Telemedicine Business Week

Kansai Medical University, Osaka - Hepatic volume GSA scintigraphy evaluates post-transplantation liver function

Linkoping University - Movement artifacts are reduced if Doppler signal is correlated to ECG

Maizuru Medical Center - LVOT obstruction due to anomalous insertion of papillary muscle reported

Massachusetts General Hospital - Whole-body CT screening costs overshadow benefits

Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry - Short tetracysteine tags to beta-tubulin show promise for live cell imaging

Medtech Insight - Cardiac arrhythmia devices lead growth in $9 billion U.S. market, report says

Merge Technologies Incorporated - Software company and Cedara Software announce merger

Micron Technology, Inc. - New CMOS sensor to enhance Given's PillCam

Middlesex Hospital, London - Echocardiography and MRI compared in cardiovascular screening of adults with TS

Otto Von Guericke University of Magdeburg - Method determines of arginine and asymmetric dimethylarginine in human plasma

Planmed Oy - Mammography equipment provider to supply Chinese breast cancer screening project

Rikshospitalet University Hospital - Thermosensitive paramagnetic liposomes can monitor MRI-guided thermal ablation

Saga Medical School - GERD in Japan tends to be mild, affects <17% of population and older women

Southwest Normal University, Chongqing - Modified immunosensors enhance the detection of hepatitis B surface antigen

Spectrum Health - Bariatric program collaborates with Michigan Medical to offer new band procedure

Stockholm University - Bovine prion protein analyzed, structure and function of N-terminus clarified

Supertex, Inc. - High voltage analog switch for medical ultrasound imaging applications broadened

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. - Report: Biomaterial buttress in gastric bypass staple line lessens failure risk

Terumo Cardiovascular - Endoscopic vein harvesting system for coronary bypass grafting introduced

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Lubberts effect in columnar phosphors examined

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors in dietary supplements analyzed

Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign - Satellite data reveal immense pollution pool over Bihar, India

Univ. of Texas School of Medicine - Angiogenesis helps injured spinal cords recover

University of Athens - Study determined prognostic factors for cardiac events

University of Barcelona - Novel LC-MS system detects quaternary ammonium biocides

University of Bologna - ³²P brachytherapy dose was insufficient to avoid long-term restenosis

University of California, San Francisco - Treatment with raloxifene for 2 years increases vertebral BMD

University of Leuven - Poliovirus sampling accomplished using chromatography paper strips

University of Michigan - Patient knows best when it comes to bowel disease

University of Michigan - Pontine and basal forebrain cholinergic interactions characterized

University of Missouri, Columbia - No correlation between HIV fusion peptides and their membrane affinities

University of North Carolina - Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI volumes used to detect lesions

University of Texas SW Medical Center - Ethnicity impacts one's susceptibility to hepatic steatosis

Ureteral Polyps - Researchers report on fibroepithelial polyps of the ureter in a 17-year-old boy

Vanderbilt University, Nashville - Bidomain effects are important in the whole-heart magnetocardiogram

Veeco Instruments Inc. - Microscope manufacturer introduces high-resolution unit for nanoscience research

Washington University, St. Louis - Harmonic phase analysis yields results comparable to homogeneous strain analysis