Medical Imaging Law Weekly

Boston Scientific - Boston Scientific's ultrasound imaging system makes it easier to view heart, vessels

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, U.K. - Breast density is a strong predictor of breast cancer risk in women

National Taiwan University Hospital - Researchers from Taiwan, the South Korea and France report recent findings in rectal cancer

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, U.K. - Bleeding gastric varices management and treatment are reviewed

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, U.K. - Accuracy of B-mode acquisition and targeting system in defining prostate position examined

Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx - Recent studies from the United States, South Korea and Italy add new data to lipids research

American Medical Association - Multidetector CT scan has limited usefulness in detecting coronary artery disease

Barrington Medical Imaging - Bridge Finance Group provides $3.25 million to Barrington Medical Imaging

Baylor College of Medicine, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and India report details of new studies and findings in the area of cervical cancer

Baylor University, Dallas - Recent studies from the United States and United Kingdom add new data to cardiology research

Bell Land General Hospital, Sakai, Japan - New findings in imaging described from Japan and Netherlands

Bladder Cancer - Granular cell tumor of the bladder treated by extraperitoneal laparoscopic surgery

Brest University Hospital, Brest, France - Researchers' data from France, Norway and Austria advance imaging research

Business Update - Thermo Electron Corporation launches online chromatography resource center

Cardiff University, U.K. - Scientists develop a new tool for detecting zinc in the body

CardioDynamics - CardioDynamics announces agreement with patient monitoring manufacturer in China

Cardiology - Real-time 3-D echocardiography accurately characterizes isolated cleft mitral valves

Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium - Front-face fluorescence spectroscopy method to monitor egg freshness has been developed

Catholic University of Rome, Italy - Perfusion defects can be assessed by contrast echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy - Thyroid cancer treatment by video-assisted thyroidectomy evaluated

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S. - Research from the United States, Germany and Australia in heart disease provides new insights

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. - Researchers' findings from the United States advance environmental research

Centice - Centice Corporation names Ray W. Swanson as chief executive officer

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Keelung, Taiwan - Researchers from Taiwan and Sweden publish new studies and findings in the area of heart disease

Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing - Recent studies from the United States add new data to imaging research

Cleveland Clinic Foundation, U.S. - Researchers' findings from the United States and Germany advance imaging research

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Reverse remodeling is associated with left ventricular pacing at site of maximal mechanical delay

Columbia University, New York - New research from the United States, Turkey and Taiwan in the area of surgery detailed

Duke University, Durham - Findings from the United States and Italy describe new data in heart attack research

East China University of Science & Technology, People's Republic of China - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, United States and Japan report recent findings in cancer treatment

Ehime University, Japan - Reports from Japan, Finland and Scotland advance knowledge in biomedical engineering research

Evolved Digital Systems - Evolved Digital announces 5-year software, services agreement with Ohio imaging center

Feiring Heart Clinic - Findings from Norway, India and Japan in imaging provide new insights

German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany - Contralateral extent of primary brain tumors evaluated by diffusion tensor imaging

Gunma University, Maibashi - Researchers from Japan, the United Kingdom and France report recent findings in heart attack

Hammersmith Hospital, London - Researchers from the United Kingdom, Poland and United States report recent findings in angiology

Hong Kong Polytechnic University, People's Republic of China - Sonomyography can be used to detect dimensional musculoskeletal changes

Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris - Recent findings in stroke described by researchers from France, Sweden and Taiwan

Hopital of Chablais, Aigle-Monthey, Switzerland - Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass experience in Europe is comparable to U.S.

Hospital Santiago Apostol, Vitoria - Reports from Spain, France and the United States describe recent advances in breast cancer research

Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife - Researchers' findings from the United States advance surgery research

Iwate Medical University, Japan - Repolarization heterogeneity, myocardial injury are demonstrated by 3D recovery time dispersion map

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Cardiac repolarization is modulated by common genetic variant in NOS1 regulator NOS1AP

Karl Storz Endoscopy-America - Karl Storz prepares for launch of the new bipolar Resectoscope and Autocon II 400 ESU

Kerckhoff Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany - Studies from Germany, Netherlands and Italy add new findings to heart disease body of knowledge

Kobe University, Japan - Improved myocardial function in patients undergoing PCI is assessed by strain rate imaging

Leiden University, Netherlands - Glottic cancer patients associated with low incidence of head and neck and esophageal tumors

Lund University, Sweden - Synaptosomal protein of 25 kDa and syntaxin 1 needed for rapid exocytosis in beta cells

Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, U.S. - Carotid in-stent restenosis predictive factors are determined

Mayo Clinic - Reports from the United States and Italy add new data to glioma research

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Esophageal cancer patients who underwent endoscopic ultrasonography had improved survival

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Exertional BNP levels in coronary artery disease are influenced by stress-induced ischemia

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Robot-assisted, laparoscopic surgery for vaginal vault prolapse is found to be effective

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Subepicardial adipose tissue thickness was not linked to coronary artery disease severity

Medical College of Wisconsin, U.S. - Neurologic monitoring on cardiopulmonary bypass is advocated

Medical University of South Carolina - New data from the United States, Japan and Spain lluminates research in hypertension

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Researchers' work from the United States adds to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, U.S. - Findings from the United States, Ireland and Netherlands in imaging provide new insights

Miami University, U.S. - Aminopeptidase N over-produced and characterized in Escherichia coli

Millennium Pharmaceuticals - Researchers from the United States, France and Canada describe findings in proteins studies

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada - Researchers from Canada, Germany and France describe findings in orthopedics studies

Nagoya City University, Japan - CH3-DTPA-Gd showed promise as new MR contrast agent for brain tumors

Nanjing University, People's Republic of China - Recombinant endostatin multimer remains active against angiogenesis

National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor CT and MRI findings described

National Heart, Lung, & Blood Institute, U.S. - Research from the United States, Turkey and Germany in imaging provides new insights

National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, U.S. - Fetal structures in multiple perspectives in real time were examined by direct 4-D imaging

National University Hospital, Singapore, Singapore - Stomach cancer screening in moderate to high-risk population subgroups deemed cost-effective

New York Medical College - Findings from the United States and Italy advance knowledge in diabetes research

New York University, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, United Kingdom and Sweden detail new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Nihon University, Japan - Cerebrovascular reconstruction changes in hemodynamics can be monitored

Oita University, Hasama - New findings from Japan, Australia and the United States in the area of diabetes described

Olympus America - Olympus acquires Bacus Laboratories to provide comprehensive imaging solution to clinical labs

Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens - New findings from Greece and the United States in the area of angiology described