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Tissue Doppler ratio predicts cardiac events in hypertensive patients
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 10 - Estimates of left atrial filling pressure, drawn from Doppler studies of the left ventricle, can strongly predict a first cardiac event in hypertensive patients, according to a report in the November 26 European Heart Journal.
December 9, 2009
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NRG endorses Petten site for reactor
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dutch radiopharmaceutical producer Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) has expressed its preference for Petten, Netherlands, as the site of its proposed research reactor.
December 7, 2009
Ultrasound signals of asymptomatic emboli predict stroke risk
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 7 - Asymptomatic emboli detected by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography can predict stroke risk, according to a report in the December issue of Stroke.
December 6, 2009
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Echocardiography test beats SPECT for predicting problems after MI
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 7 - Myocardial contrast echocardiography is superior to nitrate-enhanced SPECT in predicting cardiac death and other cardiac events after acute myocardial infarction, say researchers from the U.K. in the November 1 American Journal of Cardiology.
December 6, 2009
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IBA wins court order to reapply for contract
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has won the right to reapply for a contract with a proton therapy center in Sweden, after a court ruled the contract had been granted wrongly to Varian Medical Systems.
December 3, 2009
IBt Bebig partners with Core Oncology
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Brachytherapy developer International Brachytherapy (IBt) Bebig has announced a strategic alliance with Core Oncology.
December 3, 2009
IBA lands Italian install
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has announced a contract with ATreP (Agenzia Provinciale Per la Protonterapia) to open the first gantry-equipped proton therapy center in Italy.
December 2, 2009
Sequential trastuzumab does poorly in European breast cancer study
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - In women with axillary node-positive breast cancer, giving trastuzumab after the end of adjuvant chemotherapy and radiation did not significantly reduce their risk of relapse, European researchers report online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
December 2, 2009
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Radiation of gangliogliomas is potentially useful only when total resection can't be done
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - In a large series of patients with very rare gangliogliomas, gross total resection (GTR) provided the best outcomes. When only subtotal resection (STR) was possible -- as was often the case -- postoperative radiotherapy improved local control but not survival.
December 2, 2009
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Volume-based assessments useful for managing lung nodules detected on CT
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - When noncalcified lung nodules are detected by CT, assessment of their volume and volume-doubling time with repeat CT scans can be useful for deciding the best course of action, new research suggests.
December 2, 2009
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Matrox partners with Fuji Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Display controller board provider Matrox Graphics has announced that Fujifilm Europe is shipping the Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards in several of its PACS and mammography systems using Fujifilm Synapse.
December 1, 2009
Chest x-ray CAD fails to boost observer performance
By Erik L. Ridley
CHICAGO - Computer-aided detection (CAD) software may not produce significant improvement in detecting suspicious lesions on chest radiographs, but it's not necessarily the technology's fault, according to research presented Wednesday at the 2009 RSNA meeting in Chicago.
December 1, 2009
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