Archive for the ‘MRI / PET / Ultrasound’ Category
Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Only indications of positive associations / No studies on the German health care setting availableInternational studies indicate that there is an association between examiner qualifications and device quality on the one hand, and detection rates of ultrasound screening tests in pregnancy on the other. However, it is unclear which minimum ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Positron emission tomography (PET) could be an important tool for identifying non-Hodgkin's lymphoma patients who are likely to respond well to treatment with 90 ibritumomab tiuxetan (IT) - the first radioimmunotherapy treatment approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said researchers at SNM's 55th Annual Meeting. PET ...
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Sunday, June 15th, 2008
Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. announced that the Aurora® 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is immediately available to patients for the first time in Louisiana at the Women's Imaging Centre-Lafayette. The Aurora System is the only Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared dedicated breast MRI system specifically designed for the detection, ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
GE Healthcare announced significant updates to the Prescribing Information (PI) for its ultrasound contrast medium OPTISON TM (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP). The Company also announced that it will establish an external, independent safety monitoring board for Optison. These changes come after a recent U.S. Food and ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The acquisition of Vingmed Corp., Norway, in 1998 launched an unthinkable journey for GE Healthcare. At this year's meeting of the American Society of Echocardiography, in Toronto, GE Healthcare is commemorating the first ten years of that journey and celebrating the promise of the many tomorrows ahead."To sit back ...
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Saturday, June 14th, 2008
Research conducted at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston shows that the use of ultrasound contrast agents during stress echocardiograms is safe. These results, revealed at the 19th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography, come just months after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Compared to other techniques, Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) is much better at monitoring the increase or decrease of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries. Can the method even be used to predict the odds of a heart attack or other cardiovascular event? Studies indicate this may be the case, states Professor Clemens ...
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2008
Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 per cent among women aged 25-44 in the six months following Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis, says a new study from the University of Melbourne.There was also a sharp rise in the number of women aged 25-34 years who ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 per cent among women aged 25-44 in the six months following Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis, says a new study from the University of Melbourne.There was also a sharp rise in the number of women aged 25-34 years who ...
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Monday, May 26th, 2008
The Chairman of the Health Protection Agency, Sir William Stewart today announced that the Agency's Board had approved in principle the need for an epidemiological study of possible adverse health effects from high static field Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines. Sir William said: "MRI scanning has some undoubted benefits in ...
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
The Acuson S2000 ultrasound system launched into the UK marketplace by Siemens draws together the latest imaging innovations to optimise workflow, simplify examinations and is readily prepared for the future of ultrasound evolution. It is suitable for general imaging including Obstetrics and Gynaecology (OB/GYN) as well as vascular and ...
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Tuesday, May 20th, 2008
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced that WellStar Health Systems, headquartered in Marietta, Ga., has purchased 26 Philips iU22 and one Philips HD11 XE ultrasound systems for its hospitals and imaging centers. The new systems will be dispersed between five hospitals and three outpatient diagnostic centers in the ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Around 1300 extra consultant radiologists are needed in England over the coming years if the NHS is to meet the increasing demand for emergency interventional treatments, diagnostic imaging and screening, the BMA warns. Recent Department of Health projections on workforce1 show there is a need for a focused and planned ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
A new imaging device, ei?Nav/Artemis™, now officially cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), offers urologists breakthrough technology that will significantly help in the fight against prostate cancer. Artemis, designed by Eigen, a Northern California-based company known for developing innovative, affordable medical imaging solutions, will be introduced at ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
An aortic aneurysm can be a surprising, serious and unsettling diagnosis.Aortic aneurysms are frequently discovered at a routine exam -- through a CT scan or ultrasound of the abdomen, or an X-ray of the chest that's done for another purpose. Often, there are no symptoms, but aortic aneurysms can burst ...
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