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Parascript gets CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm Parascript has received the European CE Mark for its AccuDetect Galileo mammography CAD software.

September 26, 2010

CAD detects signs of emphysema on DR images

By Brian Casey

Most of the recent research on the use of computer-aided detection (CAD) software for analyzing digital radiography (DR) studies of the chest has focused on lung cancer. But Italian researchers this month in European Journal of Radiology report good performance of an emphysema CAD algorithm that they developed at their institution.

September 26, 2010

MRI helps visualize elbow ligaments in asymptomatic subjects

By Wayne Forrest

Using certain pulse sequences, conventional 1.5-tesla MRI can visualize elbow ligaments that previously were not consistently visible in asymptomatic subjects, helping to diagnose patients with elbow instability, according to a study in the October issue of Radiology.

September 26, 2010

OR Technology completes Swiss upgrade

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German image processing and PACS firm OR Technology has completed an installation of its Medici DR 1417 at the Centro Sociale Onsernonese in Russo, Switzerland.

September 23, 2010

Ultrasound pregnancy dating risky for girl babies

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using ultrasound to gauge gestational age could put late-term female fetuses at risk of poor outcomes and even death, a new study from Sweden shows.

September 23, 2010

MRI can be used to follow great vessel stents

By Wayne Forrest

Using certain imaging sequences, MRI can be sufficient for the routine surveillance of certain great vessel stents commonly used to treat congenital heart defects in children and young adults, according to a study in the October issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.

September 22, 2010

Agfa nabs more than 150 IT contracts in 2010

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare won more than 150 agreements for its healthcare IT solutions during the first eight months of 2010.

September 22, 2010

MDS inks Russian Mo-99 deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MDS Nordion has entered into an agreement with a Russian company to develop, market, and sell molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) radioisotopes produced in Russia.

September 22, 2010

Norwegian research questions benefit of mammograms

By Reuters Health

BOSTON (Reuters) - Routine breast screening with mammograms is less effective at preventing cancer deaths than expected, Norwegian researchers said on Wednesday in a study that reignites a fierce debate over the value of screening.

September 22, 2010

European reactor operators form alliance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group has joined the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission and the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre to create the European Research Area of Experimental Reactors.

September 20, 2010

Accurate, fast soft-plaque measurement seen with coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

Automated measurement of soft plaque in the heart using coronary CT angiography (CTA) was accurate compared to the gold-standard modality, intravascular ultrasound, and was far faster than manual methods, concluded a new report published online this month in Radiology.

September 20, 2010

Bundling of CAD software boosts lung lesion detection at CT

By Eric Barnes

Running CT lung images through multiple computer-aided detection (CAD) applications delivers better results than any single algorithm alone, researchers are finding. This phenomenon is unleashing a minitrend that may be discomforting to CAD developers concerned about the success of their systems.

September 20, 2010

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