Clinical News: Page 1040

Agfa prepares for JFR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare is planning to exhibit new products and an expanded portfolio of digital radiography and imaging informatics systems at the forthcoming Journées Françaises de Radiologie (JFR), held 21 to 25 October in Paris.
October 13, 2011
Imaging Solutions promotes Oxford research
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Scientists at the University of Oxford in the U.K. are using advanced imaging systems to learn how cells become polarized during embryonic development, according to microscopic imaging vendor Image Solutions.
October 13, 2011
OctreoPharm gets orphan drug approval
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German nuclear medicine contrast company OctreoPharm Sciences has obtained orphan drug status for its SOMscan contrast agent for diagnosis of gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors from the European Medicines Agency.
October 12, 2011
CT gives renewed hope to gastric cancer patients
By Philip Ward
Gastric cancer remains a major cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality worldwide, despite extensive screening programs and improved therapeutic strategies, but CT gastrography is beginning to show significant promise in the battle against this disease.
October 12, 2011
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Future of personalized medicine; cardiac CT for calcium scoring; MR-guided biopsies
By Philip Ward
October 11, 2011
Definiens provides boost for biomarkers
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging software developer Definiens has announced the release of its quantitative digital pathology portfolio designed to advance translational research in pathology, specifically biomarker development.
October 11, 2011
ESR focuses attention on personalized medicine
By Philip Ward
The era of personalized medicine has major implications for medical imaging and will bring considerable changes in the years ahead, predicts a European Society of Radiology (ESR) white paper. Find out more in our news report.
October 11, 2011
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Germans act creatively to make MR-guided biopsies viable
By Philip Ward
MR-guided biopsies can produce valuable results, but often they are time-consuming and expensive. To make them a more realistic clinical proposition, it is vital to cut the preparation time, obtain fewer image acquisitions, and involve experienced interventional radiologists, researchers from the University of Tübingen in Germany have reported.
October 11, 2011
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Study: CT calcium screening cost-effective only in men
By Eric Barnes
CT-based coronary artery calcium screening in individuals at intermediate risk of heart disease is probably cost-effective for men but not women, according to an extensive new study from the Netherlands.
October 11, 2011
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USARad.com to expand telerad service globally
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider USARad.com has launched its WorldRad.com division to service and position the company in the international marketplace.
October 10, 2011
Agfa rebrands contrast business
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare is changing the name of Insight Agents, a German contrast media developer it acquired in January 2010, to Agfa HealthCare Imaging Agents.
October 10, 2011
Low-dose DR units can avoid need for gonad shielding
By Cynthia E. Keen
Gonad shielding of children who undergo a pelvic examination may not be necessary if low-dose optimized digital radiography (DR) equipment is used, according to a new study by Dutch researchers published online in Insights into Imaging.
October 10, 2011
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