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Gestix device gives brain surgeons a hand in the OR
By Cynthia E. Keen
How could the amount of operating room time scheduled for complex brain surgery some day be dramatically reduced? With a wave of the hand -- more specifically, through a graphical user interface that responds to hand motions rather than keyboard or mouse commands.
July 30, 2008
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Dexela launches breast imaging workstation, names chairman
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Breast imaging developer Dexela has begun commercial shipments of its DexTop breast imaging workstation.
July 30, 2008
IBA, Lantheus ink radiopharma deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has signed an exclusive distribution deal with Lantheus Medical Imaging.
July 30, 2008
Siemens Healthcare posts mixed Q3
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Contributions from new acquisition Dade Behring helped Siemens Healthcare to a 10% revenue gain in its fiscal third quarter, although unadjusted revenue and profit slipped in its imaging division.
July 30, 2008
Refurbished MRI biggest competition to new systems
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The global market for MRI systems will reach $3.5 billion by 2012, according to a report by market research firm InMedica.
July 30, 2008
Obese patients with knee osteoarthritis benefit from knee replacement surgery
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 31 - After total knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis of the knee, obese patients fare nearly as well as their normal-weight peers, a British research team reports in the July 24 online issue of the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
July 30, 2008
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Mammogram screening methods comparable
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 30 - The mammography screening policy used in the U.S. is equally effective as one used in Europe in detecting breast cancer, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The results suggest that the longer screening intervals used by Europeans may be suitable for use in the U.S.
July 29, 2008
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Primax awarded installation contract
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 the French National Institute of Sport and Physical Education (INSEP).
July 28, 2008
Italian colon study to use CAD as primary reader
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A province in Italy is launching a new research project to screen residents for colon cancer using virtual colonoscopy and computer-aided detection software as a primary reader.
July 28, 2008
Breast cancer mortality increases with body mass index
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 28 - A higher body mass index is associated with lower survival rates in women with breast cancer, according to a report in the July 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
July 27, 2008
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FOBT-screened cohort yields too many positives for VC
By Eric Barnes
Virtual colonoscopy (VC) seems a promising way to sort through patients with a positive fecal occult blood test (FOBT), considering the latter's demonstrated low sensitivity and high false-positive rate. But in a screening cohort from the Netherlands, polyps and cancer were so common in FOBT patients that VC hardly seemed worth it.
July 27, 2008
Sectra debuts RIS/PACS software
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra is introducing an integrated RIS/PACS software suite at the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) annual meeting in Denver.
July 27, 2008
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