Clinical News: Page 1147

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

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

Varian completes U.K. install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A network of U.K. hospitals has completed its installation of chemotherapy software from radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.

January 11, 2010

CTA motion model aims to improve cardiac function analysis

By Eric Barnes

Dutch researchers used an automated coronary artery motion model to analyze cardiac function from electrocardiogram-gated coronary CT angiography (CTA) data. The method promises to improve cardiac function analysis and reconstruction interval selection, and even provide new information on coronary artery motion at different heart rates.

January 10, 2010

DSCT edges out 64-slice CT in coronary artery imaging

By Eric Barnes

Coronary CT angiography performed on dual-source CT (DSCT) confers a slight advantage in image quality with slightly fewer nondiagnostic vessel segments compared to 64-detector-row CT. Calcification remains a challenge with both types of scanners, but it's slightly less problematic with dual-source systems, say researchers from the University of Rome.

January 7, 2010

Antibody patterns differ in patients with and without colorectal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 8 - Symptomatic patients with and without colorectal cancer can be distinguished on the basis of antibody profiles, researchers in Ireland have found. Their results were reported in the January issue of Gut.

January 7, 2010

European cancer rates declining, report indicates

By Cynthia E. Keen

Cancer mortality is steadily declining in Europe, echoing a trend also being seen in the U.S. and Japan, according to a study comparing cancer deaths between 1990-1994 and 2000-2004. In the European Union, mortality rates for all cancers fell by 10% in men and 8% in women.

January 6, 2010

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