Clinical News: Page 949

Options abound for mobile applications in radiology

By Erik L. Ridley

As long as they have an iPhone or iPad, imaging practitioners have plenty of quality radiology-oriented apps to choose from. Users of smartphones and tablets based on other operating systems currently face a more limited selection, however, according to an article published online in the European Journal of Radiology.

January 20, 2013

Spire Portsmouth installs Siemens Multix Fusion

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Spire Portsmouth Hospital has become one of the first adopters of Siemens Healthcare's Multix Fusion general radiography system in the U.K., the company announced.

January 17, 2013

Russia amends medical device regulations

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical device registrations submitted to Russian medical device market regulator Roszdravnadzor now must adhere to new requirements, and applicants seeking registration under the previous rule must provide a written statement to the agency as soon as possible.

January 17, 2013

Biotronik gets conditional FDA approval for ProMRI trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Biomedical device company Biotronik has received approval with conditions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the company's ProMRI clinical trial via an investigational device exemption.

January 17, 2013

GE opens office in Baghdad

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare has opened a new healthcare service center in Baghdad to monitor the company's equipment in Iraq.

January 17, 2013

Selection bias may affect breast cancer screening effectiveness

By Rebekah Moan

A study out of Denmark found that a breast cancer screening program's purported effectiveness could be strongly influenced by the patients selected for screening. The researchers suggest that program detection rates should be interpreted with caution as they may be biased by eligibility criteria.

January 17, 2013