Clinical News: Page 1151

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

Contrast dose halved in coronary CTA

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - Contrast doses for CT angiography (CTA) are too high, but they can be lowered substantially with the right equipment and careful attention to technique, according to researchers from Charité University Medical School in Berlin.

December 1, 2009

Trial can't prove PCI to be noninferior to CABG for diabetics with complex CAD

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 1 - A large study of revascularization strategies in diabetics with multivessel coronary artery disease, which set out to show that angioplasty is not inferior to bypass surgery for these patients, could not prove its hypothesis.

November 30, 2009

Coronary CTA edges CMR in a tight race

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - In a head-to-head comparison of two closely watched modalities, low-dose dual-source coronary CT angiography (CTA) outperformed cardiac MR (CMR) in sensitivity, specificity, and negative predictive value. But 1.5-tesla CMR countered with better specificity and positive predictive value.

November 30, 2009

Agfa wins contracts for Impax system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has acquired more than 50 new worldwide agreements for its Impax PACS.

November 29, 2009

Scientific poster digital format offers potential to transform medium

By Cynthia E. Keen

CHICAGO - Displaying scientific posters in digital format at this year's RSNA meeting allows authors not only to convey facts, graphs, and photos, but also to incorporate some interactive functionality. Onsite digital displays offer huge potential to educate readers in ways that even the best developed paper poster cannot.

November 29, 2009

Visbion scores U.K. PACS install

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PACS vendor Visbion has installed its PACS software for diagnostic image review and orthopedic planning at the Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre in the U.K.

November 29, 2009

Surveillance polyps show little growth at follow-up

By Eric Barnes

CHICAGO - A preliminary study from Italy adds weight to the argument that two- to three-year surveillance of 6- to 9-mm polyps doesn't unduly increase the risk of colorectal cancers. Diminutive polyps grow faster but present less cause for concern.

November 29, 2009

Chest pain: Simple criteria pinpoint who benefits most from cardiac CT angiography

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 30 - Women younger than 65 years and men younger than 55 with acute chest pain benefit most from cardiac CT angiography for suspected acute coronary syndrome, results of a study indicate.

November 29, 2009

Sectra signs medical distributor in Spain

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has announced completion of a partnership agreement with the Fundación García Muñoz, a medical equipment supplier in Spain.

November 29, 2009

Barco set to acquire FIMI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image display firm Barco has signed an agreement to acquire Italian display company FIMI, a fully owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics Healthcare.

November 29, 2009

Agfa to acquire Insight Agents

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare has announced an agreement with Curagita Holding to acquire all shares of its subsidiary Insight Agents, a European producer of contrast media used in x-ray, CT, and MRI studies.

November 29, 2009

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