Imaging Informatics: Page 404

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

Sectra wins PACS deal for London hospitals

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has signed an agreement with British Telecommunications (BT) to provide PACS products and services to the majority of London's public hospitals, the Linköping-based vendor said.

January 2, 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

Sectra signs German hospital

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra has signed a five-year agreement with Düsseldorf University Hospital in Germany.

December 16, 2007

Medipattern lands Italian customer

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer Medipattern has installed its B-CAD software at General Hospital in Gorizia, Italy.

December 16, 2007

Sectra grows sales in Q2

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Increased international sales of its medical systems powered Swedish PACS and digital mammography vendor Sectra to improved financial results in the first half of the Linköping-based company's fiscal year.

December 3, 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

Philips adds languages to SpeechMagic

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Dutch industrial conglomerate Royal Philips Electronics has added two new languages for its SpeechMagic speech recognition technology.

November 27, 2007

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