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Japan's MHLW approves InSightec's ExAblate MRgFUS system

InSightec Ltd. announced today that Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) has approved the company's ExAblate(R) MR-guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) system for the treatment of women with uterine fibroids.

18 Jan 2010

New mobile dental radiology service from 3D Mobile Imaging of the CSRA

(3D Mobile Imaging of the CSRA and AFP Imaging Corporation Dental practitioners in Georgia and South Carolina can now offer the latest technology and greatest convenience to their patients thanks to a new mobile dental radiology service.

18 Jan 2010

IGC scientist wins ERC grant for neuroscience research

Zachary Mainen, coordinator of the Champalimaud Foundation Neuroscience Programme at the IGC, has become one of the most recent winners of the prestigious and highly competitive European Research Council grants, to the value of 2.3 million euro, for a period of five years.

18 Jan 2010

More research needed to determine kidney and renal artery abnormalities, says study

Abnormalities in the kidneys and their blood vessels occur in at least 25% of healthy individuals, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). While most of these conditions are not harmful enough to prevent someone from donating a kidney, future studies are needed to determine their impact on long-term health.

18 Jan 2010

CT-guided biopsy: An alternative method for patients with pancreatic masses

It is reasonable to obtain a histological diagnosis before treating patients who have pancreatic masses and are unsuitable or unwilling to undergo surgery. As the pancreas is a deep seated organ surrounded by other vital structures, it is a challenge for the physician to obtain an adequate specimen for histological examination.

17 Jan 2010

In-home virtual reality videogames improve hand function in teens with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Remotely monitored in-home virtual reality videogames improved hand function and forearm bone health in teens with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, helping them perform activities of daily living such as eating, dressing, cooking, and other tasks for which two hands are needed.

13 Jan 2010

Obesity could lead to renal cell cancer: BJUI

Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI.

13 Jan 2010

The Automation Partnership announces the US launch of Cell-IQ

The Automation Partnership (TAP), a world leader in the design and development of innovative automation for life science applications, today announced the US launch of Cell-IQ® - a live cell observation and analysis system.

13 Jan 2010

Blood test may be effective for diagnosing lung cancer

Of the nearly 150,000 abnormal chest X-rays performed each year in the United States, 25 percent of patients will display only benign lung pathologies on further surgical examination.

13 Jan 2010

DIIG: CTS signs new agreement to provide Teleradiology services to a hospital in south-western Ontario

Diagnostic Imaging International Corp. announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Canadian Teleradiology Services ("CTS"), has entered into a new agreement to provide Teleradiology services to a hospital in south-western Ontario.

13 Jan 2010

Congress expected to shun mammography recommendations in final health bill

The Wall Street Journal: "The final health-care bill is likely to require coverage for more mammograms than the new guidelines recommend after women's groups, doctors and imaging-equipment makers stepped up pressure on lawmakers -- one of many threads of the bill negotiated behind the scenes." In November, the federally funded U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a report saying that "routine mammograms weren't necessary for women in their 40s who have normal cancer risk.

13 Jan 2010

Preliminary results from Nektar Therapeutics' NKTR-102 Phase 2 study in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

Nektar Therapeutics today announced preliminary results from the first stage of a two-stage Phase 2 clinical study evaluating NKTR-102 in women with platinum-resistant ovarian cancer. In the first stage of the study, 39 patients enrolled with platinum-resistant disease were evaluable for the primary endpoint of overall response rate using Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup (GCIG) criteria, i.e., a combination of response by tumor imaging

12 Jan 2010

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

A $1 million grant from Abraxis Bioscience, Inc. to a world-famous research laboratory at John Wayne Cancer Institute at Saint John’s Health Center could help save lives of cancer patients by helping doctors more rapidly assess whether a treatment is working or not.

12 Jan 2010

Women with high BP face greater risk for dementia later in life

High blood pressure may put women at greater risk for dementia later in life by increasing white matter abnormalities in the brain, report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health in a study published online in the Journal of Clinical Hypertension.

12 Jan 2010

FDA approves Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter for use with Stereotaxis' magnetic navigation system

Stereotaxis announced that the Celsius® RMT ThermoCool® catheter has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use with Stereotaxis' magnetic navigation system for the treatment of Type 1 atrial flutter. The product is the fifth advanced ablation catheter resulting from the on-going co-development agreement between Stereotaxis and Biosense Webster to design and distribute magnetically enabled catheters for mapping and ablation.

12 Jan 2010

Obese patients at greater risk of developing renal cell cancer

Being obese could lead to a greater risk of developing the most common form of renal cell cancer, according to research in the January issue of the UK-based urology journal BJUI.

12 Jan 2010

DSG teams up with pharmaceutical technology company to speed early detection of major diseases

DSG, a leader in electronic data capture (EDC) has teamed up with a leading-edge pharmaceutical technology company to speed the early detection of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Diabetes.

12 Jan 2010

New hand-held device eliminates technical challenges involved in imaging progressive ROP in infants

Using a hand-held spectral domain optical coherence tomography (SD-OCT) imaging device, researchers have obtained high-resolution retinal scans of premature infants with progressive retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), according to a report in this month's Archives of Ophthalmology.

12 Jan 2010

PET-CT imaging appears to detect cancer in patients with neurologic complications

A combined positron emission tomography-computed tomography (PET-CT) scan of the whole body appears to detect cancer in individuals with related neurologic complications more accurately than some other commonly used tests, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the March print issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.

12 Jan 2010

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few and far between, according to research by a Medical College of Georgia radiology resident.

12 Jan 2010

Imaging News and Research

Japan's MHLW approves InSightec's ExAblate MRgFUS system

New mobile dental radiology service from 3D Mobile Imaging of the CSRA

IGC scientist wins ERC grant for neuroscience research

More research needed to determine kidney and renal artery abnormalities, says study

CT-guided biopsy: An alternative method for patients with pancreatic masses

In-home virtual reality videogames improve hand function in teens with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Obesity could lead to renal cell cancer: BJUI

The Automation Partnership announces the US launch of Cell-IQ

Blood test may be effective for diagnosing lung cancer

DIIG: CTS signs new agreement to provide Teleradiology services to a hospital in south-western Ontario

Congress expected to shun mammography recommendations in final health bill

Preliminary results from Nektar Therapeutics' NKTR-102 Phase 2 study in platinum-resistant ovarian cancer

Abraxis Bioscience awards John Wayne Cancer Institute $1M grant for identifying new cancer biomarkers

Women with high BP face greater risk for dementia later in life

FDA approves Celsius RMT ThermoCool catheter for use with Stereotaxis' magnetic navigation system

Obese patients at greater risk of developing renal cell cancer

DSG teams up with pharmaceutical technology company to speed early detection of major diseases

New hand-held device eliminates technical challenges involved in imaging progressive ROP in infants

PET-CT imaging appears to detect cancer in patients with neurologic complications

More women die of breast cancer in areas where mammography centers are few

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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