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Bone marrow stem cells suspended in X-ray-visible microbubbles can help in treating peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients by increasing the number of blood vessels, according to research presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 35th Annual Scientific Meeting in Tampa, Fla. this week.
Symantec unveiled Symantec Health, a new hosted medical image archiving and sharing application for healthcare providers, at the 2010 HIMSS conference in Atlanta last week.
MRI screening for women considered to be at high or moderate risk for breast cancer is more effective in the detection of the disease in the early stages than either half-yearly digital ultrasound and/or annual mammography, according to a recent prospective study published online Feb. 22 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Written by Justine Cadet
With the plethora of clinical data emerging at this month’s American College of Cardiology annual meeting, the sessions are seeking to provide clinicians and administrators with methods to improve the quality of evidence-based care.
Civco Medical Solutions has released its Infiniti needle guidance system, which can be used with utlrasounds from Zonare Medical Systems.
In identifying women with symptoms of preterm labor that are at risk for preterm birth within days, a 2D measurement of the fetal zone of the adrenal gland was found to perform significantly better than the commonly used cervical length measurement, according to a study that will be presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting in Chicago.
Researchers at the University of Leeds in England report that a portable magnetometer may be able to detect heart conditions more rapidly than ultrasound, electrocardiogram and cardiac magnetometer techniques due to its sensitivity to magnetic fluctuations.
Wednesday, January 20 2010
Radiology Regional Breast Center in Fort Myers, Fla., has signed on to participate in the Somo-Insight Clinical Study by ultrasound system developer U-Systems.
St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital of the Woodlands in Texas--a new hospital within St. Luke's Episcopal Health System--has selected imaging equipment from diagnostic imaging systems and services provider Toshiba America Medical Systems for its new facility.
Prenatal ultrasonography has seen a substantial increase in usage rates of approximately 55 percent over the past decade, but the number does not reflect an increase in high-risk pregnancies, said a study published this week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
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Lumedx, cardiovascular information systems developer, has integrated the Philips Healthcare QLAB advanced 2D and 3D ultrasound quantification tools to its CardioPACS imaging solution for better diagnostic accuracy.
Medical software provider Medipattern has signed a 38-site agreement with Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services of New York and Florida to install its B-CAD-For-Life package, its breast care program.
“Ultrasound is the established modality of choice to evaluate the female pelvis, so why do patients with pelvic masses or pain get a CT scan? In my opinion, doing a CT scan first for female patients with lower abdominal pain is dangerous and wasteful, a drain of much-needed healthcare dollars,” wrote Beryl Benacerraf, MD, in an editorial published in the March issue of the Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine.
Toshiba America Medical Systems has named a new vice president (VP) of marketing and strategic development, promoting Doug Ryan to the position from senior drector of the CT business unit.
Monday, February 08 2010
The chairman and CEO of SenoRx, Lloyd H. Malchow, is taking an indefinite medical leave of absence due to illness and John T. Buhler, president and chief operating officer of SenoRx, will serve as acting CEO.
Previous studies suggest that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is associated with a low risk of developing a blood clot during the subsequent three months, suggesting that multiple ultrasounds may not be necessary for low-risk patients, according to a report in the Feb. 3 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Digisonics has negotiated deals with facilities in Texas, Oklahoma and Florida.
Current evidence suggests that using Doppler ultrasound in high-risk pregnancies to monitor a fetus' health may reduce Caesarean sections and the number of babies who die, according to research published today in the Cochrane Systematic Review.
The board of directors of SonoSite, a hand-carried ultrasound manufacturer, has authorized a plan to repurchase up to $150 million of its common stock or outstanding convertible notes for cash, effective Monday, Jan. 18.
Minneapolis-based outpatient radiology imaging services, Center for Diagnostic Imaging (CDI) has opened its newest outpatient imaging center in Waukesha, Wis. at the Westbrook Health Center.
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The use of health IT to reduce rehospitalizations will be welcome but also disruptive, said Stephen Jencks, an independent consultant in healthcare safety during a Feb. 24 webinar on the potential use of health IT to mitigate rehospitalizations, sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
During the Health IT Standards Committee meeting on Feb. 24 in Washington, D.C., the Clinical Operations Workgroup sought to gather comments on proposed recommendations on implementation specifications for content exchange, vocabulary and code set standards for the Interim Final Rule of meaningful use.
In 2006, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), a branch of the FDA, began examining the number of medical device reports they received. Over the past two years, the number of submitted reports has increased, sparking a demand for the CDRH to make a move to electronic reporting.
A new hospital breaking ground usually isn’t breaking news. But the vision of patient care at one new facility, tentatively named Palomar Medical Center West (PMC West), is currently illegal under California state law.