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Optimized barium, easier prep improve VC experience

Some see virtual colonoscopy combined with a gentler bowel prep as an important way to get patients to undergo colon cancer screening. And unlike conventional colonoscopy, VC is in a position to make things easier for the patient. Studies are experimenting with gentler regimens that produce less discomfort and mark the residual stool. Recently, researchers tried to find the optimal formula for reduced-prep VC.

April 17, 2007

Capsule endoscopy readily spots obscure GI bleeding

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Apr 16 - Capsule endoscopy is more effective than CT or standard angiography for the diagnosis of obscure gastrointestinal bleeding, Spanish researchers report in the April issue of the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

April 15, 2007

TomTec to expand into MRI

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Ultrasound visualization developer TomTec Imaging Systems is moving into MRI. The firm is previewing its left ventricular (LV) analysis software for cardiac applications at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) meeting in New Orleans.

March 20, 2007

Siemens, BrainLab bring intraoperative CT scanner to the U.S.

By Wayne Forrest

U.S. facilities are about to get their first look at a novel concept in intraoperative CT, thanks to a partnership between image-guided therapy firm BrainLab and Siemens Medical Solutions. The companies have developed an intraoperative CT system that slides into position for use during surgical procedures, eliminating the need to move patients out of the operating suite for additional imaging.

March 19, 2007

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Agfa launches virtual colonoscopy app at ECR

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

VIENNA - A new virtual colonoscopy software application is among the highlights in the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) booth of Agfa HealthCare of Mortsel, Belgium.

March 8, 2007

Mercury inks research deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Mercury Computer Systems has signed a cooperation agreement with Campus Benjamin Franklin of the Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin.

March 5, 2007

Bio-Imaging completes Theralys acquisition

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bio-Imaging Technologies of Newtown, PA, has acquired Theralys of Lyon, France, a provider of customized imaging services in the field of central nervous system disorders (CNS) and neurovascular diseases.

February 6, 2007

Controversy remains over keepsake prenatal ultrasound images

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Feb 2 - Whether providing expectant parents with an ultrasound "keepsake" image of their unborn child is justifiable is the topic of a "special report" in the February 3rd issue of the British Medical Journal.

February 1, 2007

3mensio enters surgical visualization market

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization developer 3mensio Medical Imaging has signed a contract with the University Medical Center Utrecht in the Netherlands for the development and delivery of a new surgical visualization product, 3surgery.

January 17, 2007

German screening trial finds high accuracy for VC

Results from the first 300 patients screened in the ongoing Munich Colorectal Cancer Prevention Trial indicate that virtual colonoscopy with 64-slice CT is sensitive and specific for the detection of polyps of all sizes. The researchers in Germany found that conventional colonoscopy had a slight edge in diminutive polyps, but virtual colonoscopy did a little better with the larger lesions.

January 16, 2007

Rendoscopy opens U.S. office

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

German software developer Rendoscopy announced it has opened an office in the U.S.

November 25, 2006

Mercury inks deal with Genesis, IMP

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Mercury Computer Systems has signed a three-year agreement to provide a range of PACS technology to digital imaging systems distributor Genesis Digital Imaging.

November 20, 2006

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