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PLC Systems inks Italian distribution pact

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

PLC Systems of Franklin, MA, has signed an exclusive three-year agreement with Artech of Cavezzo, Italy, to distribute PLC's RenalGuard system in that country.

March 27, 2008

Mobile DR helps cut ED image transmission times

By Brian Casey

VIENNA - Using a mobile digital radiography (DR) system in the emergency department (ED) ward helped a radiology department at a French hospital cut the amount of time to image ED patients in half, according to a presentation on Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology. But the department's efforts to make the efficiency gains permanent have been stymied by government regulations on radiation exposure in healthcare facilities.

March 8, 2008

Routine CT scanning is most cost-effective for minor head injuries

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - Trying to be more selective about which patients receive a CT scan following minor head injury may sound like a good idea, but most of the major selective strategies are less cost-effective and riskier to patients than just routinely scanning all such patients. That's according to new data presented Friday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 6, 2008

Sectra inks U.S. orthopedic deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Swedish PACS and digital mammography developer Sectra of Linköping has signed an agreement with orthopedic implant manufacturer Synthes of West Chester, PA.

November 1, 2007

CT nighthawk service launched in U.K.

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

U.K. radiology reporting services provider Medica Group will be providing its outsourced on-call CT reporting service to West Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust in the U.K.

May 31, 2006