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IDC books international orders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Canadian digital radiography firm Imaging Dynamics reported that it has received orders and completed installations of its DR Xplorer DR systems in several countries.

September 19, 2006

Cambridge Isotope acquires ABX

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cambridge Isotope Laboratories (CIL) of Boston has acquired 100% of the stock of ABX Advanced Biochemical Compounds of Radeberg, Germany.

September 19, 2006

Agfa adds to Belgian Orbis orders

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Agfa HealthCare reported that AZ Monica, an acute care hospital in Antwerp, Belgium, has contracted to install the company's Orbis electronic medical record (EMR) application.

September 18, 2006

ContextVision lands Swedish grant

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image enhancement developer ContextVision said it has been awarded approximately $270,000 in funding from the Swedish government.

September 18, 2006

CT superior to MRI for detecting coronary artery disease

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 19 - While CT, unlike MRI, involves the use of radiation and intravenous contrast agents, it is more accurate in detecting coronary artery disease (CAD), according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine for September 19.

September 18, 2006

Student-designed CT-guided biopsy device shows early promise

By Wayne Forrest

Three graduate students have developed a CT-guided breast biopsy device, which may make needle biopsies less invasive and reduce potential complications for lung cancer patients as well.

September 18, 2006

Low folate levels may decrease risk of colorectal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 18 - New research challenges the widely held belief that folate protects against colorectal cancer by showing that low circulating levels of this B vitamin, rather than high levels, are actually tied to a reduced risk of the malignancy. This information could factor into the debates now taking place in Europe regarding mandatory folate fortification of foods.

September 17, 2006

Once-yearly bone drug reduces fractures

By Reuters Health

ZURICH (Reuters), Sep 18 - Swiss drugmaker Novartis said on Saturday that clinical tests had shown its once-yearly Aclasta medicine had proved effective in reducing incidence of bone fracture in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO).

September 17, 2006

Plaque inflammation seen contralateral to symptomatic carotid stenosis

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 15 - Dr. Jonathan Gillard of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and colleagues used ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO)-enhanced MRI to explore signs of inflammation in 20 symptomatic patients.

September 14, 2006

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI shows promise in mesothelioma

By Wayne Forrest

An international group of researchers said they have encouraging preliminary results from the use of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) to help determine the malignancy of cancer cells in the protective sac -- the mesothelium -- that surrounds most of the body's internal organs.

September 14, 2006

Patients with AMI have multiple unstable carotid plaques

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 15 - In a study published in the August issue of the International Journal of Cardiology, 69 consecutive patients with AMI and 95 patients without coronary events underwent carotid artery duplex ultrasound.

September 14, 2006

Chemotherapy improves local control of radiation-treated rectal cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 14 - The findings come from a study of 1,011 patients with stage T3 or T4 resectable rectal cancer who were randomized to receive preoperative radiotherapy, preoperative chemoradiotherapy, preoperative radiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy, or preoperative chemoradiotherapy and postoperative chemotherapy.

September 13, 2006

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