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Model finds polyp surveillance effective for cancer prevention

By Eric Barnes

The risk of developing colorectal cancer from polyps found at virtual colonoscopy but left unresected is not precisely known, and the practice of polyp surveillance is still controversial. But a new study concludes that the low likelihood of advanced neoplasia combined with the high cost of colonoscopy argue against the immediate removal of small lesions.

January 20, 2008

Barco receives grant for new software

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Scottish development agency Scottish Enterprise has awarded image display and advanced visualization firm Barco a grant for 1 million pounds ($1.96 million U.S.) to develop new visualization software at its Edinburgh R&D site.

January 15, 2008

Visage to show updated 3D software at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Visage Imaging of Carlsbad, CA, is planning to demonstrate updated versions of its Thin Client software at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) meeting in Vienna in March.

January 13, 2008

VC program takes off in nonacademic setting

By Eric Barnes

Radiologists in Belgium have built a popular virtual colonoscopy practice they credit with increasing awareness of colorectal cancer screening in their community and reducing unnecessary optical colonoscopies. The screening model offers a glimpse of what U.S.-based community screening practice might look like with a bit of reimbursement.

December 20, 2007

MediGuide Medical GPS gets CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MediGuide of Haifa, Israel, has received European CE Mark certification for its Medical Position System (MPS) and MPS-enabled Guided Measurement Catheter (GMC).

December 17, 2007

Fecal occult blood screening reduces mortality rates

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Dec 3 - The five-year results of the U.K. Bowel Cancer Screening Pilot study show that biennial use of the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) decreases emergency presentations for colorectal cancer (CRC) and dramatically reduces 30-day postoperative mortality, trial authors report the journal Gut, released online November 29.

December 2, 2007

Barco showcases new products, deals at RSNA

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Image display and advanced visualization firm Barco of Kortrijk, Belgium, has debuted its AVT advanced visualization software, as well as a new 6-megapixel color LCD display, at this week's RSNA 2007 meeting in Chicago.

November 28, 2007

Dexela awarded development grant

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Breast imaging developer Dexela of London has been awarded a grant for 360,000 pounds ($ 744,156 U.S.) by U.K.'s Technology Strategy Board as part of a collaborative research and development program to improve digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) for early breast cancer detection.

November 27, 2007

US-based minimally invasive treatments prove feasible for uterine fibroids

By Shalmali Pal

When it comes to the ultrasound-based treatment of uterine fibroids, clinicians should target patients whose benign tumors are not too big or not too small, according to two new studies. Researchers from Italy found that that percutaneous sonography-guided radiofrequency thermal ablation (RFA) was particularly adept at shrinking medium-sized fibroids, while a Japanese team found that MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) surgery was an optimal therapy option for fibroids with specific characteristics on preoperative imaging.

November 19, 2007

Five-modality Munich trial finds high sensitivity for OC, VC

By Eric Barnes

A virtual colonoscopy screening trial performed entirely on 64-detector-row CT found clinically significant polyps nearly as accurately as optical colonoscopy, researchers report. The Munich Colorectal Cancer Prevention Trial incorporated five separate colorectal cancer screening modalities in the same screening cohort. The researchers presented their results at the recent 2007 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Boston.

November 11, 2007

3mensio, Pie ink integration deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging of Bilthoven, Netherlands, and Pie Medical Imaging have inked an agreement to integrate their products, according to 3mensio.

November 8, 2007

VC in elderly patients yields extracolonic advantage

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is a valuable screening tool in symptomatic individuals age 70 and older, yielding diagnostic benefits far beyond the scope of barium enema exams, which remain common in the U.K. due to staffing and equipment issues, researchers report in this month's American Journal of Roentgenology.

November 6, 2007

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