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Median nets Spanish contract

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Median Technologies of Biot, France, has signed an agreement with CETIR Grup Mèdic of Barcelona, Spain, to install its LMS-Lung and LMS-Liver computer-aided detection (CAD) software.

March 17, 2008

CT maintains edge over MRI in liver transplant planning

VIENNA - Researchers from Germany have found that CT still does a better job than MRI of defining critical vasculature for living donor liver transplant planning, thereby enhancing overall safety for the donors. They compared the results of preoperative CT and MR cholangiography in potential liver donors, and presented their findings Monday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology (ECR).

March 9, 2008

CAD nabs the flat polyps VC readers may miss

VIENNA - In two studies presented Sunday at the 2008 European Congress of Radiology, investigators tested colon computer-aided detection (CAD) schemes for their ability to find flat lesions. In both, the sensitivity was reassuringly high, though questions remain about the effect of false-positive CAD detections on reader performance and variations in flat polyp morphology.

March 8, 2008

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Given reports German reimbursement progress

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Video-capsule endoscopy developer Given Imaging of Yoqneam, Israel, said that the German Gemeinsame Bundesausschuss (Joint Federal Committee) will begin to evaluate capsule endoscopy for outpatient coverage under the German national insurance program.

January 27, 2008

Model finds polyp surveillance effective for cancer prevention

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

VC program takes off in nonacademic setting

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

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BioSphere nets CE Mark OK

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional device developer BioSphere Medical has received the European CE Mark for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using its HepaSphere microspheres.

December 17, 2007

Medtronic begins Endurant trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional technology firm Medtronic has begun the first human study of its Endurant stent graft system for the treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

December 16, 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

Five-modality Munich trial finds high sensitivity for OC, VC

A virtual colonoscopy screening trial performed entirely on 64-detector-row CT found clinically significant polyps nearly as accurately as optical colonoscopy, researchers report. The Munich Colorectal Cancer Prevention Trial incorporated five separate colorectal cancer screening modalities in the same screening cohort. The researchers presented their results at the recent 2007 International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy in Boston.

November 11, 2007

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VC in elderly patients yields extracolonic advantage

Virtual colonoscopy is a valuable screening tool in symptomatic individuals age 70 and older, yielding diagnostic benefits far beyond the scope of barium enema exams, which remain common in the U.K. due to staffing and equipment issues, researchers report in this month's American Journal of Roentgenology.

November 6, 2007

Italian multicenter VC trial screens higher-risk cohort

BOSTON - One of the largest virtual colonoscopy trials ever aimed at a higher-risk screening population has yielded good results across 12 sites in Italy. Researchers presented the first results of the study on Tuesday at the International Symposium on Virtual Colonoscopy.

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