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Elekta wins contracts in Sweden, Estonia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish oncology firm Elekta has received contracts to install its radiotherapy systems at three hospitals in Sweden and Estonia, the Stockholm-based company announced.
January 26, 2009
Varian builds user base
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems said that Südharz-Krankenhaus in Nordhausen, Germany, has become the first German user of its RapidArc radiotherapy treatment.
January 26, 2009
Pie rolls out new CAAS MRV release
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging will release the new version of its CAAS MRV cardiac MR quantitative analysis software at this week's Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) meeting.
January 25, 2009
Eckert & Ziegler acquires Nuclitec
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen-und Medizintechnik has acquired Nuclitec and its two French and U.S. affiliates.
January 25, 2009
EU health chief says cancer screenings must double
By Reuters Health
BRUSSELS (Reuters), Jan 23 - Europe needs to conduct twice as many cancer screenings to prevent death rates from the disease from climbing as the population ages, the European Union (EU) health commissioner said on Thursday.
January 22, 2009
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Dexela, Three Palm ink distribution agreement
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Breast imaging developer Dexela has entered into a distribution agreement with software developer Three Palm Software.
January 21, 2009
Xograph installs mobile DR at U.K. prison
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
U.K. radiology products supplier Xograph Healthcare of Tetbury, Gloucestershire, has delivered a mobile digital radiography (DR) unit to a prison medical center in the U.K.
January 21, 2009
Blood pressure not associated with many severe CT findings after acute stroke
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 22 - Higher blood pressure does not increase the incidence of hemorrhagic transformation and several other severe CT findings after acute stroke, according to researchers in Europe.
January 21, 2009
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CAD can boost double-reading detection rate
By Erik L. Ridley
Computer-aided detection (CAD) technology may yield breast cancer detection improvements in an independent double-reading mammography screening practice, according to a research team led by Dr. Per Skaane, Ph.D., of Ullevål University Hospital in Oslo, Norway.
January 21, 2009
Thrombectomy a useful adjunct to primary PCI in STEMI: study
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 21 - Manual thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) improves myocardial reperfusion and reduces final infarct size in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), results of a European study indicate.
January 20, 2009
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Adding delayed CT aids some trauma diagnoses
By Eric Barnes
In the emergency setting, would the routine acquisition of a delayed scan five minutes after contrast lead to better diagnoses of trauma patients? It pays sometimes but not always to acquire the extra scan, say researchers from Italy, who reviewed images from hundreds of cases of organ injuries.
January 20, 2009
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New breast imaging applications show diagnostic promise
By Kate Madden Yee
Three up-and-coming breast imaging applications could help clinicians make diagnoses with greater accuracy -- good news not only for patient care, but also for a breast imaging center's bottom line.
January 19, 2009
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