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GE Healthcare receives FDA clearance for Optima CT660 system

GE Healthcare today announced FDA clearance of Optima CT660 - a powerful and compact Computed Tomography (CT) system offering improvements from its predecessors in diagnostic capabilities at low dose levels, and designed for sustainability and ease-of-use.

9 Aug 2011

Debate on rationality of coronary angiography in low risk patients continues

A new study reveals that American hospitals vary widely in how they decide who's eligible for an invasive type of heart scan.

9 Aug 2011

Covalon to showcase latest line of innovative wound care and coating products at FIME Expo

Covalon Technologies Ltd., an advanced medical technologies company, today announced it is presenting its latest line of advanced wound care and medical coating products, including ColActive® Plus Ag from August 10th to 12th at FIME International Medical Expo.

8 Aug 2011

FDA clears Toshiba's patient-friendly 3T MR system

In the 3T MR marketplace, patient compliance often impacts image quality and patient throughput. As the only 3T MR system designed to improve patient compliance and comfort while offering advanced radiology capabilities, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc.'s new Vantage TitanTM 3T open bore MR has received FDA clearance.

8 Aug 2011

Merge Healthcare acquires Ophthalmic Imaging Systems

Merge Healthcare, a leading provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, and Ophthalmic Imaging Systems, one of the country's top providers of digital imaging and informatics solutions for ophthalmology and other medical specialties, announced today the completion of Merge's acquisition of Ophthalmic Imaging Systems.

5 Aug 2011

Metallofullerene platform holds promise for treatment of brain tumors

A single compound with dual function - the ability to deliver a diagnostic and therapeutic agent - may one day be used to enhance the diagnosis, imaging and treatment of brain tumors, according to findings from Virginia Commonwealth University and Virginia Tech.

5 Aug 2011

Sirona third quarter revenue increases 34.1% to $244.7 million

Sirona, the dental technology leader, today announced its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.

5 Aug 2011

PCF funds 10 new Challenge Awards for prostate cancer research

The Prostate Cancer Foundation today announced that it has funded 10 new Challenge Awards for accelerating scientific discovery and new treatments for prostate cancer patients.

5 Aug 2011

Shear stress-based method can identify vulnerable plaque in coronary arteries

Researchers at Emory and Georgia Tech have developed a method for predicting which areas of the coronary arteries will develop more atherosclerotic plaque over time, based on intracoronary ultrasound and blood flow measurements.

5 Aug 2011

NIA, ACRO collaborate to create disease site-specific radiation oncology practice guidelines

National Imaging Associates (NIA), a subsidiary of Magellan Health Services, and the American College of Radiation Oncology (ACRO), the professional medical society established for educational and scientific purposes to advance the science and practice of radiation oncology, today announced the signing of a collaborative agreement.

4 Aug 2011

Metallofullerene-based nanoplatform shows promise against glioblastomas

Researchers from two universities have developed and tested a molecular platform that offers hope for treatment of aggressive brain tumors.

4 Aug 2011

Imaging Diagnostic Systems to showcase CT Laser Breast imaging system at FIME 2011

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a pioneer in optical breast imaging announced today that it will be exhibiting its CT Laser Breast imaging (CTLM) system at the FIME 2011 conference August 10-12, 2011 in Miami Beach, Florida. IDSI's Head of Clinical Research, Dr Jose Cineros will be a feature speaker at the exhibition.

4 Aug 2011

Study: Chronic mitral valve disease similar in humans and dogs

For more than 15 years, Kansas State University researcher Michele Borgarelli has studied heart diseases in man's best friend.

4 Aug 2011

Innovative delivery systems and methods to treat breast cancer

In their lifetime, women have more than a 12 percent risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer. 1 This week, research on novel approaches to breast cancer treatment is being presented at the Era of Hope (EOH) conference, a scientific meeting hosted by the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP).

4 Aug 2011

Vitamin C helps identify more aggressive or treatment resistant tumours

CANCER RESEARCH UK scientists have developed a new imaging technique that uses vitamin C to detect cancers likely to be more aggressive or resistant to treatment, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Chemical Society today.

4 Aug 2011

Bruker second quarter revenue increases 33% y-o-y to $401.2 million

Bruker Corporation today reported financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2011.

3 Aug 2011

SIS receives U.S. patent for 3D SNAPSHOT

Spatial Integrated Systems, Inc., a leader in the development and integration of solutions incorporating next generation digital 3D data capture and processing technologies, announced today that it has been awarded U.S. patent 7,986,321 for a system and method for generating structured light for three-dimensional image rendering.

3 Aug 2011

Elsevier announces new Gray's Anatomy for Students App for iPad

Elsevier, the leading provider of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, announced today its new Gray's Anatomy for Students App, for iPad, is now available on the App Store.

3 Aug 2011

BioClinica second quarter service revenues increase 8.7% to $16.9 million

BioClinica Inc., a global provider of clinical trial management solutions, today announced its financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2011.

From Clario 3 Aug 2011

Study: Subjective memory deterioration could be the first manifestation of Alzheimer's

Scientists at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Universitätsklinikum Bonn, and Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen in Bonn succeeded for the first time in demonstrating that even in merely subjective cases of memory deterioration changes may be visible in certain brain structures.

3 Aug 2011