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TomoTherapy brings Hi-Art to Switzerland
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm TomoTherapy has installed its first Hi-Art treatment system in Switzerland.
December 12, 2007
Varian receives Swiss orders
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems of Palo Alto, CA, has received orders for its Clinac linear accelerator from the Clinique de Genolier and the Genève Centre de Radio-Oncologie in Switzerland.
December 11, 2007
Child cancer risk higher near nuclear plants: study
By Reuters Health
BERLIN (Reuters), Dec 10 - A German study has found that young children living near nuclear power plants have a significantly higher risk of developing leukemia and other forms of cancer, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The newspaper said the study was done by the University of Mainz for Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS).
December 9, 2007
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U.K. $1 billion medical research center gets go-ahead
By Reuters Health
LONDON (Reuters), Dec 6 - The government has backed plans to build a 500-million-pound medical research center in London to bring together the country's best scientists. It has agreed to sell land in central London to a consortium planning the new U.K. Centre for Medical Research and Innovation.
December 5, 2007
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Sectra grows sales in Q2
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Increased international sales of its medical systems powered Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra to improved financial results in the first half of the Linköping-based company's fiscal year.
December 3, 2007
IBA sells cyclotron to Saudi Arabia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has sold a Cyclone 30 cyclotron to King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
December 3, 2007
DSCT matches angiography for stenosis detection -- even in fast hearts
By Jerry Ingram
Dual-source CT (DSCT) offers diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of invasive coronary angiography when it comes to identifying significant coronary artery stenoses, according to researchers from Germany. To test whether DSCT could match angiography in accuracy, they examined patients with suspected coronary artery disease and found DSCT angiography offered high sensitivity for detecting stenosis.
December 3, 2007
Fecal occult blood screening reduces mortality rates
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - The five-year results of the U.K. Bowel Cancer Screening Pilot study show that biennial use of the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) decreases emergency presentations for colorectal cancer (CRC) and dramatically reduces 30-day postoperative mortality, trial authors report the journal Gut, released online November 29.
December 2, 2007
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Digital x-ray market to hit $7 billion in 2008
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The global market for digital x-ray systems is expected to produce $7 billion in sales in 2008 and hit $8.3 billion by 2011, according to a recently released report by market research firm InMedica, a division of IMS Research of Wellingborough, U.K.
December 2, 2007
Improved function maintained for years after hip replacement
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Nov 29 - The substantial benefits of total hip arthroplasty (THA) for osteoarthritis are sustained in the long-term, according to a follow-up study lasting up to 10 years after the original surgery, British investigators report in the December 15 issue of Arthritis Care and Research.
November 29, 2007
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Biospace adds Latin American distributor
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
French digital radiography developer Biospace Med has added a new distribution partner for its EOS ultralow dose 2D/3D digital x-ray imager.
November 29, 2007
Barco showcases new products, deals at RSNA
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, has debuted its AVT advanced visualization software, as well as a new 6-megapixel color LCD display, at this week's RSNA 2007 meeting in Chicago.
November 28, 2007
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