Clinical News: Page 1037

Planmed receives CE Mark for Verity

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical imaging vendor Planmed announced it has received the CE Mark for its Verity mobile extremity conebeam CT scanner.

January 24, 2012

European cardiac society seeks growth in Middle East

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The European Society of Cardiology is producing a one-day program in conjunction with the Saudi Heart Association at its annual meeting in Riyadh on 21-24 February.

January 24, 2012

GE gets thumbs up for cardiac CT unit from U.K. watchdog

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Diagnostic Assessment Programme of the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has given GE Healthcare's Discovery CT750 HD high-definition CT system a positive appraisal.

January 24, 2012

New European charter aims to unite radiology training

By Rebekah Moan

The revised European Training Charter for Clinical Radiology will harmonize training across the continent, while also providing flexibility among the major subspecialties, according to an editorial published by the European Society of Radiology on 15 January in Insights into Imaging.

January 24, 2012

'Magic mushroom' trips point to new depression drugs

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters) - The brains of people tripping on magic mushrooms have given the best picture yet of how psychedelic drugs work, and British scientists say the findings suggest such drugs could be used to treat depression.

January 23, 2012

Turks take delight from MRI's success in tularemia

By Philip Ward

When three outbreaks of tularemia occurred in northeastern Turkey in 2004 and 2005, Europe was stunned at the chilling prospect of a little-known infectious disease that can spread so rapidly from animals to humans. Now radiologists are using MRI to provide valuable clinical information in complex cases.

January 23, 2012

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

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