Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . March 22nd, 2006
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Advanced BioPhotonics, Inc. - Advanced BioPhotonics signs deal with Yale for infrared imaging technology
Bio-Imaging Technologies, Inc. - Bio-Imaging Technologies reports loss of $0.03 per share
Bruker AXS, Inc. - Bruker AXS Microanalysis to launch Quantax Quad
Digirad Corp. - Digirad reports fourth-quarter revenues of $17.4 million; 2005 results discussed
Finance - Amicas reports multiple deals with large hospital systems for imaging systems
Baby Friendly Hospital, Kladno - Fibroids have low recurrence rates after laparoscopic uterine artery occlusion
Baskent University, Adana - Research add new data to diabetes pathogenesis body of knowledge
Business Update - BellSouth VPN used to transfer medical records, imaging to remote locations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research - MRI offers new hope for severe epilepsy sufferers
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland - Necrosis in intracranial tumors predicted by 12-Gy radiosurgical volume
Centro Laparoscopico de Barcelona - Quality of life increased by laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass
Christie Hospital, Manchester - X-ray volumetric imaging used to verify treatment and mediate novel radiotherapy techniques
Collaborations - AFP Imaging signs digital dental sensor contract with Henry Schein
Columbia University, New York - Ventral premotor cortex is activated in obese binge eaters in response to food stimuli
Emory University, Atlanta - Recent findings in diabetes pathogenesis described
European Institute of Oncology, Milan - Early glottic cancer treated with endoscopic CO2 laser surgery
Facilities - The University of Texas at Houston opens new outpatient diagnostic imaging center
German Cancer Research Center - The contrast agent HE-24.8 detects tumor vessels in magnetic resonance angiography
Government Hospital Dr. Cosme Argerich, Buenos Aires - In familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ventricular diastolic abnormalities were detected by DTI
Hellenic Anticancer Institute, Athens - New data illuminates research in rectal cancer
Hopital Cochin, Paris - Vascular invasion by musculoskeletal tumors of limbs assessed by MR angiography
Hopital Robert Debre, Paris - Pediatric bile duct stone laparoscopic cholecystectomy safe and effective
Hopital Tenon, Paris - Non small cell lung cancer survival improved in a selected population
Imaging - North American Scientific receives Chinese approval of image-guided radiation therapy equipment
Imaging - Paradigm Medical receives Canadian regulatory approval for P60 Ultrasound Biomicroscope
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras - Left ventricular systolic dysfunction is assessed by eccentricity ratio measured from 2-D ECG
Information Technology - American HealthChoice's telemedicine billings reach more than $112,000
Information Technology - Aurora Health Care uses Cerner technology to unify staff
Information Technology - Companies sign joint market agreement for healthcare disaster recovery imaging services
Information Technology - Willamette Open MRI imaging center selects web-based work flow management software
Institute of Psychiatry, London - Schizophrenia diffusion tensor imaging does not show white matter abnormalities
Ishikawa Prefectural Central Hospital - Wound retraction system used for lung resection by video-assisted mini-thoracotomy
Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa - Interval between colorectal cancer screenings could be expanded beyond 5 years
Johns Hopkins Medical Institute - Pancreatic cancer could be diagnosed by DNA methylation alterations in pancreatic juice
Kagawa University - Lung cancer patient response to chemoradiotherapy predicted by FDG-PET
Kocatepe University, Afyon - Isolated left bundle branch block may be associated with intraventricular asynchrony
Louis Pasteur University, Strasbourg - Researchers' findings advance diet & nutrition research
Lund University - New findings in the area of diagnostics described
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Breast tumor size prediction methods were compared for accuracy
Mayo Clinic - Pancreatitis endoscopic stenting lowers pain
Medical Devices - AFP Imaging launches new digital imaging system
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Outcomes with laparoscopic stage M1, unresected gastric adenocarcinoma reviewed
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Studies advance knowledge in cancer therapy research
National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi - Lymph node metastases from gastric cancer assessed using F-18-FDG PET
National Taiwan University, Taipei - New research in the area of hepatocellular cancer detailed
New York-Presbyterian Hospital - Asymptomatic former smokers should consider CT screening
Ohio State University - Clinical utility of standardized uptake value on FDG-PET in colorectal cancer assessed
Qiagen N.V. - Qiagen and ActiveSight sign comarketing agreement targeting protein crystallography
Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo - Findings in echocardiography provide new insights
Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of coronary artery bypass
Royal Prince Hospital, Sydney - Findings describe new data in diagnostics research
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics
Russian State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology Vector - New findings in smallpox vaccines described
Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital - Traumatic intracranial hemorrhage repeated head CT has limited utility
ScImage - Scimage announces single database web-based RIS/PACS solution
Second University of Naples - Physiological, pathological ventricular hypertrophy is identifiable with combined 2D echo/Doppler imaging
SenoRx Inc. - Probe for new breast biopsy device launched by SenoRx Inc.
Seoul National University - Hepatocellular carcinoma imaged in patients with chronic liver disease
Shandong University, Ji Nan - Transthoracic 2-D ECG is as effective as x-ray fluoroscopy for coronary sinus cannulation
South Carolina Heart Center - In suspected coronary artery disease, 64-slice cardiovascular CT is a reliable diagnostic tool
Stanford University - MRI detects transplanted ESCs and their therapeutic effect on injured myocardium
Stanford University School of Medicine - Coronary intervention high-resolution real-time spiral MRI guidance promising
Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou - Research add new data to SARS vaccines body of knowledge
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul - Imaging features of early bile duct carcinoma identified
Texas Heart Institute - MDCT identification of vulnerable lesion plaque components will require instrumentation improvement
The San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Drug-eluting stents for ostial de novo left anterior descending lesions show decreased restenosis
Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia - Findings advance knowledge in prostate cancer research
Tokyo Medical University - Coronary artery disease identification may be more effective with addition of BMIPP to T1-201 imaging
U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - Breast cancer screening should focus on older women
U.S. Food & Drug Administration - New U.S. federal health initiative to improve cancer therapy
Universidad Autonoma, Madrid - Rockall scores predict upper gastrointestinal bleeding with risk of mortality
Universidade da Beira Interior, Covilha - Researchers describe findings in cytomegalovirus studies
University Medical Center, Utrecht - Researchers' data advance atherosclerosis research
University of Antwerp - Recent findings in diagnostics provide new insights
University of California, Irvine - Myocardial scar echogenicity can be determined by collagen fiber morphology
University of California, San Francisco - Recent findings illuminate research in cardiology
University of Catania - Exercise myocardial scintigraphy gives prognostic information concerning subsequent cardiac risk
University of Frankfurt - Findings in diagnostics provide new insights
University of Kuopio - Studies describe new findings in cardiology research
University of Mainz - Gastroscopy not necessary for all patients preparing for gastric banding
University of Munich - Hydrocephalus shunt patency thermography assessment valid
University of Munich - Researchers detail new studies and findings in the area of diagnostics
University of Navarra - In heart failure, coronary flow reserve decrease correlates with neurohormone level increases
University of Ottawa - Arthroscopic debridement and capsular release treats arthrofibrosis
University of Oxford - Research add new data to cardiovascular body of knowledge
University of Queensland - Recent findings in echocardiography provide new insights
University of Stellenbosch, Tygerberg - Cranial CT findings differ between HIV-infected and uninfected children with meningitis
University of Utrecht - Laparoscopic gastric banding does not affect esophageal motility in the short-term
Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam - Reports describe recent advances in diagnostics research
Wake Forest University, Winston Salem - Two-year survival from esophageal cancer predicted with FDG-PET upstaging
Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem - Plain radiographs are not required with computed tomography to accurately diagnose blunt trauma
Western Hospital, Melbourne - Reports advance knowledge in imaging research
Wisconsin Heart Hospital - Studies describe new findings in imaging research
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