Medical Imaging Business Week

LKH Klagenfurt - Study assesses advantages, limitations of FDG PET in cancer follow-up

Marmara University, Istanbul - Fumonisins detected in herbal tea and medicinal plants in Turkey

Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation - Antibody-induced remyelination characterized with MRI

Medical University of Lublin - Three new oral antidiabetics analyzed by thin-layer chromatography

Medtech Insight - Report: U.S. endoscopy products market to hit almost $7 billion in next decade

Nestec Ltd - Matrix-bound nitrofuran residues in honey analyzed

Nucletron B.V. - Device company announces image-guided treatment, reconstruction software

Odense University - Attenuation correction caused a diagnosis change in 1/5 of abnormal studies

Olympus - Medical device company introduces new endoscopes and endotherapy devices

Philips Medical Systems - Electronics company showcases new cardiovascular imaging technologies

Queens University - Liver fat is not a marker of metabolic risk in lean premenopausal women

Red Cross Children's Hospital, Cape Town - Technique reduces desaturation during nonbronchoscopic bronchoalveolar lavage

Schering AG - New MRI liver contrast agent Primovist approved in E.U.

Scientific Software, Inc. - Software provider to sciences announces new system control of Varian 3900 GC

SonoSite, Inc. - Ultrasound company comments on nonmedical practice of keepsake ultrasounds

TechniScan Inc. - National Cancer Institute awards imaging company grant

Tel Aviv University - Anesthesia for restrictive bariatric surgery reviewed

Tohoku University - Technique captures flow dynamics produced solely by ventricular expansion

Toronto Western Hospital - Early MRI, surgery may enhance spinal trauma recovery

Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies - Fatty acid transport monitored by imaging free fatty acid levels

Toshiba America Medical Systems - Flat panel imaging devices demonstrated by manufacturer, NC hospitals at meeting

Toshiba America Medical Systems - Research at Beth Israel Deaconess broadens application of multidetector CT

Trestle Holdings Inc. - Imaging company, distributor partners to distribute systems throughout Europe

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Vision area of the brain finds new work as language processor in blind people

University of Alberta - Muscle oxygenation trends during exercise measured by IR spectroscopy

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences - FDG PET useful for diagnosing implantable catheter infection

University of Auckland - Approach may reduce the concentration of uncoupling agents in optical mapping

University of Calgary - Gadolinium-enhanced MR imaging has little post-cryoablation prognostic value

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine - Immobilized cobalt affinity chromatography improves viral recovery

University of Tokyo - Adrenomedullin has proangiogenic effects in ischemic limbs and growing tumors

University of Verona - Study seeks to quantify atrial stiffness during left ventricular deceleration

University of Virginia - Endoscopic approach best for repairing bone defect between brain, nasal cavity

Uppsala University - Pulses of external ATP aid synchronization of pancreatic beta cells