Clinical News: Page 1142

CT blood-flow measurement gauges stenosis severity
By Eric Barnes
64-detector-row CT has sufficient temporal resolution to measure blood flow through the heart, offering the promise of a new functional test based on CT alone, according to a proof-of-concept study by German researchers.
February 25, 2010
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FFDM and CAD find smaller breast tumors
By Erik L. Ridley
Full-field digital mammography (FFDM) can facilitate increased detection of smaller tumors compared to conventional mammography. But adding computer-aided detection (CAD) technology to FFDM can yield even better results, according to researchers at the Hospital Virgen de la Salud in Toledo, Spain.
February 25, 2010
Breast MRI excels at high-risk screening; mammo not needed
By Kate Madden Yee
Breast MRI is three times as accurate as other modalities for diagnosing breast cancer early in high-risk women, and it's so good that mammography isn't needed for annual screening of these women, according to a new study by German researchers published online this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
February 25, 2010
Carestream gets DR install for 2012 Olympics
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health has won an order for three of its DRX-1 wireless digital radiography (DR) detectors to be used in preparation for imaging athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
February 24, 2010
Nucletron, ART install AccuBoost in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron and women's health firm Advanced Radiation Therapy (ART) have landed the first contract to install an AccuBoost breast brachytherapy system in Europe.
February 23, 2010
CT explores size, growth of ground-glass nodules
By Eric Barnes
Two studies recently published online in Radiology yield important new information about CT-detected part-solid lung nodules. Mass measurements of ground-glass nodules are the most accurate, say Dutch researchers, but a Korean group found that most part-solid nodules disappear over time -- and do so in predictable ways.
February 23, 2010
VC obviates need for colonoscopy even in symptomatic patients
By Eric Barnes
Even among individuals with symptoms suggesting a higher risk of colorectal polyps and cancer, virtual colonoscopy screening is enough to prevent most of them from having to undergo invasive colonoscopy, according to a recent study from the Netherlands.
February 23, 2010
MRI enterography shows shortcomings for Crohn's disease
By Wayne Forrest
Although MRI enterography can diagnose important incidental findings in a minority of patients with suspected or known Crohn's disease, Dutch researchers have concluded that a substantial number of patients experience unnecessary morbidity because of additional examinations of benign or normal conditions.
February 22, 2010
Forcare signs Dutch healthcare info exchange
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch healthcare IT firm Forcare has inked a deal with Amsterdam regional healthcare information exchange EZDA.
February 22, 2010
Report projects European breast biopsy growth
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European market for breast biopsy devices will be worth $118.4 million by 2015, according to a new market research report.
February 22, 2010
Philips partners with Dutch university
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare will collaborate with VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to jointly research new multimodality imaging technologies.
February 21, 2010
IBA warns of 2009 loss
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
One-time charges on two projects will lead to a 2009 loss for radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA).
February 21, 2010
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