Telemedicine Business Week

Carl Zeiss Surgical, Inc. - Medical device firm anticipates record breaking revenues for 2005

Case Western Reserve, Cleveland - Medical school gets $4 million to make "smart nanoparticles"

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems - Ophthalmic imaging company announces record financial results

Oridion Systems Ltd. - Medical device company reports 64% increase in 1Q revenues

Xenogen Corporation - Imaging systems company reports record $9.3 million revenue in first quarter

American Assoc. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons - Study: Soft tissue injuries can predict facial fracture risk in trauma patients

Applied Imaging Corp. - U.S. FDA grants clearance to market breast cancer assessment test

Aristotle University, Thessaloniki - Fate of autologous fat tissue after paranasal sinus obliteration determined

Autonomous University of Madrid - In-111-oxine-labeled BMSC monitors cell permanency/distribution after grafting

Baylor College of Medicine, Houston - Predischarge BNP and E/Ea are incremental predictors of outcome in heart failure

Berlex, Inc. - Agreement signed for magnetic resonance contrast media

BG-Kliniken Bergmannstrost - D-dimer screening useful for diagnosis in surgical intensive care patients

BioImagene, Inc. - University and bioimaging company announce collaboration

Breast Center, New South Wales - Prospective study of breast intraoperative ultrasound conducted in 112 patients

Business Update - Device company signs 8th CT laser mammography site

CardioDynamics - Monitoring system reduces low blood pressure 52% in women undergoing C-section

Careggi Hospital, Florence - Method is more effective than BNP level in detecting high risk for LV remodeling

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Abnormal heart scans predict higher risks for African Americans, Hispanics

Charite University, Berlin - Benefits of laparoscopy compared with laparotomy in endometrial cancer patients

Cipher Holding Corp. - Company closes transaction with IMAGIN Diagnostics Centres Corp.

Columbia University - Fluorinated diaryl sulfides show promise for PET serotonin transporter imaging

Copenhagen University Hospital - Hyperpolarized ³He MRI suitable for lung ventilation assessment

Diagnostic Ultrasound Corporation - Handheld ultrasound device diagnoses bladder outlet obstruction

DRAXIS Health, Inc. - Company provides update on FIBRIMAGE development program

Duke University - FDG-PET used for management of cervical and ovarian cancer

Federal University of Sao Paulo - Perfusion-weighted imaging adds to presurgical reviews of nonenhancing gliomas

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle - Twenty-year trends in age-specific incidence of DCIS and LCIS in U.S. described

Freeman Road Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne - Wall-thickness measurement may improve sensitivity of dobutamine stress ECG

Gentofte University Hospital, Copenhagen - Endoscopic ultrasound guided biopsy compared to mediastinoscopy

Harran University, Sanliurfa - Miliary tuberculosis case associated with multiple intracranial tuberculomas

Heart and Vascular Institute of San Antonio - Combination regimen to increase HDL cholesterol may prevent CV events

Heim Pal Children's Hospital, Budapest - Positive-pressure elevation did not produce hemodynamic changes in children

Hiroshima University Hospital - Pressure monitoring cannot reliably detect catheter migration

Hologic, Inc. - Agreement signed with HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York - Protein overexpression studied, femoral effects revealed by infrared imaging

Indian Institute of Chemical Biology - Sensitive assay of red blood cell sorbitol level by HPLC developed

Indiana University, Indianapolis - Doppler tissue dynamics may complement flow velocity in evaluating LAA function

Institute of Cancer Research, London - Combined MRI, mammography better detects disease in women at high genetic risk

Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore - New findings in atherosclerosis described

Kagawa University - Stent placement above intact sphincter of Oddi improves outcome

Karolinska Hospital - Use of self-expanding stents in Sweden evaluated

King George's Medical University, Lucknow - Conical working tube facilitates endoscopic neurosurgery

Kinki University, Osaka - Malignant potential of gastrointestinal stromal tumors estimated

Koning Corp. - NIH awards $2.5 million grant for prototype scanner to detect breast cancer

Leiden University - Q waves on ECG correlate best with percent scar tissue on contrast-enhanced MRIs