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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
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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
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'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
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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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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
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