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GE wins CZT gamma camera installs
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received contracts for four installations of its nuclear cardiology camera based on cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) digital detectors, the company said.
May 27, 2009
MRA planning halves radiation, contrast dose during UAE
By Kate Madden Yee
German researchers have found that performing an MR angiography (MRA) scan for planning prior to uterine artery embolization (UAE) can cut both radiation and contrast dose in half, according to a study published in the June issue of Radiology.
May 27, 2009
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Pie software gets FDA nod
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance for its CAAS MR Flow software.
May 26, 2009
Sectra posts mixed year-end results
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Despite double-digit sales growth, continued expansion of its distribution channels and an increase in mammography device production capacity hampered profit margins for Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra in its recently concluded fiscal year.
May 25, 2009
Visbion names Medray reseller for Ireland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
PACS vendor Visbion has named Medray Imaging Systems as a reseller for the company's products in the healthcare and veterinary markets in Ireland.
May 25, 2009
Cyntellect names GE vet to European post
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Cyntellect of San Diego has named Gareth Jones as its European director of sales and operations.
May 25, 2009
Echocardiography predicts heart disease mortality when ECG does not
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - Exercise echocardiography can predict mortality and major cardiac events in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease, but who have normal exercise electrocardiogram (ECG) results, new research indicates.
May 21, 2009
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Stereotactic body radiation slows lung cancer
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - Stereotactic body radiation therapy appears to be highly effective for treating certain patients with non-small cell lung cancer, providing a three-year local tumor control rate of 90% or higher with minor toxicity, Scandinavian researchers report in a May 4 online edition of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
May 21, 2009
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CT screening has little effect on smoking habits
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 22 - The results of a study published in the May issue of Thorax suggest that CT screening has little effect on the smoking habits of patients at one-year follow-up compared with smokers who do not undergo screening. CT screening neither induces more smoking nor promotes cessation, the researchers conclude.
May 21, 2009
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Warm and fuzzy feelings all in the brain: study
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), May 21 - The same part of the brain that makes us crave food and sex may also help determine whether somebody is a warm and sentimental "people" person, researchers said on Wednesday. The researchers used brain scans to analyze the concentration of grey matter in different regions.
May 20, 2009
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Intraop scores Belgian order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Intraoperative radiation therapy firm Intraop Medical has received an order for its Mobetron from the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels.
May 19, 2009
Season may not alter cancer survival in short term
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 20 - Some studies have found that patients with certain cancers seem to survive longer when they're diagnosed during summer and autumn months, but it now appears that this may be largely due to higher death rates in general during winter months, report U.K. researchers from King's College London.
May 19, 2009
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