Medical Imaging Week

Nasal Cancer - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in situ diagnosed by contact endoscopy

Personal HealthCare Telemedicine Services GmbH - Telemedicine company adds Dr. H.C. Werner Weidenfeld to board of directors

Personnel - Howard Aihara promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer of Alliance Imaging

Policlinico Umberto I, Rome - Epicardial fat is significantly related to obesity-related insulin resistance

Quantum Medical Imaging - Letter of intent signed for medical device reseller agreement

Radiological Society of North America - Internet may be answer to mammography crisis

Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Company acquires U.S. rights to sell Norgine's liquid PEG bowel cleanser

Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Court grants preliminary injunction in meniscus repair system patent case

Spedali Riuniti Livorno - Ultrasonography valued for usefulness in identifying the most aggressive cancers

St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York - New York cancer center installs imaging system for lung cancer diagnosis, biopsy

St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy - Sonography used to discriminate between radial scars and breast cancer

SUNY Upstate Medical University - Mild and advanced liver fibrosis differences imaged in chronic hepatitis C

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Medical imaging systems company releases enhancements to MRI system

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Minneapolis heart and vascular center installs 21 Aplio CV ultrasound systems

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Ted Nemetz named VP, technology services unit, of diagnostics imaging systems company

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Method is developed to measure putrescine and cadaverine in seafood

University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso - PWTD imaging is more sensitive than ECG in detecting subtle LV function changes

University of California, Los Angeles - Consortium develops new microchip technology for medical imaging of disease biomarkers

University of Colorado - Cryo-electron tomography reveals 3D structure of quiescent eukaryotic flagella

University of Frankfurt - Liver steatosis, fibrosis and inflammation can be imaged in chronic hepatitis C infection

University of Kentucky - Transvaginal sonography provides more accurate assessment of ovarian size

University of Madrid - Color Doppler M-mode echocardiography provides noninvasive diastolic suction assessment

University of Maryland - Scientists find a clue to the cause of accelerated aging disease

University of Michigan - Income level should be considered when developing educational mammography interventions

University of Nijmegen - Use of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging improved performance for less experienced readers

University of Paris XIII - Cardiovascular outcome of D2 with normal coronary arteriography is worse than in hypertension

University of Southern California - Role of imaging in ibritumomab tiuxetan regimen is examined

University of Utrecht - Sweet taste and energy content are needed for hypothalamic response

University of Virginia Health System - Virginia researchers participate in clinical study of bronchoscopic valve for emphysema treatment

Washington University, St. Louis - Gene transfer can be imaged using MicroPET