Clinical News: Page 1138

MeVis buys stake in Medis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions has acquired a minority stake in quantification software provider Medis Medical Imaging Systems.
January 21, 2010
Handheld devices show promise in emergency radiology
By Erik L. Ridley
Handheld devices such as the iPod Touch may be suitable to review medical images in emergency radiology consultations, according to research published in the February issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
January 20, 2010
Italian researchers cut gadolinium dose -- as well as NSF risk
By Wayne Forrest
A half dose of a commercially available MRI contrast agent works as well as a full dose in patients with acute myocardial infarction, according to Italian researchers. The findings show it's possible to achieve shorter imaging times while protecting renally impaired cardiac patients at risk for nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF).
January 20, 2010
Varian completes German order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its intensity-modulated proton therapy technology using pencil-beam scanning at the Rinecker Proton Therapy Center in Munich.
January 19, 2010
Agfa wraps up Insight buy
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has completed its acquisition of European contrast media developer Insight Agents.
January 19, 2010
Experience counts when reading contrast ultrasound liver images
By Erik L. Ridley
Radiologists with experience reading contrast-enhanced ultrasound images have the upper hand over neophytes in characterizing malignant liver tumors, according to research published in the January issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
January 18, 2010
U.K. scientist wins medal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A U.K. scientist who founded a firm that is developing a new computer-aided detection software application has received a prestigious award from the country's Royal Academy of Engineering.
January 18, 2010
Visus shows growth in 2009
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS firm Visus of Bochum, Germany, this week reported strong growth in 2009.
January 18, 2010
DOPA-PET/CT can alter therapy for neuroendocrine tumors
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss researchers have found that combined fluorine-18 dihydroxyphenylalanine (F-18 DOPA) contrast-enhanced PET/CT is "significantly superior" to DOPA-PET and contrast-enhanced CT in detecting neuroendocrine tumors.
January 14, 2010
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MRI used in heart valve operation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Surgeons at King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Center in London recently used MRI, rather than x-ray, to guide a procedure to widen a heart valve in a 6-year-old boy.
January 13, 2010
OR Technology signs Danish hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German image processing and PACS developer OR Technology has added Klinik Kellers Park in Brejning, Denmark, to its customer list.
January 12, 2010
Toshiba brings Aquilion One to London
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems has installed its Aquilion One 320-detector-row scanner at the European Scanning Center in London.
January 12, 2010
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