Clinical News: Page 1107

Mammo screening reduces death rate in medium-risk women

By Kate Madden Yee

Yearly mammography in women in their 40s with a medium familial risk of breast cancer can reduce the mortality rate by almost 30%, according to new research published online November 18 in Lancet.

November 18, 2010

eMix to display image sharing at RSNA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

eMix plans to highlight new features of its cloud-based image sharing technology for studies and reports at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 18, 2010

Siemens wins U.K. PET/CT contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare of Erlangen, Germany, has won a U.K. installation of its hybrid PET/CT unit.

November 16, 2010

Breast MRI improves survival rates for at-risk women

By Kate Madden Yee

Breast MRI's sensitivity is superior to that of mammography in long-term screening for women at risk of breast cancer, according to a new study in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. What's more, the study showed that breast MRI improved survival rates by almost 20% when compared to women tracked in earlier research.

November 16, 2010

Mint Medical debuts Lesion software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German image processing software developer Mint Medical will showcase its Lesion software at this month's RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 15, 2010

Risk of later CNS tumors after childhood cancer increases with radiation dose

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The risk of second primary neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS) in survivors of childhood cancer increases greatly with the dose of radiation they received and, independently, with the dose of intrathecal methotrexate used.

November 15, 2010

Charges hurt Siemens Healthcare Q4 results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A strong performance in Siemens Healthcare's Imaging & IT division was more than overcome by significant goodwill impairment charges in other Siemens healthcare business units in the fourth quarter.

November 14, 2010

OR Technology nets German military deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German image processing and PACS firm OR Technology said that its distribution partner Atomed X-Ray has received a large mobile digital x-ray order from the German Bundeswehr, the country's armed forces.

November 14, 2010

Carestream completes French install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has installed its Carestream DRX-Evolution digital radiography suite at Brest Regional University Hospital in western Brittany, France.

November 11, 2010

Adjuvant WBRT for metastases improves neither survival nor independence

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) following surgery or radiosurgery of some brain metastases reduces intracranial relapses and neurologic deaths, but it doesn't improve overall survival or the duration of functional independence.

November 11, 2010

European PACS market to hit $512M by 2015

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Although the European PACS, RIS, and cardiovascular information systems market is largely a replacement one, there are good opportunities for vendors in the U.K. and France that will bring the market to $512 million in the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group.

November 10, 2010

Cambridge researchers develop 3D controller

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Addenbrooke's Hospital in the U.K. will present a new controller for 3D medical imaging workstations at the upcoming RSNA meeting in Chicago.

November 9, 2010

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