Clinical News: Page 921

Patient access to radiation therapy still a major concern in Africa
By Cynthia E. Keen
There is an acute shortage of radiotherapy equipment of any type in Africa, and the scarcity of resources is becoming even more severe and pronounced with the increase in cancer incidence in the continent, according to an International Atomic Energy Agency report published in Lancet Oncology.
April 29, 2013
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U.K. hospitals complete Varian order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
National Health Service hospitals in Dorset and London have purchased two TrueBeam linear accelerators from radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems.
April 29, 2013
Report: Global MRI market worth 4 billion euros by 2018
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
A new report by business research firm MarketsandMarkets predicts that the global market for MRI equipment will reach 4 billion euros by 2018, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6%.
April 28, 2013
Large European dose survey shows low medical exposure
By Eric Barnes
A pan-European dose estimation project has found that doses administered to patients in medical imaging examinations vary widely by country, but are lower than comparable levels reported for the U.S. and Australia.
April 28, 2013
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Nuance adds customer in Saudi Arabia
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Speech recognition software developer Nuance Communications and Emerging Technologies, its implementation partner in Saudi Arabia, announced that King Fahd University Hospital of Dammam University has purchased Dragon Medical 360|Network Edition for hospital-wide use.
April 28, 2013
Biplanar DR outperforms standard DR for upright imaging
By Cynthia E. Keen
Biplanar low-dose x-ray systems outperform standard digital radiography (DR) systems in terms of delivering a lower radiation dose to the patient and expediency in acquiring images, but their cost and limited uses require high examination volume to make them cost-effective, Swiss researchers believe.
April 28, 2013
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Xograph sells rad room to Addenbrooke's Hospital
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, U.K., has chosen imaging equipment supplier Xograph Healthcare to replace the x-ray imaging equipment in its accident and emergency department rooms, Xograph said.
April 25, 2013
ContextVision grows in Q1
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Continued sales development and new mammography contracts propelled image enhancement developer ContextVision to sales growth in the first quarter of 2013.
April 25, 2013
Adding 3D breast tomo to mammography finds more cancers
By Kate Madden Yee
Using 3D digital breast tomosynthesis with conventional 2D mammography finds 50% more cancers than 2D imaging alone and also reduces the false-positive rate, according to a new study published online April 25 in Lancet Oncology.
April 25, 2013
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EJR: MRI measures up in estimating breast cancer tumors
By Rebekah Moan
Using breast MRI to estimate tumor size in high-risk patients is comparable to the modality's performance for sporadic cancers. This means breast MRI can safely be used for treatment planning, Dutch researchers believe.
April 24, 2013
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Fallout from Epinal; Olympics emergency care; patient power
By Philip Ward
April 23, 2013
COCIR expresses caution on EU medical device proposal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) said it is skeptical of a proposal calling for an alternative marketing authorization procedure for medical devices.
April 23, 2013
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