Clinical News: Page 1164

Siemens taps new U.S. healthcare chief
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
German multimodality vendor Siemens Healthcare has named nuclear medicine executive Michael Reitermann as head of its U.S. healthcare division in Malvern, PA.
June 14, 2009
GE launches EMR stimulus program
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare is launching a program to make up to $100 million in interest-free loans with deferred payments available to U.S. healthcare providers for the purchase of certified electronic medical record (EMR) systems.
June 14, 2009
Elekta signs financing partner
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has inked a cooperative agreement with Swedish Export Credit.
June 14, 2009
Hybrid coronary CTA, SPECT offer less radiation, shorter scan time
By Wayne Forrest
TORONTO - Swiss researchers have developed a hybrid cardiac imaging method that combines coronary CT angiography (CTA) with SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging to predict relevant coronary lesions with considerably less radiation dose and scanning time.
June 14, 2009
Readers undaunted by VC CAD false positives
By Eric Barnes
Radiologists examining data from virtual colonoscopy studies can easily dismiss increasing numbers of false-positive detections generated by computer-aided detection (CAD) systems, researchers from the U.K. report. But the presence of more false positives makes reading less efficient.
June 11, 2009
MR stress alone sufficient for myocardial perfusion
By Eric Barnes
Use of an automated postprocessing tool eliminates the need for both a stress and rest exam in myocardial perfusion MRI, according to researchers from Germany. They found that quantitative assessment of stress MRI images alone delivers the same diagnostic performance as semiquantitative evaluation of both stress and rest perfusion exams.
June 11, 2009
Facing Mo-99 shortage, nuclear medicine economizes
By Alexandra Weber Morales
What would a world without molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) look like? That's a question U.S. nuclear medicine physicians are contemplating as limited Mo-99 supplies decay by half every 66 hours.
June 10, 2009
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Demand for HIT services grows in Europe
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Providers of healthcare IT professional services in Europe earned $2.19 billion in revenue in 2008, and the market is expected to reach $3.64 billion in sales in 2015, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
June 10, 2009
Barco receives Italian order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display firm Barco has been awarded a contract from Internazionale Medico Scientifica of Bologna, Italy, for clinical review displays.
June 10, 2009
Nuance completes U.K. installation
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Speech recognition firm Nuance Communications has implemented its SpeechMagic product at Royal Free Hospital in London.
June 9, 2009
Elekta posts double-digit gains
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
New sales powered Swedish oncology firm Elekta to healthy growth in its year-end fiscal year 2009 results.
June 9, 2009
Primax wins French installations
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French radiography vendor Primax has signed a contract to install its Clisis Exel DRF remote-controlled x-ray room at a hospital in France.
June 9, 2009
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