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Table of Contents . . . January 7th, 2006
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Karolinska Institute - Alcohol intake for women taking postmenopausal hormones may increase breast cancer risk
Palatin Technologies, Inc. - Biopharma company discusses potential health risk associated with NeutroSpec
Salix Pharmaceuticals, Ltd. - Company acquires U.S. rights to sell Norgine's liquid PEG bowel cleanser
Smith & Nephew, Inc. - Court grants preliminary injunction in meniscus repair system patent case
U.S. National Institute of Mental Health - Brain chemical appears to boost trust and reduce fear
Age Related Macular Degeneration - Triamcinolone acetonide and vitrectomy may manage subfoveal choroidal neovascularization
Aion Diagnostics, Ltd. - Plans created by pSivida spinout for development of biosensors, imaging products
Alliance Imaging, Inc. - Diagnostic imaging services firm expects revenues to range from $428M to $438M
Almana General Hospital, Jubail - MI in patients with dextrocardia and situs inversus may be underestimated
Amicas, Inc. - Software designed to increase efficiency of outpatient imaging centers launched
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Endovascular management of AAA rupture feasible
ATI Technologies, Inc. - Confirma selects FireGL graphics to power CADstream
Centre Leon Berard, Lyon - Lymphopenia used to prognosticate survival after whole brain radiotherapy for brain metastases
Cornell University, Brooklyn - PET/CT deemed useful tool in radiation treatment planning for lung cancer
Duke University, Durham - U.S. FDA Electrocardiogram Warehouse provides clinical utility
Eastman Kodak Co. - Consorta members can now buy mammography CAD systems from a new supplier
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Diclofenac may accelerate progression of hip and knee osteoarthritis
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Increasing intravascular enhancement improves diagnostic accuracy in MSCT-CA
First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang - Steel plate computed radiography used for portal imaging of nasopharyngeal cancer
FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA, Inc. - Three new computed radiography readers launched
Fukuda Denshi Co. Ltd. - Study evaluated automated detection of Brugada-type ECGs
Given Imaging - Imaging company receives U.S. FDA clearance of new advanced software
Hopital Pontchaillou, Rennes - New 3-D visualization method enables diagnoses of embryonic hearts
i3ARCHIVE, Inc. - Company expands digital medical archiving system to enable imaging disaster recovery
Inland Imaging LLC - Inland Imaging selects speech recognition system to assist with workflow challenges
INSERM UMR 514, Reims - Epithelial cell migratory behavior can be modeled and imaged
Institut Curie, Paris - Proton beam radiation used to treat uveal melanoma
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai - Metabolic disorders are closely related to fatty liver
Johns Hopkins University - Scientists devise tiny self-assembling cubes that could deliver medicine, cell therapy
Melanoma - Uterine malignant melanoma presented as large pelvic mass
Nasal Cancer - Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in situ diagnosed by contact endoscopy
Personal HealthCare Telemedicine Services GmbH - Telemedicine company adds Dr. H.C. Werner Weidenfeld to board of directors
Personnel - Howard Aihara promoted to executive VP and chief financial officer of Alliance Imaging
Policlinico Umberto I, Rome - Epicardial fat is significantly related to obesity-related insulin resistance
Quantum Medical Imaging - Letter of intent signed for medical device reseller agreement
Radiological Society of North America - Internet may be answer to mammography crisis
Spedali Riuniti Livorno - Ultrasonography valued for usefulness in identifying the most aggressive cancers
St. Vincent's Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York - New York cancer center installs imaging system for lung cancer diagnosis, biopsy
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy - Sonography used to discriminate between radial scars and breast cancer
SUNY Upstate Medical University - Mild and advanced liver fibrosis differences imaged in chronic hepatitis C
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Medical imaging systems company releases enhancements to MRI system
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Minneapolis heart and vascular center installs 21 Aplio CV ultrasound systems
Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Ted Nemetz named VP, technology services unit, of diagnostics imaging systems company
U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Method is developed to measure putrescine and cadaverine in seafood
University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso - PWTD imaging is more sensitive than ECG in detecting subtle LV function changes
University of California, Los Angeles - Consortium develops new microchip technology for medical imaging of disease biomarkers
University of Colorado - Better communication with patients might rectify nonadherence to screening colonoscopy
University of Colorado - Cryo-electron tomography reveals 3D structure of quiescent eukaryotic flagella
University of Frankfurt - Liver steatosis, fibrosis and inflammation can be imaged in chronic hepatitis C infection
University of Kentucky - Transvaginal sonography provides more accurate assessment of ovarian size
University of Madrid - Color Doppler M-mode echocardiography provides noninvasive diastolic suction assessment
University of Maryland - Scientists find a clue to the cause of accelerated aging disease
University of Michigan - Income level should be considered when developing educational mammography interventions
University of Nijmegen - Use of dynamic contrast-enhanced MR imaging improved performance for less experienced readers
University of Paris XIII - Cardiovascular outcome of D2 with normal coronary arteriography is worse than in hypertension
University of Southern California - Role of imaging in ibritumomab tiuxetan regimen is examined
University of Utrecht - Sweet taste and energy content are needed for hypothalamic response
University of Virginia Health System - Virginia researchers participate in clinical study of bronchoscopic valve for emphysema treatment
Washington University, St. Louis - Gene transfer can be imaged using MicroPET
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