East and Russia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has named new heads for its Middle East and Russia operations and begun new initiatives aimed at increasing its activities in these sectors.
March 26, 2012
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