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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
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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
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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
MDCT of heart and arteries aids etiologic workup of ischemic stroke
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Multidetector CT (MDCT) is highly sensitive and specific for identifying cardiac and arterial sources of ischemic stroke, according to a report online November 9 and in the January issue of Radiology.
November 8, 2010
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Changing patient positions during colonoscopy improves lesion detection rate
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When patients make sequential position changes during colonoscopy examinations, the improvement in luminal distension leads to detection of more adenomas and polyps, a U.K. team has shown.
November 8, 2010
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