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Aycan teams with SOVAmed

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiology informatics firm Aycan Medical Systems and SOVAmed are collaborating on medical postprocessing technology and the companies' first joint project, SOVA.evar.

September 13, 2010

ContextVision taps CEO

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has named board member Anita Tollstadius as its new CEO, effective immediately.

September 13, 2010

Study finds VC cost-effective if tiny polyps are ignored

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is cost-effective for colorectal cancer screening, assuming that only patients with polyps 6 mm or larger are referred for polypectomy, a new French study has concluded. Removing the smallest lesions is not only prohibitively expensive, the yield in terms of additional cancer is minimal.

September 8, 2010

FOBT accuracy differs between men and women

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Sep 7 - Both immunological and guaiac-based fecal occult blood tests (FOBTs) have a higher sensitivity and lower specificity for detection of advanced colorectal neoplasm among men than among women, German investigators report.

September 6, 2010

Cancer cost world economy $895B in 2008

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Cancer has the most devastating economic effects of any cause of death in the world, according to a report published by the American Cancer Society and cancer survivor advocacy group Livestrong in Austin, TX.

September 2, 2010

MeVis first-half sales up, profit down

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Increased maintenance and service revenues helped medical imaging software developer MeVis Medical Solutions to a 15% increase in revenues in the first half of 2010.

August 29, 2010

Men with high CRP have higher risk of colon cancer

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 22 - Men with high C-reactive protein (CRP) levels may have a higher risk of colon cancer, a new report from the EPIC study suggests.

August 22, 2010

Higher-contrast mucosa and lesions don't improve colonoscopy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 16 - Fujinon intelligent chromoendoscopy, an imaging technique designed to enhance the contrast of mucosal and vascular details, does not improve adenoma detection rates during colonoscopy, German researchers report in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

August 15, 2010

Best to drink bowel prep solution in split doses: study

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 9 - Drinking the bowel prep solution in two split doses provides the best colon cleansing before colonoscopy, a large study has shown. Results were published in the August issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

August 8, 2010

Contrast US processing tool shows malignant liver lesions

By Eric Barnes

Swiss researchers have developed a real-time parametric imaging technique for distinguishing benign from malignant liver lesions easily and noninvasively using contrast-enhanced ultrasound. In its first clinical run, the method delivered high sensitivity and specificity in a patient cohort.

July 29, 2010

Minimal-prep VC gets new boost from dual-energy CT

By Eric Barnes

A new dual-energy CT electronic cleansing technique thoroughly outperformed an advanced single-source CT cleansing method in virtual colonoscopy in a recent study. The technique eliminated many common artifacts that have plagued investigational electronic cleansing techniques.

July 20, 2010

CO2 volumes higher than previous reports in VC

By Eric Barnes

Using more CO2 to insufflate the colon during virtual colonoscopy doesn't produce better distention, but patients with ileocecal valve incompetence -- most patients presenting for screening -- require more insufflation, say researchers from Ireland.

July 5, 2010

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