Clinical News: Page 1089

Sectra adds sales, posts loss in FY11
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Increased sales from new and existing customers helped Sectra grow revenue, but it was not enough to avoid a net operating loss in its 2011 fiscal year.
May 23, 2011
Mobile chest DR outperforms CR at bedside
By Rebekah Moan
Mobile chest digital radiography (DR) provides superior image quality to computed radiography (CR) at the bedside, Dutch researchers found in a study published in Clinical Radiology. In addition, DR studies produce 50% less radiation dose without the loss of diagnostic information.
May 23, 2011
CT technique can cut unnecessary coronary angiograms
By John Brosky
New evidence suggests the diagnostic accuracy of CT angiography can be increased by 25% using a novel postprocessing technique, yielding clinically rich information revealing the extent of arterial stenoses for patients with coronary artery disease.
May 23, 2011
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Bracco buys manufacturing facilities
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Contrast developer Bracco Imaging has agreed to acquire certain contrast media manufacturing facilities from longtime partner Nycomed.
May 22, 2011
IORT boost yields improved long-term breast tumor control
By Becky McCall
Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) administered as a boost during breast surgery provides outstanding tumor control outcomes compared to a conventional boost, attendees were told at the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting earlier this month in London.
May 22, 2011
RTOG announces glioblastoma trial results
By Cynthia E. Keen
A trial comparing two chemotherapy doses combined with radiotherapy showed equivocal results for glioblastoma. However, it did prove the feasibility of collecting and analyzing tumor tissue prospectively in an international, multicenter setting, the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) announced.
May 19, 2011
Fusion of high-field MR and mammography offers clinical gains
By Philip Ward
The fusion of 3-tesla MR images with x-ray mammograms can help accelerate clinical workflow and boost diagnostic accuracy, German researchers report in a study published online this month.
May 19, 2011
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PET scanner shows early breast cancer
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
European researchers say they have developed a clinical PET system with enhanced resolution and the sensitivity to detect breast cancer in its early stages.
May 19, 2011
Oraya completes clinical trial enrollment
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Oraya Therapeutics has completed enrollment of its INTREPID (IRay plus anti-VEGF Treatment for Patients with Wet Age-related Macular Degeneration) clinical trial in Europe.
May 18, 2011
PET enables better monitoring of intratumoral changes
By Becky McCall
Growing use of hypofractionation in clinical practice and its link to increased treatment resistance due to tumor cell hypoxia means that it may be beneficial to visualize and quantify hypoxic areas with PET imaging to monitor changes in tumor metabolism during treatment.
May 18, 2011
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France acts on teleradiology to ensure ethics and quality
By Frances Rylands-Monk
The new "user guide" to the French government's 2010 telemedicine decree is due to be announced within the next few weeks. The national guidelines will provide important details on practical aspects of key areas, including stroke, telemedicine in prisons, and teleradiology.
May 18, 2011
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ViewRay nets U.S., European patents
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image-guided therapy developer ViewRay has been awarded patents in the U.S. and Europe for its combined MRI and radiation therapy technologies.
May 18, 2011
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