Clinical News: Page 1148

Flexible sigmoidoscopy of dubious value after VC
By Eric Barnes
The yield of additional pathological findings was quite low in a group of symptomatic patients who underwent flexible sigmoidoscopy after virtual colonoscopy screening, according to a poster presentation at this week's Digestive Disease Week meeting in New Orleans.
May 3, 2010
Breast MRI improves cancer staging for newly diagnosed women
By Kate Madden Yee
Contrast-enhanced breast MRI finds breast lesions missed on mammography and ultrasound, and can help surgeons plan the best surgical treatment, improving patient outcomes, according to a study presented at the American Roentgen Ray Society meeting this week in San Diego.
May 2, 2010
Accelerated RT improves lung cancer survival
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Patients diagnosed with non-small cell or small cell lung cancer that has not metastasized have better overall survival outcomes when treated with hyperfractionated or accelerated radiation therapy (RT), according to a new meta-analysis.
May 2, 2010
PET detecting tumor 'cold spots' may aid RT
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Using PET to fine-tune radiation therapy (RT) to take into account which portions of a cancer patient's tumor grow the most rapidly may improve cancer control while subjecting the patient to lower radiation doses, Dutch researchers suggested at the European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva.
May 2, 2010
eMix adds European distributor
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
DR Systems venture eMix has signed its first European distributor agreement.
May 2, 2010
Carestream nets French accreditation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Carestream Health has received approval from the Ministry of Health and Sports in France to host personal health data.
April 29, 2010
Siemens retools healthcare division
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG on April 30 announced changes in the organization of its Siemens Healthcare division that include creating separate divisions for advanced imaging modalities and less complex radiology systems.
April 29, 2010
CAD, PACS pairing boosts lung nodule detection, saves time
By Erik L. Ridley
The use of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology as a concurrent reader on PACS workstations can improve the performance of inexperienced readers in detecting lung nodules, according to a study from Catholic University in Rome.
April 29, 2010
Siemens posts profit hike in Q2
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Strong revenue growth in Asia and Australia partially offset declines in other regions of the world in Siemens Healthcare's second fiscal quarter.
April 29, 2010
GE, Nycomed extend partnership
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare and Nycomed are expanding their partnership in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States for the local sales, marketing, and distribution of GE's contrast agents in that region.
April 27, 2010
Esaote posts 2009 sales gain
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Global sales gains contributed to a 5.3% increase in consolidated sales for ultrasound vendor Esaote in 2009.
April 27, 2010
GE begins 1st Optima MR450w installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has begun installations of its Optima MR450w 1.5-tesla wide-bore MR scanner in the U.S. and Europe.
April 27, 2010
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