Advanced Visualization: Page 112

Virtual colonoscopy beginners do better with 3D data

By Eric Barnes

Novice virtual colonoscopy readers detect more polyps reading 3D endoluminal datasets of electronically cleansed data compared to 2D images. But experienced readers aren't daunted by either 2D datasets or fecal residues, turning in a similar performance regardless of the reading environment.

February 4, 2009

Barco completes AVIS sale to Toshiba

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco has completed the sale of its Advanced Visualization (AVIS) business to Tokyo-based Toshiba Medical Systems.

February 2, 2009

RSA adds Norwegian mdesk order

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RSA Biomedical has added Sykehuset Innlandet in Oslo, Norway, to its customer list.

February 1, 2009

Lymph node ratio predicts colorectal cancer survival

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jan 28 - Among patients with colorectal cancer, survival rates are associated with the lymph node ratio -- i.e., the number of tumor-infiltrated nodes divided by the total number of resected nodes -- German researchers report in the December 2008 Annals of Surgery.

January 27, 2009

Pie rolls out new CAAS MRV release

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging will release the new version of its CAAS MRV cardiac MR quantitative analysis software at this week's Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) meeting.

January 25, 2009

EU health chief says cancer screenings must double

By Reuters Health

BRUSSELS (Reuters), Jan 23 - Europe needs to conduct twice as many cancer screenings to prevent death rates from the disease from climbing as the population ages, the European Union (EU) health commissioner said on Thursday.

January 22, 2009

Dexela, Three Palm ink distribution agreement

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging developer Dexela has entered into a distribution agreement with software developer Three Palm Software.

January 21, 2009

MR colonography separates benign from malignant colonic strictures

By Eric Barnes

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MR colonography can readily distinguish benign from malignant strictures of the colon, according to Danish researchers. They said the technique could solve a diagnostic dilemma in patients with suspected colorectal cancer lesions that prevent them from undergoing conventional colonoscopy before surgery.

January 15, 2009

RSA nets Norwegian customer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

RSA Biomedical has installed its mdesk orthopedic preoperative planning software at three hospitals in the Norwegian region of Helse Førde.

January 7, 2009

Pie unveils CAAS MR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch Imaging firm Pie Medical Imaging has launched an MR version of its CAAS image analysis software.

December 22, 2008

Same-day VC prep works, but some preps are better than others

By Eric Barnes

Fecal tagging and reduced bowel preparation with iodinated oral contrast agents feasibly can be performed on the same day as a virtual colonoscopy exam, according to a new study from Italy presented at this month's RSNA meeting.

December 15, 2008

MIP boosts detection of small pulmonary nodules

By Erik L. Ridley

CHICAGO - Performing maximum intensity projection (MIP) reformatting of MDCT studies adds significant utility for finding pulmonary nodules less than 10 mm in size, according to research from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf in Hamburg, Germany.

December 2, 2008

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