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Childhood cancer survivors at risk for pregnancy complications
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Women who received radiation therapy for childhood cancers such as leukemia have a higher risk of complications during pregnancy and need to be closely monitored, researchers told attendees at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology annual conference this week.
July 1, 2009
Ziosoft nets CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has received the European CE Mark for its Ziostation 3D thin-client software package.
June 30, 2009
FDG-PET/CT predicts radiation-induced lung toxicity
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
FDG-PET/CT exams may be able to identify lung cancer patients who are highly susceptible to developing radiation-induced lung toxicity early during radiation therapy, according to researchers at the Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
June 30, 2009
CARS report: Liver segmentation tool allows manual fixes
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - German researchers believe they have found a better way to preserve the best aspects of automated and manual segmentation in CT liver images, according to a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 30, 2009
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June 29, 2009
Study: Rotator cuff treatment provides tendonitis relief
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Italian researchers have developed a minimally invasive procedure to treat tendonitis in the rotator cuff of the shoulder that provides immediate symptom relief.
June 29, 2009
CARS report: New CAD tool follows lung nodules over time
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - It's easy to complain about the insanity of tracking lung nodule changes in multiple CT scans over time, but at least one group is doing something about it, according to a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 29, 2009
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UFE provides long-term relief of fibroid symptoms
By Kate Madden Yee
Uterine fibroid embolization (UFE) provides long-term relief for a variety of fibroid symptoms, according to a study by Austrian researchers to be published in the July issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 29, 2009
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CARS report: Novel conebeam CT cuts breast dose, improves accuracy
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - Dual-resolution conebeam CT accentuates the positives of conebeam breast imaging and eliminates (some of) the negatives, said a team from Texas in a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting.
June 28, 2009
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Screening men for abdominal aortic aneurysm saves lives, but is it cost-effective?
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jun 26 - The results of a U.K. study suggest that screening older men for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) provides a durable survival benefit and becomes cost-effective over time. However, in a Danish study, screening for AAA in older men did not seem to be cost-effective.
June 25, 2009
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CARS report: Personalized medicine will dominate future care
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - Medicine is undergoing a historic transition, moving away from a cookie-cutter model of care and toward individualized treatment strategies based on patient-specific models of disease and treatment. Imaging, biology, and mathematics are at the center of this new paradigm, according to Dr. Michael Vannier, who spoke at the opening of the 2009 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.
June 25, 2009
Medicsight adds distributor
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection developer Medicsight has signed a nonexclusive software license and distribution agreement with Alma IT Systems of Barcelona, Spain.
June 24, 2009
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