Clinical News: Page 995

Eckert & Ziegler Bebig opens Brazil office
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Radiotherapy developer Eckert & Ziegler Bebig has opened a subsidiary in Fortaleza, Brazil.
April 5, 2012
U.K.to develop proton radiotherapy centers
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K. Department of Health has unveiled plans to develop proton radiotherapy through National Health Service centers in London and Manchester.
April 5, 2012
Critic of breast screening publishes book
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Dr. Peter Gøtzsche of the Nordic Cochrane Centre in Copenhagen has published a book on the topic of screening mammography. Mammography Screening: Truth, Lies and Controversy posits that "the most effective way to decrease women's risk of becoming a breast cancer patient is to avoid attending screening."
April 5, 2012
CERN fosters collaboration for medical advances
By Tami Freeman, PhD
CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is renowned for its pioneering research in fundamental physics -- investigating the origins of the universe and how it works. Some of its tools, such as particle accelerators and advanced detectors, also play an invaluable role in diagnostic and therapeutic medicine.
April 5, 2012
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Philips teams with Dutch institutions
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has formed a partnership with University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands to create theInstitute for Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging.
April 4, 2012
U.K. regulator issues alert for contrast devices
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has issued a medical device alert regarding Covidien disposable syringes and tubing used with contrast media injectors during imaging procedures.
April 4, 2012
Decision-support algorithm helps classify breast MR lesions
By Erik L. Ridley
German researchers have developed a decision-support tool that can help radiologists differentiate lesions on breast MRI studies with a high degree of accuracy. It could ultimately be automated or used with existing tools such as computer-aided detection.
April 4, 2012
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GI bleeding; faulty breast implants; QA matters
By Philip Ward
April 3, 2012
Swedish joint venture targets molecular research
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish university joint venture SciLifeLab will become a national research institute for molecular biosciences and bioinformatics, according to an announcement Tuesday by Swedish Minister for Education Jan Björklund.
April 3, 2012
Video capsule endoscopy transforms small bowel imaging
By Philip Ward
Video capsule endoscopy (VCE) surpasses CT enterography and CT enteroclysis in detecting flat, small bowel lesions, but retrospective VCE and CT enterography findings in obscure bleeding need further evaluation, and an unbiased comparison of the two procedures is still needed.
April 3, 2012
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Careful use of MRI restores calm in PIP implant cases
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Ultrasound remains the gold standard for monitoring Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) breast implants, but new French data suggest that dedicated silicone sequences in MRI can help detect problems, particularly if asymptomatic patients wish to keep their implants.
April 3, 2012
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Maquet, Siemens team up in hybrid OR
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Operating room (OR) technology developer Maquet and Siemens Healthcare have inked a deal to develop a combined system for diagnostics and surgical procedures.
April 2, 2012
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