Imaging Informatics: Page 410

iCAD signs pact with Agfa
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection (CAD) developer iCAD has signed a development and distribution agreement with Mortsel, Belgium-based Agfa HealthCare to provide its SecondLook Digital CAD product for Agfa's full-field digital mammography systems.
June 11, 2007
InSightec nabs CE Mark
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Focused-ultrasound developer InSightec announced that its ExAblate 2000 system has received the European CE Mark certification for pain palliation of bone metastases.
June 6, 2007
CSW to partner with Visbion
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Oxford, U.K.-based CSW Group has signed an OEM agreement to incorporate its Case Notes product with Visbion's DICOM imaging technology for electronic health records.
May 22, 2007
Sectra reports record sales
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Increased direct sales and growing volume in support contracts in its medical systems business helped propel Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra to record sales in its 2006/2007 fiscal year.
May 22, 2007
Two-segment CTA reconstruction aids images, not accuracy
By Eric Barnes
For patients with faster heart rates, the use of two-segment reconstruction improves image quality at 64-slice coronary CT angiography (CTA), according to a study from Germany. Among all patients, however, accuracy was not improved using two-segment when compared to single-segment reconstruction.
May 20, 2007
CEI partners with University of Freiburg
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Computational Engineering International (CEI) of Apex, NC, and the University of Freiburg Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Medical Physics in Germany have signed a deal to partner to develop new visualization techniques for radiology.
May 16, 2007
Merge adds Belgian Fusion order
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare IT and advanced visualization developer Merge Healthcare has received an order for its Fusion RIS/PACS network from the Algemeen Ziekenhuis Heilige Familie (AZHF) in Rumst, Belgium.
May 15, 2007
Prognosis poor with high IL-6 before colorectal cancer surgery
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 16 - Production of high levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6) by mononuclear blood cells in response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) stimulation in vitro is associated with shorter survival in patients about to undergo primary surgery for colorectal cancer, Swedish investigators have shown.
May 15, 2007
U.S. healthcare expensive, inefficient: report
By Reuters Health
WASHINGTON (Reuters), May 15 - Americans get the poorest healthcare and yet pay the most compared to five other rich countries, according to a report released by the Commonwealth Fund. Germany, Britain, Australia, and Canada all provide better care for less money, the nonprofit group found. The report also states that U.S. doctors are the least wired, with the lowest percentage using electronic medical records or receiving electronic updates on recommended treatments.
May 14, 2007
Five years of daily aspirin lowers risk of colorectal cancer many years later
By Reuters Health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health), May 11 - At a dose of 300 mg daily for at least five years, treatment with aspirin markedly reduces the incidence of colorectal cancer a decade later, according to long-term follow-up of randomized trials and observational studies.
May 10, 2007
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SourceMedical lands customers
By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers
Healthcare information systems provider SourceMedical has received new contracts for its SourceRad offering.
May 9, 2007
COCIR taps von Wulfen
The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has named Heinrich von Wulfen as chairman.
May 7, 2007
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