Clinical News: Page 1189

ETIAM upgrades DICOM Izer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

French software firm ETIAM has released a new version of its DICOM Izer for capturing, converting, and distributing non-DICOM images to PACS networks.

January 5, 2009

Misonix adds Italian distributor

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound technology developer Misonix has signed a three-year distribution agreement with Italian mobile lithotripsy services distributor Alliance LithoMobile.

January 5, 2009

FFDM performs well versus analog for screening, studies show

By Kate Madden Yee

At the RSNA meeting in Chicago, researchers from Europe and the University of California, Los Angeles presented studies that support full-field digital mammography (FFDM) as being equal to or better than analog for screening programs, with users of several different types of FFDM technology reporting good results.

January 5, 2009

SPECT/CT outdoes planar imaging with lymph nodes

By Wayne Forrest

A newly released study in this month's issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine has found that SPECT/CT is better than planar imaging in accurately determining lymph node involvement at radioablation performed for thyroid cancer.

January 4, 2009

iCAD debuts SecondLook with Planmed FFDM

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD announced that its SecondLook digital CAD technology is now available outside the U.S. with Planmed's Nuance full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system.

December 30, 2008

Internal mammary node biopsies needed for better RT planning

By Cynthia E. Keen

A large study of breast cancer patients reveals that only 5% of patients with cancer-positive internal mammary nodes who receive radiation therapy (RT) will die of breast cancer recurrence within five years. This survival rate is comparable to patients with positive axillary lymph nodes who receive radiation therapy.

December 30, 2008

MRIs may damage cochlear implants

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 30 - Tests show that certain MRI machines may demagnetize magnets used in cochlear implants to couple external and implanted components, according to a report in the December issue of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery.

December 29, 2008

Merit adds to product line

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Disposable products developer Merit Medical Systems has added two new devices to its product line and received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its contrast management system.

December 29, 2008

iCAD supports Agfa CR in Europe

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) firm iCAD has launched in Europe a version of its SecondLook software that analyzes images acquired by computed radiography (CR) mammography systems from Agfa HealthCare.

December 28, 2008

Screening for thyroid cancer worthwhile in some childhood cancer survivors

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 29 - While ultrasound screening for thyroid cancer in the general population is not cost-effective and may lead to unnecessary surgery, it is worthwhile in childhood cancer survivors who received radiotherapy involving the head, neck, or upper thorax, according to Italian researchers.

December 28, 2008

Adding CsI-based dual-energy imaging doesn't improve lung nodule detection

By Radiology Review

(Radiology Review) New research suggests that cesium iodide (CsI) detector-based dual-exposure dual-energy imaging, when added to chest radiography, does not significantly improve the detection or classification of pulmonary nodules.

December 25, 2008

Greatest pain comes four hours after MR arthrogram injection

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers in Switzerland have found that patients who undergo MR arthrography temporarily experience the most pain in the affected joints four hours after injection. The study also showed that the pain is most pronounced in younger patients, but the discomfort for virtually all patients disappears after one week.

December 25, 2008

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