Clinical News: Page 1196

IBA's interim Q3 report shows mixed results

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Sales are up more than 50% for the first nine months of 2008 for radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA), but the bottom line is expected to take a hit.

November 18, 2008

NEC inks shipping pact with Matrox

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

NEC Display Solutions Europe of Munich, Germany, will ship display controller boards from Matrox Graphics for use with a variety of color and grayscale medical LCD displays in Europe.

November 17, 2008

Crohn's disease patients at risk of significant diagnostic radiation exposure

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 18 - Recent findings published in the November issue of the journal Gut suggest that there are identifiable subsets of patients with Crohn's disease who are at risk of exposure to high levels of diagnostic radiation.

November 17, 2008

Sectra to integrate MRI workflow app

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish healthcare informatics firm Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with Synthetic MR of Stockholm to sell that company's MRI workflow analysis software.

November 17, 2008

IECO to supply parts for Paramed's open MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Paramed Medical Systems and International Electric (IECO) have signed an agreement for IECO to supply Paramed with its gradient power amplifiers and related equipment for Paramed's new MRopen system.

November 17, 2008

Dual-time-point FDG-PET/CT improves breast imaging accuracy

By Kate Madden Yee

Recent study results suggest that dual-time-point imaging with acquisition in the prone position improves PET/CT accuracy in patients with suspected breast cancer over single-time-point PET/CT. However, for lesions smaller than 10 mm, MRI shows higher sensitivity and should be preferred, according to the researchers.

November 17, 2008

Study reports link between breast toxicity and timing of rad therapy

By Cynthia E. Keen

The timing of treatment for breast cancer patients receiving external-beam radiation therapy (EBRT) following intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) may be an important factor in preventing toxicity. Patients who receive EBRT sooner than five or six weeks after receiving IORT may have a higher risk of developing chronic late toxicity, according to a study by German researchers.

November 16, 2008

Single-session breast radiotherapy safe for pregnant women, study finds

By Cynthia E. Keen

Breast-conservation surgery becomes an option for pregnant women in their third trimester. For many of these women, radiation therapy can safely be postponed until after birth. But the option of breast-conserving surgery may become available to all pregnant women if electron-beam intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) is used.

November 16, 2008

Medtronic gets CE Mark for MRI pacemaker

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic has received the European CE Mark for a pacemaker designed for use in MRI systems.

November 16, 2008

Ultrasonix appoints new VP of sales

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Canadian ultrasound developer Ultrasonix Medical has hired a new vice president of sales.

November 13, 2008

BK Medical launches intraoperative transducer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Analogic subsidiary BK Medical has released a new compact surgical transducer.

November 12, 2008

Needle biopsy may lead to liver tumor dissemination

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 13 - The incidence of needle track seeding following biopsy of suspected hepatocellular cancer (HCC) appears to be 2.7%, according to findings of a meta-analysis by U.K. researchers published in the November issue of Gut.

November 12, 2008

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