Telemedicine Business Week

Northwick Park Hospital & Clinic Research Center, Harrow - Contrast echo can be used to detect coronary artery disease in patients presenting with heart failure

OCG Technology, Inc. - PrimeCare Systems awards license to Argentina-based Telemedica

Ophthalmic Imaging Systems - Ophthalmic digital imaging company launches four new products

Osaka University - Novel technique simplifies laparoscopic purse-string suturing during circular stapling anastomosis

Peking University, Beijing - Antitumor compound julibroside J₂₈ extracted from Albizia julibrissin

Ruhr-University Bochum - Radiographic progression in infliximab patients show inhibition of structural damage

Schering AG - European Commission approves magnetic resonance angiography contrast agent

Sectra Medical Systems - New PACS release optimized for very large data sets

Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital, Miyagi - Origin of intracanalicular neoplasms predicted with high-resolution MR imaging

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies, Inc. - Medical imaging systems distributor signs agreement with GPO HealthTrust

St. James University Hospital, Leeds - Males experienced worse bladder and sexual function after laparoscopic surgery

St. Orsola Marcello Malpighi Hospital, Bologna - Use of F-18-FDG PET/CT aids in evaluation of recurrent ovarian cancer

St. Thomas Hospital, London - FDG-PET predicts progression-free and overall survival in non-Hodgkin lymphoma

Stanford University - Modern imaging modalities used to assess resectability of pancreatic cancer

Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Review of multiphasic helical and previous serial CT images recommended

Thoraxcenter - Self-contained MRI catheter allows identification of vulnerable coronary plaque

Tokyo Medical University - Optical coherence tomography can detect early bronchial tumors

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Method to measure perfluorinated organic acids and amides in serum developed

U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Progressive coal workers' pneumoconiosis indicates gap in preventive measures

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome - Contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasound used to evaluate ablation treatments

University Hospital of Bonn - Efficacy of CT and F-18-FDG-PET for therapy control of lymphoma evaluated

University Hospital, Angers - Less invasive surgery effective in treatment of GERD

University of Athens - Myocardial contrast echocardiography detects changes developing in coronary microcirculation

University of California, San Diego - Visceral adipose tissue and type 2 diabetes highest among Filipino women

University of California, San Francisco - Accuracy of mammography is similar among white, Chinese, and Filipino women

University of Chicago - Infarction in intact organs viewed by high-resolution 3-D optical imaging

University of Chicago Hospitals - TEE examinations are associated with low risk of esophagogastric trauma

University of Gdansk - Pancreatic cancer pain managed by either of two invasive techniques

University of Gottingen - NT-proBNP or troponin testing: good first step to identify risk with pulmonary embolisms patients

University of Heidelberg - Prosthesis migration impairs function in avascular necrosis but not osteoarthritis patients

University of Illinois - Emotional impairment linked to cognitive deficits in bipolar children

University of Iowa - Transperitoneal approach advised when abundant fatty tissues surrounds kidney

University of Leipzig - Outcome of EERPE deemed on par with laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg - Treatment response in head and neck cancer predicted by MR spectroscopy

University of Melbourne - Mammographic density and bone mineral density unrelated to genetic determinants

University of Melbourne - Use of FDG-PET offers cost and clinical outcome benefits for lung cancer staging

University of Michigan - Magnetic resonance spectroscopy differentiates high and low grade brain tumors

University of Nebraska - Contrast echo has high diagnostic accuracy for detecting coronary artery disease

University of North Carolina - Mucin granules closely contact tubular elements of the endoplasmic reticulum

University of Oslo - Higher enterolactone levels may reduce breast cancer risk

University of Perugia - Use of Ga-67-SPECT/CT with a hybrid system aided clinical management of lymphoma

University of Pittsburgh - Genomic instability may be hereditarily different, resulting in different molecular pathogenesis

University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki - Near infrared fluorescence can image cerebrospinal fluid space and movement

University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul - Laparoscopic surgery declared effective alternative to laparotomy for cancer treatment

University of Ulster - Pipinin-1 from frog skin secretions is an insulin-releasing agent

University of Valladolid - Imaging of calcium oscillations in intact pancreatic islets reported

Virginia Commonwealth University - U.S. NIH awards $3.7M grant for development of molecular imaging, brain tumor therapy agent

Wuhan University -  Helicobacter pylori eradication recommended in patients with duodenal ulcer

Yonsei University, Seoul - Soft-tissue axillary masses profiled by sonographic appearances

Zonare Medical Systems, Inc. - Sacred Heart Medical Center acquires Zone Sonography technology