Clinical News: Page 1139

Carestream completes DRX install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has installed a Carestream DRX-Evolution dual-detector digital radiography (DR) room in the accident and emergency department at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex, U.K.

August 2, 2010

Simultaneous PET/MRI creates diagnostic-quality images

By Wayne Forrest

Structural, functional, and molecular imaging of patients with brain tumors is feasible with diagnostic imaging quality using simultaneous hybrid PET/MR image acquisition, according to a study in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

August 2, 2010

Italray nets 2 DRF orders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Italian x-ray vendor Italray has received two orders for its Clinodigit Omega DRF system.

August 2, 2010

IBA to build proton center in Poland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications has won a contract to build a proton therapy center in Krakow, Poland.

August 1, 2010

Docetaxel with radiation helpful in anaplastic thyroid cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 2 - Patients with rare but aggressive anaplastic thyroid carcinomas responded extremely well to radiation and concomitant docetaxel in a small case series from Austria.

August 1, 2010

Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions

By Eric Barnes

Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.

July 29, 2010

Acuitas Medical secures investment

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MRI software company Acuitas Medical has secured funding of 700,000 euros ($900,000 U.S.) from two sources to further develop its MR-based fine texture analysis technology for the early diagnosis and management of cancer, organ fibrosis, and other diseases.

July 29, 2010

Supersized CONFIRM trial tackles coronary CTA and mortality

By Eric Barnes

In a study that probes what may be the largest database of detailed coronary CT angiography (CTA) results assembled to date, New York City researchers found an integral association between coronary artery disease and mortality at coronary CTA in patients without known heart disease.

July 29, 2010

Siemens sees rebound in Q3 results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG announced positive results for its Siemens Healthcare business in its fiscal 2010 third quarter.

July 28, 2010

Study finds clinical niche for DR tomo in pulmonary lesions

By James Brice

Imaging researchers have long known that chest tomosynthesis is more sensitive than conventional x-ray for detecting malignant pulmonary lesions, while producing lower radiation dose than CT. Now, they are zeroing in on a precise role for this unique technology.

July 27, 2010

For persistent fibroids, a less invasive option

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - A procedure that stops the blood supply to fibroids could be a safe and effective alternative to hysterectomy for women whose fibroid symptoms won't go away, according to a new study.

July 27, 2010

GE settles oil-for-food charges with SEC

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has agreed to pay a $23.4 million settlement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to settle charges that GE-related companies violated the rules of the United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq earlier in the decade.

July 26, 2010

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