Clinical News: Page 1147

Agfa wraps up U.K. PACS, CR deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has installed its Impax PACS software and computed radiography (CR) units at the Spire Healthcare Group in the U.K.

October 14, 2009

Angiography after non-ST-segment elevation MI linked with improved mortality

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 15 - Coronary angiography after non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) is associated with improved mortality across age, gender, and comorbidity groups, say U.K. researchers in the October Heart.

October 14, 2009

Siemens wins Scottish contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare has won its first contract to install its Definition AS+ CT scanner in Scotland.

October 13, 2009

Barco upgrades mammo display

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image display firm Barco has released an upgraded version of its Coronis 5MP Mammo mammography display system.

October 12, 2009

Toshiba launches ultrasound scanner

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Toshiba Medical Systems Europe unveiled a new ultrasound scanner in Europe this week, as well as a new grayscale image processing technology.

October 12, 2009

FDG-PET and CT useful in melanoma assessment

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 13 - In staging melanoma patients with palpable lymph nodes, fluorine-18 FDG-PET and CT are equivalent, but FDG-PET detects more metastatic sites, particularly bone and subcutaneous metastases, Dutch researchers report in the October 1 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

October 12, 2009

Further testing justified for smokers with hemoptysis and normal chest x-ray

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 12 - Clinicians should continue to evaluate smokers with hemoptysis even if the chest x-ray is normal, as nearly 10% of these patients will have malignancy, say researchers from the U.K.

October 11, 2009

'Spontaneous regression' debate erupts anew at ASCO symposium

By Kate Madden Yee

SAN FRANCISCO - Is it possible that some breast cancers "spontaneously regress" and would otherwise become harmless if they weren't detected on screening mammography? The controversial theory was the topic of a heated debate at last week's American Society of Clinical Oncology's (ASCO) Breast Cancer Symposium.

October 11, 2009

Dilon lands deal with Philips

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Molecular breast imaging developer Dilon Diagnostics has signed a distribution agreement with Philips Healthcare covering markets in Europe and the Middle East.

October 11, 2009

Siemens joins stroke awareness campaign

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Healthcare is working with the Stroke Association to launch the third annual Stroke for Stroke campaign to raise awareness of stroke and highlight the benefits of a healthy diet and regular exercise.

October 8, 2009

Threats to ultrahigh-field MRI in Europe

By Denis Le Bihan

A new European directive designed to prevent workers from being exposed to high magnetic fields could potentially have a severe impact on MRI research, warns Denis Le Bihan, director of the NeuroSpin intense-field neuroimaging project at the CEA-Saclay Center in Gif-sur-Yvette, France.

October 8, 2009

FDG-PET uptake helps predict vascular events in cancer patients

By Wayne Forrest

German researchers have discovered that FDG uptake in major arteries is the "strongest predictor of a subsequent vascular event" in cancer patients, with severe calcification also indicating high risk, according to an article published in the October issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

October 8, 2009

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