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AFP Imaging sells dental CBCT division

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Digital x-ray developer AFP Imaging has sold its Italian Quantitative Radiology subsidiary, developer of the NewTom conebeam CT (CBCT) dental scanner.

July 30, 2009

Dual-source CTA turns in mixed results for coronary stenoses

By Wayne Forrest

Dual-source CT angiography (CTA) achieves a high negative predictive value in excluding coronary artery stenoses in patients with stable coronary artery disease, but the modality is "very limited" in its ability to predict the presence of ischemia, according to a study by German researchers.

July 29, 2009

Coronary artery calcium independently predicts risk in CAD patients

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 29 - Coronary calcium scoring can be used to predict future severe cardiac events in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a new study in Radiology.

July 28, 2009

Few improvements in pancreatic cancer treatment in three decades

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 29 - In the past 30 years, diagnostic modalities for pancreatic cancer have improved, but the prognosis has changed little, according to a report in the July issue of the British Journal of Cancer.

July 28, 2009

COCIR refurb standards could hurt preowned equipment market

By Wayne Webster

The main trade association representing European medical device manufacturers is proposing a set of standards for equipment refurbishing that could make it harder for hospitals to buy preowned equipment from independent firms, according to this Second Opinion by imaging executive Wayne Webster.

July 28, 2009

Carestream scores Dutch contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Carestream Health has inked a five-year agreement for its eHealth Managed Services offering with Maasstad Ziekenhuis in Rotterdam, Netherlands, for remote storage of DICOM and non-DICOM data.

July 27, 2009

Hormone therapy ups survival of radiation-treated men with prostate cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - Adding hormone therapy to radiotherapy for locally advanced prostate cancer reduces disease recurrence and prolongs survival, according to a report in the August 1 issue of Cancer.

July 27, 2009

Whole-body MRI helps evaluate spondylarthritis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 24 - Whole-body MRI appears useful in assessing acute inflammatory lesions in the sacroiliac joints in patients with established and active spondylarthritis, European and U.S. researchers report in the July 15 issue of Arthritis and Rheumatism.

July 23, 2009

New guidelines for resuscitating children recommended

By Cynthia E. Keen

Two new clinical studies used CT to determine that European guidelines for setting the depth of chest compression when resuscitating children may be more accurate than those followed in the U.S. The U.S. guidelines actually could lead to injury in children, researchers say.

July 23, 2009

SNM extends trials network to Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine society SNM announced that its Clinical Trials Network has expanded its membership with several European commercial providers of PET radiopharmaceuticals.

July 22, 2009

Biotronics3D launches MRI software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Software developer Biotronics3D has launched new software for analyzing MRI scans, developed in partnership with the U.K. Institute of Cancer Research.

July 22, 2009

Medica expands Scotland service

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Teleradiology services firm Medica Group has signed contracts for its OnDemand reading service with NHS Western Isles and NHS Grampian in Scotland.

July 22, 2009

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