Image-Guided Surgery: Page 7

Tethered capsule detects GI tract disease

By Ian Randall

A method for imaging and characterizing the esophageal wall using a tethered capsule has been developed by researchers from Harvard Medical School and Strasbourg University. The technology may provide a simple and convenient method for diagnosing upper gastrointestinal (GI) tract diseases.

February 25, 2016

Brainlab supports radiation oncology forum in Munich

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy firm Brainlab sponsored the sixth annual international conference of the Novalis Circle, held from 19 to 20 February in Munich.

February 21, 2016

Quality assurance confirms benefits of MRI-guided radiotherapy

By Jon Cartwright

Radiation oncologists are hailing the benefits of MRI-guided radiotherapy, having published a quality assurance program for their system. They claim the system is allowing them to hone their treatment margins and adapt to real-time changes in a patient's body.

December 29, 2015

French radiology society offers imaging innovation prize

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

A new prize will be awarded for medical imaging innovation in France next month, according to the French Radiology Society in cooperation with the National Association of Medical Technologies Industry.

September 15, 2015

Philips appoints Duncan Porter to head new IGT unit

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

LONDON - Philips Healthcare has appointed Duncan Porter, the company's director of field marketing radiology for EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa), to lead a new image-guided therapy (IGT) venture.

August 31, 2015

Mauna Kea obtains CE Mark for Cellvizio

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Medical device firm Mauna Kea Technologies has received the CE Mark for the use of its Cellvizio laser endomicroscopy platform in interventional radiology procedures.

June 9, 2015

Lightpoint secures NHS development contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Luminescence imaging technology developer Lightpoint Medical has been given a 1 million pound (1.37 million euros) development contract from the National Health Service (NHS) England.

June 2, 2015

US-guided core biopsy best for salivary gland tumors

By Erik L. Ridley

VIENNA - Ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy significantly outperforms ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy for diagnosing salivary gland tumors, according to a presentation on Wednesday at ECR 2015.

March 3, 2015

IMRIS teams with Siemens for Sahlgrenska order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image-guided therapy developer IMRIS will provide its Visius Surgical Theater with intraoperative MRI (iMRI) to Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden as part of a sale of four hybrid operating suites by Siemens Healthcare.

January 20, 2015

Philips targets image-guided therapy with 1.2B bid for Volcano

By Erik L. Ridley

Continuing an aggressive expansion of its image-guided therapy and interventional radiology business, Philips Healthcare has inked a deal to pay $1.2 billion (0.973 billion euros) to acquire Volcano, a developer of intravascular ultrasound and fractional flow reserve technology.

December 16, 2014

U.K. releases new advice on CT colonography

By Philip Ward

The U.K. Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the British Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology have issued recommendations on the use of CT colonography. The 23-page document can be downloaded for free from the RCR's website and includes details about how to plan and deliver a service.

September 22, 2014

Acusphere pulls European bid for Imagify contrast

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound contrast developer Acusphere has voluntarily withdrawn a regulatory application in Europe for its Imagify ultrasound contrast agent for the detection of coronary artery disease.

August 27, 2014

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