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CAD enhances breast MRI specificity
By Erik L. Ridley
Although breast MRI is highly sensitive for detecting breast cancer, the technique remains plagued by a relatively low level of specificity. But computer-aided detection (CAD) technology can help reduce false-positive findings, according to research published online this month in European Radiology.
September 16, 2009
ContextVision releases new GOPView version
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish image enhancement developer ContextVision has released its GOPView iRVPlus on a field-programmable gate array platform.
September 15, 2009
Sectra sales, profit up in Q2
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Earnings generated from a few large-scale projects contributed to fiscal first-quarter revenue and profit gains for Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra.
September 13, 2009
European HIS market hits $3.4 billion
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European market for hospital information systems generated revenues worth $3.4 billion in 2008, according to a new report by San Antonio market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
September 7, 2009
Fuzzy 3D ultrasound CAD sharpens breast cancer sensitivity
By Eric Barnes
A new breast ultrasound computer-aided detection (CAD) application uses a fuzzy 3D image processing scheme to deliver high sensitivity to improve the detection of early breast cancers.
September 2, 2009
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TeraMedica partners with Logicalis
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Medical informatics firm TeraMedica Healthcare Technology is partnering with Logicalis to provide image management products to help healthcare providers transition to electronic healthcare records.
September 1, 2009
Advanced image processing stitches together CE images
By Eric Barnes
An image processing technique forged in Japan could make wireless capsule endoscopy (CE) more useful by analyzing and cobbling together the somewhat unpredictable sequence of small intestine images generated by the tiny capsule endoscopy cameras.
August 30, 2009
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Sectra nets Norwegian deal
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has inked a six-year partnership with Norwegian radiology services provider Curato.
August 30, 2009
Most choose VC over colonoscopy, study shows
By Eric Barnes
A new study from the Netherlands has found that most patients preferred reduced-prep virtual colonoscopy over conventional optical colonoscopy. Patients judged reduced-prep VC, both prep and procedure, as less burdensome, a fact the researchers hope could lead to greater compliance in colorectal cancer screening.
August 26, 2009
Colorectal cancer attitudes vary by ethnicity
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Aug 26 - Men and people of South Asian descent are more likely to have unfavorable perceptions of colon cancer screening, research from the U.K. shows. The findings point the way toward strategies to get more people screened, according to Dr. Taina Taskila, a researcher on the study.
August 25, 2009
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Brazilian team marries lung CAD with PACS
By Eric Barnes
Nearly all computer-aided detection (CAD) systems in clinical use today have a major shortcoming: the need to transfer image data to a separate workstation to run CAD software, with CAD data remaining separate from the PACS images radiologists read in their normal workflow. Researchers from São Paulo may have the answer.
August 19, 2009
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European healthcare IT outsourcing to grow
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
The European outsourcing market for healthcare IT could grow by more than 50% to $1.09 billion in 2015, according to a new report from market research firm Frost & Sullivan.
August 13, 2009
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