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Viatronix notches French installations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Viatronix reported that it has installed its V3D Colon module for virtual colonoscopy at 14 hospitals throughout France, and that it expects to install the application at additional French sites in the coming months

October 18, 2006

Girl given massive overdose of radiation dies

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Oct 19 - A schoolgirl cancer patient who was given a massive overdose of radiation has died. Lisa Norris, 16, died at her home in Ayrshire, Scotland, on Wednesday, surrounded by her family. Human error has been blamed for the overdoses during treatment at Beatson Oncology Centre in Glasgow but an investigation is continuing.

October 18, 2006

Elekta nets Kuwait order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta said that it will install its Leksell gamma knife device at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

October 18, 2006

Hospitals urged to ease mobile phone rules

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Oct 16 - Patients and medical staff should be allowed to use mobile phones more freely in hospitals because the benefits outweigh the risks, researchers said on Friday. A 1997 study from the U.K.'s Medical Devices Agency showed that phones affected just 4% of devices at a distance of one meter, the researchers said.

October 15, 2006

Abortion seen not related to breast cancer risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 16 - Induced abortion does not affect the risk of breast cancer, according to findings published in the October issue of the International Journal of Cancer. The researchers examined the role of spontaneous and induced abortion on breast cancer risk among 267,361 women enrolled in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition between 1992 and 2000.

October 15, 2006

U.K. cancer treatment center installs Kodak DR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust in the U.K. has installed Rochester, NY-based Eastman Kodak Health Group's DirectView DR 7500 digital radiography system.

October 15, 2006

Benign ovarian cysts linked to lower breast cancer risk

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 16 - Benign ovarian cysts do not increase the risk of breast cancer, according to results of a meta-analysis of case-control studies conducted in Italy and Switzerland. In fact, benign cysts were associated with a 30% decreased risk of breast cancer, the investigators report.

October 15, 2006

Pie Medical adds 3D visualization

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch imaging vendor Pie Medical Imaging will be introducing its CAAS QCA 3D package as part of the next generation of its CAAS software.

October 15, 2006

Action plans ordered for 24 'weak' health bodies

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Oct 13 - England's health watchdog has ordered immediate action at 24 health trusts judged to be "weak" in both the quality of care and their financial management. The 24 trusts were identified as part of the first annual health check of 570 National Health Trusts in England, replacing the previous "stars" rating system.

October 12, 2006

Elekta adds German, Irish orders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish radiation therapy firm Elekta has received an order from the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science (MPI CBS) in Leipzig, Germany.

October 10, 2006

Volcano gets first s5i installs

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) developer Volcano has completed the first permanent installations of its s5i IVUS system in both the U.S. and Europe.

October 10, 2006

CT reveals cortical abnormalities in runners with tibial stress syndrome

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Oct 11 - High-resolution CT scans reveal tibial cortical abnormalities that precede the onset of pain in distance runners, according to a report in the September American Journal of Roentgenology.

October 10, 2006

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