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TechniScan 3D whole breast imaging system to be presented at SPIE conference

TechniScan, Inc.'s cofounder and scientist-mathematician, James Wiskin, Ph.D, will be a presenting speaker at the SPIE Medical Imaging Conference in San Diego this weekend.

12 Feb 2010

MITA endorses eight key principles to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and medical errors

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), the leading association representing the manufacturers, innovators and developers of medical imaging and radiation therapy systems, today endorsed eight key principles to reduce exposure to unnecessary medical radiation, further minimize medical errors and improve reporting of adverse events.

12 Feb 2010

Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

A randomized multicenter study of 190 patients at 13 medical centers shows-- for the first time-- the "superior" benefit of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for maintaining function of dialysis access grafts in kidney failure patients who undergo dialysis. Until now, no other therapy has proven more effective than angioplasty.

12 Feb 2010

Genzyme announces 2-year data from eliglustat tartrate Phase 2 trial for Gaucher disease

Genzyme Corporation announced today two-year follow-up data from patients enrolled in the phase 2 clinical trial for its investigational oral therapy for Gaucher disease type 1 known as eliglustat tartrate (formerly Genz-112638). Continued improvements were observed across all endpoints, including bone disease, at the two-year timepoint, compared with baseline. The two-year results were presented for the first time today at the Lysosomal Disease Network WORLD Symposium in Miami, Fla.

12 Feb 2010

IBM, VLSCI scientists to use Blue Gene supercomputer to study human disease

IBM today announced a Research collaboratory in Melbourne, Australia, where scientists from the Victorian Life Sciences Computational Initiative at the University of Melbourne and the IBM Research Computational Biology Center will use high performance computing – including IBM's Blue Gene supercomputer – to study human disease.

12 Feb 2010

Cancer drug could be effective for treating recurrent nose bleeds

Patients suffering from hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), an inherited vascular condition characterized by profuse nosebleeds, may find hope in a cancer-fighting drug called bevacizumab, also known as Avastin.

12 Feb 2010

New amplitude gating technique helps scanners pinpoint tumors

When one diagnoses a cancer patient, it's important to gather as much information about that person as possible. But who would have thought an accurate diagnosis would depend on throwing some of that information away?

12 Feb 2010

RadPharm and Medifacts International announce merger

RadPharm Inc., a leading Imaging Core Laboratory, and Medifacts International, Inc., a leading Cardiovascular Core Laboratory, today announced the merger of their business operations. The combined company will be named CoreLab Partners ("CoreLabs") and will have its corporate headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey.

11 Feb 2010

Boston Scientific combines Cardiovascular Group and Cardiac Rhythm Management Group

Boston Scientific Corporation today announced a series of management changes and restructuring initiatives designed to strengthen the Company and position it for long-term success.

11 Feb 2010

First Edition: February 11, 2010

Today's headlines raise interesting questions for health reform, including whether Sen. Judd Gregg can play an important role in finding bipartisanship.

11 Feb 2010

Toshiba America Medical Systems' cardiovascular X-ray service receives top ranking

As health care facilities today seek the best value in imaging and customer service, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.’s Service organization strives to deliver top-tier service and customer satisfaction. The result of this dedication was once again confirmed by IMV, Ltd., which provides independent analysis of service trends in the imaging industry. In IMV’s 2009 ServiceTrak™ Imaging report on cardiovascular X-ray system service, Toshiba received more top rankings than any other imaging vendor.

11 Feb 2010

MHQP: Massachusetts primary care physicians achieve measurable improvements in health care quality

Massachusetts primary care physicians continue to achieve measurable improvements in important aspects of health care quality as reported by Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP). Today, the organization released its sixth annual Quality Insights: Clinical Quality in Primary Care report, comparing the performance of more than 150 medical groups across the state.

11 Feb 2010

MINW initiates digital imaging and data management integration project

Even before Healthcare IT stimulus and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act became household terms, Medical Imaging Northwest (MINW) initiated a comprehensive digital imaging and data management integration project with interoperability provider Compressus. The project's ambitious goals are already paying dividends for MINW patients even after the completion of the initial phase of implementation, designed to enable the electronic collection and distribution of the medical records, images and patient reports MINW radiologists need to make patient diagnoses.

11 Feb 2010

People with GAD have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions

People with generalized anxiety disorder, or GAD, have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions. That's the conclusion of a new Stanford University School of Medicine study, and the study authors say the findings could open up new avenues for treatments and change our understanding of how emotion is regulated in everyday life.

11 Feb 2010

MUSC researchers introduce second generation dual-source CT scanner to detect cardiac disease

Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) are the first in the world to demonstrate the feasibility of a new method of detecting cardiac disease using enhanced computed tomography scanning technology. The findings will be published in the upcoming March / April issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

11 Feb 2010

Neurology researchers explore link between MS and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

More than 55 percent of multiple sclerosis patients participating in the initial phase of the first randomized clinical study to determine if persons with MS exhibit narrowing of the extracranial veins, causing restriction of normal outflow of blood from the brain, were found to have the abnormality.

11 Feb 2010

fMRI study shows neural network may be brain's back burner for social decision making

When we put an idea on the back burner, it goes into a processing area of the brain called the default-mode network. This network enables us to hold the low-priority idea in abeyance until a time when we aren't busy with something else.

11 Feb 2010

Principio, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center sign technology licensing agreement

Principio Inc., a privately held emerging company developing novel molecular imaging agents and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals for the treatment of cancer, today announced that the Company has obtained an exclusive license to several technologies developed at Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

11 Feb 2010

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

EDGE Medical Devices today announced that it has received the 2010 North American Enabling Technology Award in Digital Radiography (DR) from global research and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. The award was given in recognition of EDGE’s Plasma DR™ readout technology, which is used in its flat-panel detector and Universal Retrofit Kit. The technology enables EDGE to deliver both cost and performance advantages over traditional digital radiography flat-panel detectors.

11 Feb 2010

Merge Healthcare announces fourth quarter and full year 2009 results

Merge Healthcare Incorporated, a health IT solutions provider, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2009.

11 Feb 2010

Imaging News and Research

TechniScan 3D whole breast imaging system to be presented at SPIE conference

MITA endorses eight key principles to reduce unnecessary radiation exposure and medical errors

Study shows benefits of stent grafts over balloon angioplasty for patients who undergo dialysis

Genzyme announces 2-year data from eliglustat tartrate Phase 2 trial for Gaucher disease

IBM, VLSCI scientists to use Blue Gene supercomputer to study human disease

Cancer drug could be effective for treating recurrent nose bleeds

New amplitude gating technique helps scanners pinpoint tumors

RadPharm and Medifacts International announce merger

Boston Scientific combines Cardiovascular Group and Cardiac Rhythm Management Group

First Edition: February 11, 2010

Toshiba America Medical Systems' cardiovascular X-ray service receives top ranking

MHQP: Massachusetts primary care physicians achieve measurable improvements in health care quality

MINW initiates digital imaging and data management integration project

People with GAD have abnormalities in the way their brain unconsciously controls emotions

MUSC researchers introduce second generation dual-source CT scanner to detect cardiac disease

Neurology researchers explore link between MS and chronic cerebrospinal venous insufficiency

fMRI study shows neural network may be brain's back burner for social decision making

Principio, Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center sign technology licensing agreement

EDGE Medical Devices' Plasma DR readout technology garners 2010 Enabling Technology Award

Merge Healthcare announces fourth quarter and full year 2009 results

Industry Focus eBook - Analytical Chemistry (2nd Edition) eBook

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

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