Medical Imaging Business Week

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield - EBRA-Digital 2003 software system compared

Northwestern University, Chicago - Aortic neck dilation does not affect outcome of endovascular DTA aneurysm repair

Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow - Myocardial contrast ECG is comparable to SPECT in detecting coronary artery disease

Novadaq Technologies Inc. - Medical device company obtains exclusive license for intraoperative nerve imaging

Nuovo Regina Margherita Hospital, Rome - Patients operated for colorectal cancer linked to high risk of recurrence

Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Center, Portland - Flexible flatfeet surgery using subtalar arthroereisis with MBA sinus tarsi implant effective

Partners Imaging - Imaging company names Robert C. Moss national vice president of sales

Policlin of Bari - Echocardiography is important early screening tool for patients with heart failure risk

Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tiqwa - Routine TB culture during bronchoscopy in nonendemic area is cost-effective

Repligen Corporation - Biopharma firm seeks U.S. FDA approval for synthetic secretin product

Research Center Julich - New data illuminates research in neuroscience

Rouen University Hospital - Sentinel lymph node detection is enhanced by scintigraphy performed 1 hour postinjection

Ruhr-University Bochum, Bad Oeynhausen - New findings in the area of statins detailed

San Gennaro Hospital, Naples - Reductions in LV mass index achieved with telmisartan were superior to carvedilol

Semmelweis University of Medicine, Budapest - Efficacy of FDG PET to stage Ewing sarcomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors examined

Seoul National University - Combination therapy produces adenovirus transduction and enhanced therapeutic efficacy

Seoul National University Hospital - CT features for distinguishing hepatocellular carcinoma from IDCC identified

Shire plc - European filings of mesalazine compound for treating ulcerative colitis announced

Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital - Smaller postprocedural minimal lumen diameter is linked to late recurrence in-stent restenosis

Sophia Children's University Hospital, Rotterdam - Incidence of cancer mortality due to repetitive CT scanning estimated

Stanford University - Noninvasive images depict vascular endothelial growth factor gene expression in murine models

Sun Microsystems, Inc. - UCLA Laboratory of Neuro Imaging chooses technology for study of human brains

Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul - 3T MRI found superior to T2-weighted imaging for detection and depiction of prostate cancer

Teikyo University, Tokyo - Minimally invasive thyroidectomy used to treat small thyroid tumors

Tel Aviv University - Findings describe new data in obesity therapy research

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia - Computer-assisted fluoroscopic guidance improves percutaneous iliosacral screw placement

Toranomon General Hospital, Tokyo - HRCT of lung cancer detected nodular lesions with lobulation in peripheral areas of lung

Tulane University, New Orleans - Review discusses tools for ischemia imaging and plaque imaging in diabetes

U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke - Histological pseudocapsule developed and used in excision of pituitary tumors

U.S. National Institutes of Health - NIH brain imaging study on Alzheimer disease seeks participants

Umberto I Hospital, Mestre - Coronary flow reserve offers independent prognostic information in coronary artery disease

Umberto I Hospital, Mestre - Endoscopic light ring balloon catheter useful in pulmonary vein occlusion

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - Studies add new findings to breast cancer body of knowledge

University Federico II of Naples - Initial combined use of noninvasive tests useful in diagnosing IBD in children

University Hospital Mannheim - Endoscopic full-thickness gastric wall resection using flexible stapler shows promise

University Hospital of Essen - Residual tumor after radiofrequency ablation of liver metastasis detected with dual-modality PET/CT

University Hospital of Ulm - Colon dissection approach deemed advantageous for evaluating CT colonography

University of Bonn - Silent cerebral emboli detected after left atrial catheter ablation using diffusion weighted MRI

University of California, Berkeley - Brain scans may predict cognitive decline in normal people

University of California, Los Angeles -  Listeria vaccine elicited central nervous system tumor immunity

University of California, San Francisco - Expandable endorectal coils used to improve alignment of prostate MR images

University of Chicago - Fuzzy c-means clustering-based method used to segment breast lesions from MRI

University of Chicago - Real-time 3D echocardiography suitable for myocardial perfusion imaging

University of Florida - Myocardial performance index can detect acute heart transplant rejection in children

University of Genova - Reports describe recent advances in imaging research

University of Heidelberg - Assessment of myocardial perfusion adds value to conventional stress ECG

University of Kentucky, Lexington - Brain activity confirms that women with low estrogen levels are more sensitive to pain

University of Leipzig - nsEERPE used to predict recuperation of prostate cancer patients after surgery

University of Mainz - Endoscopic detection of early lower gastrointestinal cancer discussed

University of Manchester - Recent studies add new data to cystic fibrosis research

University of Mannheim Applied Science - New research in the area of diagnostics detailed

University of Maryland - Gadolinium-enhanced MRI useful in assessing cardiac radiofrequency ablations

University of Milan - LAGB prevents diabetes and arterial hypertension and induces their remission in morbid obesity

University of Minnesota - Technique enables visualization of synchronized interactions of nerve cells in brain

University of North Carolina - Simple rule predicts renal artery stenosis in cardiac catheterization patients

University of Oxford - Real-time telemedicine support may offer effective glycemic control option

University of Pittsburgh - Method for specific dynamic and noninvasive labeling of beta cells in mice was developed

University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute - Researchers' work adds to imaging body of knowledge

University of Sao Paulo Medical School - Plasma amino-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels correlate with LV diastolic dysfunction

University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town - New data illuminates research in diagnostics

University of the West of England - Electrochemical detection plus chromatography studies can detect nitrazepam in serum

University of Toronto - Wireless optical tracking system for endoscopic sinus surgery simple and effective

University of Ulm - New findings in pancreatic cancer described

University of Wisconsin - Studies add new findings to imaging body of knowledge

VisualSonics - Ultrasound micro imaging systems developer reports record growth, increased demand