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Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Hamburg - 3-D electroanatomical mapping aids isolation of veins for treatment of atrial fibrillation

Avnet Partner Solutions - Alliance formed to deliver medical imaging storage solution

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Algorithm can be used with real-time 3-D ECHO for improved CV diagnosis

Given Imaging, Ltd. - Advanced PillCam SB video capsule ready for launch

Active Biotech - Study demonstrates Anyara localizes to tumors that express the target antigen 5T4

Aligarh Muslim University - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of atherosclerosis

Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh - Benefits of aortic valve replacement are best for patients without CAD

Athens Euroclinic - Study identified no predictors of sustained ventricular tachycardia

Aubagne Hospital - TD ECHO is accurate for predicting decompensated HF in acute setting

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Medical device firm wins award for MRI presentation

Breakaway Imaging, LLC - Medtronic enters agreement to distribute and market O-arm Imaging System

Brown Medical School, Providence - New findings in implantsable cardioverter defibrillators described

Brown University, Providence - PCI on collateralized vessels is warranted, but patients must be closely followed

Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia - Limb speed and muscle forces increase initially as result of more synchronous MUs activation

CardioDynamics - Impedance cardiography developer reports 21% dip in sales and a net loss during third quarter

Carl Zeiss Meditec, Inc. - Optical coherence tomography system launched for the anterior segment

Cedara Software - Native Java DICOM Toolkit Version 3.0 released

China Pharmaceutical University, Jiangsu - High performance LC-ESI-MS detects tolterodine tartrate in human plasma in the 0.05 ng/ml range

Clinical Research Institute of Montreal - Researchers' work adds to aortic stenosis body of knowledge

Collaborations - Bridgetech signs contract with Good Samaritan to manage imaging centers

Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York - Normal stress ECHO test confers benign prognosis regardless of ECG response

Conmed Corp. - Surgical device maker reports 13% increase in sales

Cornell University, Ithaca - Vaccines immunogenic for influenza rHA and rNA allow for increased protection

CV Therapeutics, Inc. - Phase 3 data on myocardial perfusion imaging with regadenoson shows it is comparable to Adenoscan

Deutsch Krebsforschungszentrum, Heidelberg - TrueFISP MRI sequence provides better delineation of intrapulmonary lesions

Diagnostic Center of Ayios Therissos - Helical CT cholangiography provides valuable, exclusive data on bile activity

Duke University, Durham - CABG patients with uncorrected mitral regurgitation are at increased risk for death

Duke University, Durham - Electrophysiology can be used to detect molecular changes

Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, Zurich - Salmonella SipA injection into host cells visualized in real-time

Frost & Sullivan - Research shows benefits offsets high costs of magnetic resonance imaging systems

Fudan University, Shanghai - LC-ESI-MS method developed and validated for identification and quantification of lipoic acid

GE Healthcare - U.S. Food & Drug Administration clears new fluoroscopic imaging system, called the OEC Altitude

Given Imaging, Ltd. - Consensus report published on capsule endoscopy guidelines, algorithms

Hadassah Hebrew University - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Harvard Medical School - Recent studies add new data to angiology research

Harvard University - Optical coherence tomography suitable for imaging vocal fold mucosa microstructure

Health Center for Women, Elmira - Four-dimensional ultrasonographic guidance improves accuracy of needle placement

Hopital de la Mere et de l'Enfant, Nantes - Laparoscopic surgery review in children proposes small risk, more neonatal studies needed

iCAD, Inc. - Imaging company, RITA collaborate to donate CAD system for breast cancer research

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. - Fourth CT Laser Mammography system sold in Middle East

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. - Mammography system sales drives increase in device makers net sales

Imperial College of Science, Technology & Medicine, London - High-resolution spectroscopy successfully assesses liver biopsy samples

Imperial College School of Medicine, London - Markers of RV dysfunction are not related to LV wall motion score index

Johns Hopkins University Hospital - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of angiology

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital - Real-time contrast ECG predicts post-AMI LV recovery during different therapies

Kobe General Hospital - Geometric alterations may be important in pathogenesis of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation

Kosuyolu Heart Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul - Athletes' hearts do not show prolonged P wave duration and dispersion

Lady Dunn Hospital, Wawa - Non-specialists can effectively perform colonoscopy screening

Lippy Group for Ear, Nose & Throat, Warren - Titanium and stainless steel piston stapes prostheses provide equivalent performance

Loyola University, Maywood - Total parotidectomy or subtotal petrosectomy reduces risk of adenoma recurrence

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Microfluidic system can be used to conduct controlled investigation of nano- and microparticles

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Raman spectroscopy accurately classifies breast lesions

McGill University, Montreal - Performance of biointerface verified using surface plasmon resonance

Miami University, Oxford - Data advance knowledge in antimicrobials research

National Society for Epilepsy, Chalfont St. Peter - Seizure-induced cerebral damage characterized via quantitative MRI