Clinical News: Page 1019

Siemens unveils new accessory for MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has partnered with Lammers Medical Technology to offer the company's incubator system for use with its 1.5- and 3-tesla MRI systems.

January 22, 2012

Fuji joins U.K. NHS supply chain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Fujfilm Medical Systems announced that it completed an agreement to sell its products through the U.K.'s National Health Service (NHS) supply chain.

January 22, 2012

NRG gets OK for new nuclear reactor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical producer Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) received approval from the Dutch government on January 20 to proceed with a new nuclear research reactor to replace an existing reactor in Petten.

January 22, 2012

Korean research, a first step toward Dr. Smartphone?

By Reuters Health

SEOUL (Reuters) - Tired of long waits at the hospital for medical tests? If Korean researchers have their way, your smartphone could one day eliminate that -- and perhaps even tell you that you have cancer.

January 22, 2012

MRI lung perfusion looks set for broader clinical use

By Wayne Forrest

Contrast-enhanced MRI pulmonary perfusion should be used in a broader clinical area, in part because the modality can be performed quickly, even in critically ill patients, but optimal temporal resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio are both necessary to achieve appropriate perfusion imaging of the lung, according to researchers.

January 22, 2012

Digital mammo market could top $1.3B in 2017

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The global market for full-field digital mammography could expand at a compound annual growth rate of 8% over the next five years, according to a new report by market research firm GlobalData.

January 19, 2012

Radcal inks U.S. deal with Leeds

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

X-ray measurement technology developer Radcal has signed a deal for U.S. distribution of the mini-conebeam CT dental imaging phantom SedentexCT from Leeds Test Objects in Boroughbridge, U.K.

January 19, 2012

GE Healthcare posts revenue gains in 2011

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Revenue from developing countries offset slow growth in Europe and the U.S. to produce positive numbers for GE Healthcare in its year-end financial report.

January 19, 2012

Study validates new technique for CT colonography

By Eric Barnes

Researchers at University College London and software developer Medicsight have validated and improved a technique that automatically registers prone and supine images on CT colonography. They believe the algorithm is robust enough for daily clinical use.

January 19, 2012

MRI shows potentially grave extracardiac findings

By Eric Barnes

Cardiac MRI finds significant numbers of extracardiac findings in patients with suspected heart disease, and as many as 20% are potentially serious, according to a Swiss study in European Radiology. The prevalence of extracardiac findings has been investigated using CT but less with MRI.

January 18, 2012

Fetal MRI advances; smartphones revisited; breast elastography

By Philip Ward

January 17, 2012

Shear-wave elastography improves assessment of breast masses

By Rebekah Moan

Shear-wave elastography is highly reproducible for assessing elastographic features of breast masses, an eminent ultrasound researcher has found. Additionally, shear wave elastography is at least as consistent as BI-RADS ultrasound B-mode features, which could aid in classifying masses.

January 17, 2012

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