Archive for the ‘Radiology / Nuclear Medicine’ Category
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
A less invasive test commonly used to diagnose coronary disease also may be used to detect one of the leading causes of heart failure, say researchers at the Medical College of Georgia.By using a nuclear stress test to look at how fast blood flows into the heart's pumping chamber - ...
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Later this month, thousands of scientists and health professionals from the field of medical physics will meet at the 50th meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) in Houston, Texas. There, from July 27 to July 31, they will present the latest technologies for imaging and treating ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
GE (NYSE:GE), a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, announced that it is donating a new 64-slice CT (computed tomography) scanner as a legacy gift to the Sea to Sky Region, British Columbia. GE's Lightspeed VCT, a state-of-the-art medical imaging device, will be located in the Whistler Health ...
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Sunday, July 13th, 2008
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a report stating its progress in implementing Project BioShield. HHS has used Project BioShield authorities to support, facilitate and expedite the research, development, acquisition and availability of medical countermeasures to respond to the adverse effects of public health emergencies involving ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
Pears and apples contain air pathways to "breathe". The pathways are microscopically small structures for oxygen supply and are key elements in determining the fruit's health. Researchers from the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) have visualized them for the first time, therefore ...
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Friday, July 11th, 2008
In an effort to strengthen public health emergency response, the World Health Organization (WHO) will take part in a test of radiation emergency plans through a simulated accident at the Laguna Verde Nuclear power plant, Mexico, 9-10 July 2008. This exercise is coordinated by the International Atomic Energy Agency ...
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Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
IMIX Americas Inc., a provider of innovative digital radiography (DR) systems, announced that it has expanded its product line with the addition of an industry-leading 17-inch by 17-inch field of view detector. The new detector was introduced at the company's spring dealer event June 12 and is available immediately. Providing ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008
Gamma Medica-Ideas and GE Healthcare announced at the 55th annual meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, that GE Healthcare will be the exclusive distributor of Gamma Medica-Ideas' pre-clinical imaging products effective July 1, 2008. Pre-Clinical imaging plays a key role in new pharmaceutical therapeutic development by allowing researchers ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Application of modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of bowel cancer can enhance the results obtained by means of other conventional therapies. The technique has managed to apply the radiation in a way most adapted to the tumoral volume and risk areas, while minimising irradiation to healthy tissue. This radiotherapy procedure ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG; AEX: PHI) announced the release of the new Philips BrightView XCT, designed specifically to meet the needs of nuclear medicine. The BrightView XCT integrates Philips BrightView SPECT in a co-planar design with advanced flat-detector X-ray CT technology to acquire low dose, high resolution CT images ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Reimbursement of molecular imaging and therapies - leading to the early detection and diagnosis of many life-threatening diseases - remains an urgent and critical need as consumers face ever-increasing healthcare costs. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) needs to provide fair and adequate reimbursement for effective diagnostic techniques ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
It might surprise you to know that lung cancer claims more lives than breast, colon, and prostate cancers combined. Part of the problem is that lung cancer is often diagnosed late, so there aren't as many treatment options for patients. Now, that may be changing. Doctors are now using powerful ...
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Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
Definiens, the number one Enterprise Image Intelligence™ company, announced the introduction of a new multi-dimensional image analysis platform. Software applications built on Definiens XD extract previously unattainable levels of volumetric and morphological intelligence from digital data. They provide scientists and clinicians with a deeper understanding of the subtle ...
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Tuesday, June 17th, 2008
Elsevier, the world-leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, has introduced Expert Radiology, a new series of 2-volume titles designed to fill an important niche among imaging references.The new Expert Radiology series has been developed to meet radiologists' need for more in-depth information, while still utilizing ...
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Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008
Premerus, the industry's first and only diagnostic management company (www.premerus.com) will deliver a poster presentation, "Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Radiologist's Interpretations with Potential Savings," at the nation's first-ever national conference dedicated specifically to diagnostic error in medicine, May 31, 2008, Arizona Grand Resort, Phoenix, AZ. Co-sponsored by American Medical Informatics ...
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