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European x-ray, mammo market going digital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European general radiography market now features the near-ubiquitous use of digital systems, and the mammography sector is also well on its way, according to a report by market research firm InMedica.
October 7, 2009
DEXA gets nod for kids with cystic fibrosis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) exams can help identify bone mineral density reduction in children diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as young as age 5, according to researchers from Italy.
October 7, 2009
Axillary ultrasound can help avoid sentinel node biopsy surgery
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 8 - Use of axillary ultrasound combined with fine-needle aspiration cytology can prevent unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsy in roughly 30% of node-positive, early breast cancer patients, researchers said this week at a press briefing for the 2009 Breast Cancer Symposium in San Francisco.
October 7, 2009
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RSA completes German install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
RSA Biomedical has installed its mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning and templating system at Lubinus Clinicum in Kiel, Germany.
October 5, 2009
Austrian study uses MDCT to uncover tale of 12 mummies
By Nicole Pettit
Following the path of King Tut, Nefertiti, and other famed Egyptian figures, a collection of 500- to 1,000-year-old Chachapoyan mummies from northern Peru has now gone under the CT scanner -- a first in the study of this Andean people, according to research in the European Journal of Radiology.
October 4, 2009
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Siemens nets U.K. ultrasound installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has installed nine ultrasound scanners at Barnet Hospital in the U.K.
October 4, 2009
PET/CT helps speed lung cancer diagnosis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET/CT can expedite the diagnosis of lung cancer in an outpatient setting, according to research from the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam.
October 1, 2009
OR Technology lands Swiss install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image processing and PACS firm OR Technology has installed one of its computed radiography packages at a practice in Switzerland.
October 1, 2009
Ziosoft teams with Global Imaging Online
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft is partnering with French PACS, RIS, and teleradiology firm Global Imaging Online.
October 1, 2009
Report projects 7% global imaging growth
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The global market for medical imaging technology was valued at $15.8 billion in 2008, and will grow at a 7% compound annual growth rate to reach $24.6 billion in revenue in 2015, according to a new market research report.
September 30, 2009
Lower dose for prospective CTA vs. angio
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Coronary CT angiography (CTA) with prospective electrocardiogram gating allows accurate evaluation of coronary artery disease with significantly less radiation dose than conventional invasive angiography, according to a study from the German Heart Center in Munich.
September 29, 2009
CAD fails to make up for inexperience in reading VC studies
By Erik L. Ridley
Using computer-aided detection (CAD) software with a 3D display technique can increase sensitivity for inexperienced readers of virtual colonoscopy exams, but it fails to narrow the performance gap with experienced interpreters, according to a study published in the October issue of Clinical Radiology.
September 29, 2009
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