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Axis Surgical Technologies, Inc. Received 510(k) Clearance For The C-MOR(TM) Visualization Device
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundAxis Surgical Technologies, Inc., announced that it has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market their C-MOR™ Visualization Device for use in diagnostic and operative arthroscopic and endoscopic procedures... ...
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Sun Mar 2010
Adaptable To The Patient, The Clinician And The Procedure
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundSouth London Healthcare NHS Trust is now benefiting from advanced diagnostic CT with the installation of a SOMATOM® Definition AS from Siemens Healthcare at Queen Mary's Hospital Sidcup. The 64-slice CT is highly adaptable to the patient, the clinician and the task at hand. It is being used at the ...
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Positron Sells Attrius™ PET Scanner To Ochsner Health Systems
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundPositron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC) a molecular imaging solutions company focused on Nuclear Cardiology, announced the sale of its AttriusTM PET scanner to Ochsner Health System of Louisiana... ...
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FDA Clears biospace med's SterEOS 2D/3D Workstation For Pediatric Use In Spine
Categorie : MRI / PET / Ultrasoundbiospace med announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) to market the Company's sterEOS 2D/3D workstation for pediatric use in spine applications. The Company's EOS ultra-low-dose imager previously has been FDA-cleared for use in pediatrics and ...
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Intermountain Healthcare And Toshiba Announce Ultrasound Substudy Of FaCTor64 - Speckle Tracking By Echo
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundCardiovascular death is the most common cause of mortality among Type 2 diabetics and claims the lives of millions each year, with many diabetics experiencing their first "symptom" as a heart attack or sudden death. Understanding that diabetics are at high risk for Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) and t ...
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Massachusetts Institute Of Technology (MIT) To Launch New Brain Research Effort With Acquisition Of Elekta MEG Technology
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundResearchers at MIT are eagerly anticipating the summer delivery of Elekta Neuromag®, a system that uses magnetoencephalography or MEG to explore brain function. MEG can detect the very weak magnetic fields arising from electrical activity in the brain, and allows researchers to monitor the timing o ...
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Different Signal Paths For Spontaneous And Deliberate Activation Of Memories
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundEntirely different signal paths and parts of the brain are involved when you try to remember something and when you just happen to remember something, prompted by a smell, a picture, or a word, for instance. This is shown by Kristiina Kompus in her dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden. Ima ...
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AdMeTech Hails New Research That Shows Promise Of MRI To Discriminate Aggressive Prostate Cancer From Dormant Disease
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundNew preliminary data from a pilot study in the Netherlands indicates that imaging tools may help address the most challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care as identified by the hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its expert witnesses last week: to treat or n ...
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Productivity Through Nuclear Medicine Innovations At BNMS
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundSolutions for driving productivity and realising process efficiencies in healthcare will be showcased at the Siemens stand at this year's Annual Meeting of the British Nuclear Medicine Society (BNMS). From 26 - 28 April at Harrogate International Centre, visitors to stand 2 will learn how imaging te ...
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Brain Scans Could Be Marketing Tool Of The Future
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundUsing advanced tools to see the human brain at work, a new generation of marketing experts may be able to test a product's appeal while it is still being designed, according to a new analysis by two researchers at Duke University and Emory University... ...
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European Congress Of Radiology 2010: Siemens Introduces Innovations For Imaging And Diagnostics
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundOne of the most important challenges facing hospitals and practices is the optimization of their workflows. An ever increasing amount of data from various modalities must be evaluated in less and less time. Moreover, the quality of patient care should improve and the costs for healthcare should at t ...
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Understanding The Recovery Of Consciousness In Patients Who Suffer Traumatic Brain Injuries
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundThe recovery of consciousness following traumatic brain injury and recent advances in neuroimaging and deep brain stimulation will be discussed at the 14th Annual Swartz Foundation Mind/Brain Lecture at Stony Brook University on Monday, March 15, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. in the Staller Center for the Arts. ...
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Photoacoustics Technology Could Make Some Lab Processes More Efficient, Says MU Researcher
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundKnowing the stage of a patient's melanoma is important when choosing the best course of treatment. When the cancer has progressed to the lymph nodes, a more aggressive treatment is needed. Examining an entire lymph node for cancer takes much effort and time; a new technique might help make the proce ...
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Prostate Cancer Detection Rate And Predictive Factors In Patients Undergoing Ultrasonography-guided Transperineal Saturation Biopsies Of The Prostate
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundUroToday.com - With regard to the prognostic factors predicting the diagnosis of prostate cancer, in our analysis, prostate volume was the unique clinical and pathological variable significantly associated with the incidence of prostate cancer in multivariate analysis [1]... ...
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Nation's CT Manufacturers Unveil New Industry-Wide Medical Radiation Patient Safety Features
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundAs part of its ongoing commitment to ensuring safe, appropriate and effective medical imaging and radiation therapy, the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) announced a new industry-wide commitment to more expansively address patient safety in medical imaging by including new radiation dose ...
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Toshiba's Contrast-Free MRA Techniques Improve Patient Safety At Little Company Of Mary
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundIn response to concern over gadolinium-based contrast agents, Little Company of Mary, a not-for-profit Catholic community hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill., wanted to provide the highest quality and safest MRA procedures to its patients. To accomplish this, the facility installed Toshiba America Medi ...
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Concerns About Unnecessary Scans And Radiation Risk Prompt Reviews By Doctors
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundBusiness Week reports on a study that finds 1 in 4 MRI and CT scans are inappropriately recommended by doctors. The study appears in the March issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. The researchers analyzed 459 scans at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. "'Of the 459 re ...
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Novel MRI Sensor Provides Molecular View Of The Brain
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundMIT neuroscientists have designed a new MRI sensor that responds to the neurotransmitter dopamine, an achievement that may significantly improve the specificity and resolution of future brain imaging procedures... ...
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The Excel Edition From Siemens: Affordable Performance In 16 And 64 Slice Computed Tomography
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundAt the European Congress of Radiology (ECR ) 2010, Siemens Healthcare will be introducing their Excel Editions for computed tomography. With its favorable price/performance ratio, this new scanner family makes it easier for hospitals and practices throughout the world to enter the world of computed ...
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Varian Medical Systems To Highlight Leading Solutions For Digital X-Ray Imaging At The ECR Annual Meeting
Categorie : MRI / PET / UltrasoundVarian Medical Systems, Inc. (NYSE: VAR), X-Ray Products, will be showcasing its full line of PaxScan® X-ray image detectors for filmless imaging at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna, Austria from March 4 - 8, 2010. Varian will also highlight X-ray tubes for fluoros ...
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