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ECR sessions examine DBT's effectiveness

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - A series of presentations on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) reported encouraging results with the technology. Clinical investigators shared their experiences with DBT systems from four different manufacturers, and reported on the advantages of DBT compared to conventional full-field digital mammography (FFDM).

March 6, 2008

Philips debuts HD7 ultrasound system

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Philips Healthcare has unveiled its HD7 ultrasound system at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.

March 6, 2008

IBA posts mixed results for 2007

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve posted strong revenue increases but also a decline in profit in 2007.

March 6, 2008

Dual-source CT edges into cardiac SPECT turf

By Eric Barnes

U.S. researchers will use this week's European Congress of Radiology in Vienna to present research that shows dual-source CT making inroads into cardiac functional imaging, an area currently dominated by SPECT. The study moves dual-source coronary CT angiography closer to the holy grail of cardiac imaging -- a test that performs both morphological and functional analysis in a single scan.

March 5, 2008

Apple, Totoku, Osirix partner on digital mammo workstation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Apple, Japanese display provider Totoku of Tokyo, and open-source PACS workstation software provider OsiriX of Geneva will show a multimodality workstation for digital mammography and other radiology applications at this week's European Congress of Radiology (ECR) in Vienna.

March 4, 2008

Elekta completes CMS purchase

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiation oncology firm Elekta has closed on its acquisition of radiation treatment planning firm CMS of St. Louis.

March 4, 2008