Clinical News: Page 1017

Group urges import ban on Russian Mo-99

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A coalition of U.S. public health, medical, and nuclear nonproliferation groups is urging Congress to restrict the use of imported molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) from Russia, which uses bomb-grade uranium to produce the radioisotope.

January 30, 2012

IntraOp secures Berlin order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has received an order for its Mobetron from Helios Kliniken Berlin-Buch, a 1,100-bed hospital that opened in Berlin in 2007.

January 30, 2012

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January 30, 2012

PACS in Paris: Public hospitals make sustained progress

By Philip Ward

The enterprise-wide PACS project covering Paris' vast public hospital network is continuing to move ahead. Ongoing work is being done to streamline the multisite operation of the Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris group, according to the project's coordinator. This Q&A provides an update on the initiative and looks at the remaining challenges.

January 30, 2012

Rigorous planning helps overcome pediatric CT dose concerns

By Cynthia E. Keen

February is the anniversary month of Image Gently, the global campaign to reduce radiation dose to children. So it's timely that the European Journal of Radiology has published an online article containing comprehensive dose-reduction recommendations for planning a pediatric CT examination.

January 29, 2012

Philips Healthcare posts mixed results in Q4

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Weakness in European sales and delivery postponements of existing orders affected fourth-quarter results for Philips Healthcare, which posted a 3% increase in comparable, currency-adjusted sales while profit in the division fell.

January 29, 2012

Study: Laxative-free CT colonography excels

By Eric Barnes

Laxative-free CT colonography now rivals the results obtained with a conventional cathartic bowel preparation. A large series performed with only low-dose iodinated contrast fecal tagging was highly accurate for detecting polyps 6 mm and larger, and was well accepted by patients, according to a new Spanish study in European Radiology.

January 29, 2012

Follow-up protocol performs well in CT lung screening

By Eric Barnes

Swiss researchers have reported good results with a protocol for working up patients with nodules found on CT lung screening, according to an article in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology. The algorithm produced low false-positive rates, and could make the establishment of large-scale CT screening programs more feasible.

January 26, 2012

Varian wins $77M Saudi proton contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has booked a $77 million contract with a Saudi Arabian firm to equip a new proton therapy facility.

January 25, 2012

French breast implant boss arrested

By Reuters Health

MARSEILLE, France (Reuters) - Jean-Claude Mas, the Frenchman who has sparked a global health scare by selling substandard breast implants, was arrested on Thursday and could be charged with manslaughter, the public prosecutor in the city of Marseille said.

January 25, 2012

Europe puts MRI rules on hold for 2 more years

By Leo Cendrowicz

BRUSSELS - The planned reform of the European Union's MRI regulations has been postponed for another two years after officials conceded this week that they would not be able to wrap up the legislative process by the end-of-April deadline.

January 25, 2012

Shimadzu unveils radiography, angio units

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Shimadzu has released a new fully digital radiography/fluoroscopy system, the Flexavision F3 with a portable dynamic flat-panel detector.

January 25, 2012

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