AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writersClinical NewsUS-guided breast surgery should be standardUltrasound-guided surgery to remove breast cancer tumors is more successful than standard surgery and should become the new standard of care, Dutch researchers said at the European Breast Cancer Conference held last week in Vienna.March 25, 2012Enterprise ImagingRogan-Delft makes progress in emerging marketsThe Netherlands-headquartered PACS vendor Rogan-Delft has sold its Zillion RIS and PACS to two hospitals in Suriname. The RIS/PACS acquisitions are being made at Academic Hospital Paramibo, the country's largest hospital, and Diakonessen Hospital in Paramibo. Academic Hospital Paramibo is also replacing its analog x-ray equipment with digital modalities.March 22, 2012Clinical NewsEucomed launches vetting system for conferencesThe European medical technology industry association Eucomed has launched an online conference vetting system to review and approve third-party educational conferences sponsored by vendors and commercial companies.March 22, 2012Industry NewsElekta promotes China market milestonesIn conjunction with the ChinaMed exhibition being held in Beijing this week, radiation oncology firm Elekta announced milestones that it has achieved in selling its products to cancer treatment centers in China.March 21, 2012Industry NewsNeuroLogica wins CE Mark for BodyTom CT scannerPortable scanner developer NeuroLogica has received CE Mark approval for BodyTom, its portable, full-body, multislice CT scanner. The CE Mark approval allows BodyTom to be sold in the European Union, the company said.March 21, 2012Clinical News20 years of screening data suggests mammography worksOne of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs in Europe has demonstrated that screening contributes to a decrease in deaths from breast cancer. In addition, any harm caused by breast screening has been limited, and its costs are reasonable.March 20, 2012Clinical NewsWheelchair crashes into MR unit in narrow escapeA wheelchair was flung across the examination room and smashed into an MRI system, causing close to 24,000 euros in damage, reports the regional U.K. newspaper the Daily Echo.March 20, 2012Industry NewsSynergy Health expands x-ray businessMedical device sterilization service provider Synergy Health has acquired irradiation sterilization services company Leoni Suder Hard from the Leoni Group of Nuremberg, Germany for 47.6 million euros.March 20, 2012Clinical NewsBI-RADS aids Dutch breast cancer screening, workupBI-RADS is effective as a quality assessment tool when compared to breast screening without using the classification system, at least in the Dutch breast cancer screening program, researchers found.March 19, 2012Industry NewsNucletron sells brachy unit to U.K. labRadiation therapy firm Nucletron has sold a Flexitron brachytherapy afterloader to the National Physical Laboratory, the U.K.'s measurement institute located in Teddington.March 18, 2012Previous PagePage 750 of 935Next PageTop StoriesWomens ImagingDutch authors cast light on uterine fibroidsResearchers have shared their clinical experiences of how ultrasound and MRI can assess blood flow and vasculature in uterine fibroids.CTDL algorithm estimates lung nodule cancer risk, reduces false positivesMolecular ImagingNeuroinflammation persists for 2 years in long COVIDMRIChatGPT gathers momentum in MR imagingCTLow-dose CT ties emphysema to mortality in previous smokers
