Imaging Informatics: Page 379

Nuance tapped for U.K. contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

e-Dict and Euromed Networks have been awarded a contract to supply MedSpeech digital dictation with integrated SpeechMagic speech recognition from Nuance Communications for the Bupa Cromwell Hospital Radiology Department.

July 16, 2009

Capsule endoscopy lacks sensitivity of colonoscopy

By Reuters Health

NEW YORK (Reuters Health), Jul 16 - Although capsule endoscopy provides visualization of the colonic mucosa, it is not as sensitive as standard colonoscopy for detecting polyps and cancer, European researchers report.

July 15, 2009

VC is cost-effective for screening; tiny polyps can be ignored

By Eric Barnes

Virtual colonoscopy is a cost-effective way to screen for colorectal cancer -- provided that individuals with tiny lesions aren't referred for polypectomy, according to the results of a new study from France.

July 14, 2009

Visage nets German installation

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization firm Visage Imaging has installed its Visage CS software at Marienkrankenhaus in Hamburg.

July 13, 2009

Virtual colonoscopy preferred for surveillance follow-up

By Eric Barnes

Patients referred for polyp surveillance after virtual colonoscopy are more likely to opt for another VC exam at follow-up, Italian researchers report. But patients want their follow-up scans sooner rather than later.

July 9, 2009

Sectra hires Carestream vet Varian

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra has tapped imaging veteran Chris Varian as senior business manager, international business development.

July 5, 2009

CDs may come up short in long-term storage reliability

By Erik L. Ridley

Legacy PACS users who still have CD media in their archives may find their disks are not as reliable as their vendors would have them believe, according to research from the University Medical Center Groningen in the Netherlands.

July 1, 2009

Ziosoft nets CE Mark

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Advanced visualization software developer Ziosoft has received the European CE Mark for its Ziostation 3D thin-client software package.

June 30, 2009

CARS report: Liver segmentation tool allows manual fixes

By Eric Barnes

BERLIN - German researchers believe they have found a better way to preserve the best aspects of automated and manual segmentation in CT liver images, according to a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.

June 30, 2009

CARS report: New CAD tool follows lung nodules over time

By Eric Barnes

BERLIN - It's easy to complain about the insanity of tracking lung nodule changes in multiple CT scans over time, but at least one group is doing something about it, according to a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.

June 29, 2009

CARS report: Novel conebeam CT cuts breast dose, improves accuracy

By Eric Barnes

BERLIN - Dual-resolution conebeam CT accentuates the positives of conebeam breast imaging and eliminates (some of) the negatives, said a team from Texas in a presentation at the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery meeting.

June 28, 2009

CARS report: Personalized medicine will dominate future care

By Eric Barnes

BERLIN - Medicine is undergoing a historic transition, moving away from a cookie-cutter model of care and toward individualized treatment strategies based on patient-specific models of disease and treatment. Imaging, biology, and mathematics are at the center of this new paradigm, according to Dr. Michael Vannier, who spoke at the opening of the 2009 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) meeting.

June 25, 2009

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