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Chest pain: Simple criteria pinpoint who benefits most from cardiac CT angiography
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 30 - Women younger than 65 years and men younger than 55 with acute chest pain benefit most from cardiac CT angiography for suspected acute coronary syndrome, results of a study indicate.
November 29, 2009
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Sectra signs medical distributor in Spain
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has announced completion of a partnership agreement with the Fundación García Muñoz, a medical equipment supplier in Spain.
November 29, 2009
Barco set to acquire FIMI
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display firm Barco has signed an agreement to acquire Italian display company FIMI, a fully owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics Healthcare.
November 29, 2009
Agfa to acquire Insight Agents
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has announced an agreement with Curagita Holding to acquire all shares of its subsidiary Insight Agents, a European producer of contrast media used in x-ray, CT, and MRI studies.
November 29, 2009
Ultrasound detects subclinical synovitis in juvenile arthritis
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 27 - Ultrasound can detect subclinical synovitis in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Italian researchers report in the November 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.
November 26, 2009
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Seasonal variation seen in brown adipose tissue
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 27 - Brown adipose tissue is much more active in humans during the winter than in the summer, according to a report in the November issue of Diabetes. Researchers looked at 3,614 patients who underwent CT and PET, mostly for cancer staging purposes.
November 26, 2009
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Biotronics3D licenses CAD technology
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Software developer Biotronics3D has agreed to license computer-aided detection (CAD) technology from Dublin City University in Ireland. The new CAD tool will combine with the London firm's existing 3Dnet colonoscopy offering.
November 25, 2009
Male childhood cancer survivors at risk for hypogonadism: study
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 26 - Almost a quarter of adult men who have been treated for childhood cancer have hormone levels indicating testosterone deficiency, results of a Swedish study indicate.
November 25, 2009
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Optical sensor tracks radiotherapy treatment site breast motion
By Paula Gould
Postsurgical radiotherapy is an effective way of preventing breast tumors from reappearing, but the downside is the mismatch between ideal treatment plans and the doses actually delivered. Although conformal methods of delivery could address this issue, switching delivery techniques raises another potential problem: Will breast motion compromise the accuracy of a highly targeted radiotherapy regimen?
November 25, 2009
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Siemens installs first Definition Flash in U.K.
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed its first Somatom Definition Flash CT system in the U.K.
November 24, 2009
Better prognosis seen with tubular breast cancer versus grade 1 ductal cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 24 - New research confirms that tubular carcinoma of the breast has an excellent prognosis and goes on to show that outcomes are better than with grade 1 ductal carcinomas.
November 23, 2009
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RSA Biomedical nets Swedish install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical of Umeå, Sweden, has installed its mdesk software in the orthopedic department at Capio St. Görans in Stockholm.
November 23, 2009
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