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Alliance Imaging to offer mobile PEM imaging services in the state of Florida

Naviscan announced today that Alliance Imaging, a division of Alliance Healthcare Services, will be offering mobile Positron Emission Mammography imaging services in the state of Florida. Alliance Imaging will be providing turnkey service which includes transporting the PEM scanner from site to site, a technologist to perform the scan and the necessary radiopharmaceutical, 18F-FDG.

22 Mar 2010

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals forms Parkinson’s Disease SAB to develop strategy for Serdaxin

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage pharmaceutical company commercializing potential best in class oncology and CNS therapeutics, today announced the formation of its Parkinson’s Disease Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), featuring some of the leading medical researchers in neurology.

22 Mar 2010

CRi to distribute 3DHISTECH’s digital slide scanners and software applications in North America

Cambridge Research & Instrumentation, Inc. (CRi), a leader in pre-clinical and molecular imaging, announced today that it has signed exclusive agreements to distribute 3DHISTECH’s full suite of digital slide scanners and software applications in North America, and the development and distribution of next generation product offerings that address growing applications in digital pathology. These agreements expand CRi’s offerings in the rapidly growing digital pathology market.

22 Mar 2010

Medical Facilities' service revenue increases from $199.4M in 2008 to $207.4M in 2009

Medical Facilities Corporation, today reported its financial results for the three and twelve-month periods ended December 31, 2009. All amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars unless indicated otherwise.

22 Mar 2010

Microglia contribute to loss of neurons linked with Alzheimer's disease

Microglia are the cells responsible for immune surveillance in the brain, and they initiate protective inflammatory reactions in response to tissue damage and infection. An international team under the leadership of LMU neuroscientist Professor Jochen Herms has now shown that these cells may actually make a significant contribution to the loss of neurons associated with Alzheimer's disease.

22 Mar 2010

Chao BRAIN Center receives $5M gift for study of progressive neurodegenerative diseases

Dr. Stephen Wong has received a $5 million gift from the Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Foundation to study progressive neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's Disease. The gift will support The Ting Tsung and Wei Fong Chao Center for Bioinformatics Research and Imaging for Neurosciences (BRAIN) at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute.

22 Mar 2010

Toshiba’s new V-TRACE MRA for brain imaging

When imaging the brain, time is critical as vascular abnormalities can have a profound effect on patients’ lives if not diagnosed quickly. To help health care facilities diagnose disease with greater accuracy and speed, Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced Variable True Rate Angiography with Combined Encodings, an exclusive MRA sequence available on all Vantage TitanTM and Vantage Atlas® MR systems.

22 Mar 2010

Radnet Management to offer $210M senior notes due 2018

RadNet, Inc., a national leader in providing high-quality, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 180 imaging centers, today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Radnet Management, Inc. intends to offer $210 million in aggregate principal amount of senior notes due 2018 to qualified institutional buyers in a private placement that will be exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and subject to market and other conditions.

22 Mar 2010

ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference to be held in Tel Aviv

Set against the backdrop of the global market recovery and the recent proliferation of the life sciences field, this June’s ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference will be attended by the most prominent figures in the biotechnology, pharma and medical device sectors.

22 Mar 2010

Given Imaging to purchase Sierra Scientific Instruments from Water Street Healthcare Partners for $35M

Water Street Healthcare Partners, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on health care, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its gastrodiagnostic device company, Sierra Scientific Instruments, to Given Imaging Ltd ( GIVN). Given Imaging, the global leader in patient-friendly GI diagnostic and monitoring solutions, will purchase the business for $35 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in early April.

22 Mar 2010

$Stress fracture: Causes and treatment strategies$

Stress fracture: Causes and treatment strategies

When pain from increased physical activity doesn’t go away in a couple of days, the cause could be a stress fracture. The March issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers these tiny, partial bone fractures, why they occur and how they are treated.

20 Mar 2010

ITDS can be effective for screening fever during H1N1 influenza pandemic: UNMC researchers

Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center found an Infrared Thermal Detection System to be a fast and effective fever screening tool in clinical settings during the H1N1 influenza pandemic. The ITDS detected fever in patients through split-second, non-contact skin temperature measurements.

20 Mar 2010

FDA panel favors approval with conditions of Medtronic's Revo MRI SureScan pacing system

Medtronic, Inc.today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Circulatory System Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has voted unanimously in favor of approval with conditions of the Revo MRI™ SureScan™ pacing system designed as MR Conditional, or safe for use in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) systems under specified conditions.

20 Mar 2010

Winner of 2010 European Magnetic Resonance Award

Dr John Griffiths, a Cancer Research UK-funded scientist, has received the 2010 European Magnetic Resonance Award for Basic Sciences.

20 Mar 2010

Major study shoots for personalized breast cancer drugs

Mutations in BCRA1 and BCRA2 genes are mainly associated with increased risk of breast cancer in women. Recently many other genetic variants have been found to be associated with breast cancer.

19 Mar 2010

Studies reveal increased polyp detection rates with TER during colonoscopy

Two new studies show an increase in polyp detection rates using the Third Eye Retroscope (TER), a retrograde viewing device, during colonoscopy. The first study found that TER added to standard colonoscopy detected 13.2 percent more polyps than colonoscopy alone, including 11 percent additional adenomas (precancerous polyps). A second study examined endoscopist experience using TER and its impact on polyp detection rates, concluding that polyp detection rates improved significantly with TER.

19 Mar 2010

QUANTEC review: Updated recommendations for safe irradiation of 16 organs

The Quantitative Analysis of Normal Tissue Effects in the Clinic (QUANTEC) review has been published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to update recommendations for the safe irradiation of 16 organs. For each organ, the relationship between dose/volume and clinical outcome is reviewed. These reviews replace initial recommendations published in 1991.

19 Mar 2010

Global halt on Molybdenum-99 production: Discussion of implications

Discuss the severe Tc-99m shortage that will occur over a two-week period when cancer, heart and brain disease patients will experience delayed imaging tests because of a worldwide halt on Molybdenum-99 production

19 Mar 2010

Cameron Health initiates clinical trial of minimally invasive S-ICD System for patients at risk of SCA

Cameron Health, Inc. today announced the commencement of the company's pivotal clinical trial to gain U.S. approval of its Subcutaneous Implantable Defibrillator (S-ICD®) System. The minimally invasive S-ICD System is prescribed for use in patients at risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SCA). The S-ICD System is unique in that the implantation of the system is entirely subcutaneous; no leads are in or on the heart.

19 Mar 2010

Malvern image analysis system measures sub-visible particulates in biotherapeutics

Specialists at Malvern Panalytical have demonstrated the application of dynamic particle image analysis to the measurement of sub-visible particulates in biological therapeutics, using the Sysmex FPIA-3000 particle characterization system.

From Malvern Panalytical 18 Mar 2010

Imaging News and Research

Alliance Imaging to offer mobile PEM imaging services in the state of Florida

Rexahn Pharmaceuticals forms Parkinson’s Disease SAB to develop strategy for Serdaxin

CRi to distribute 3DHISTECH’s digital slide scanners and software applications in North America

Medical Facilities' service revenue increases from $199.4M in 2008 to $207.4M in 2009

Microglia contribute to loss of neurons linked with Alzheimer's disease

Chao BRAIN Center receives $5M gift for study of progressive neurodegenerative diseases

Toshiba’s new V-TRACE MRA for brain imaging

Radnet Management to offer $210M senior notes due 2018

ILSI Biomed Israel 2010 international conference to be held in Tel Aviv

Given Imaging to purchase Sierra Scientific Instruments from Water Street Healthcare Partners for $35M

Stress fracture: Causes and treatment strategies

ITDS can be effective for screening fever during H1N1 influenza pandemic: UNMC researchers

FDA panel favors approval with conditions of Medtronic's Revo MRI SureScan pacing system

Winner of 2010 European Magnetic Resonance Award

Major study shoots for personalized breast cancer drugs

Studies reveal increased polyp detection rates with TER during colonoscopy

QUANTEC review: Updated recommendations for safe irradiation of 16 organs

Global halt on Molybdenum-99 production: Discussion of implications

Cameron Health initiates clinical trial of minimally invasive S-ICD System for patients at risk of SCA

Malvern image analysis system measures sub-visible particulates in biotherapeutics

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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