Telemedicine Law Weekly

Caritaskrankenhaus Bad Mergentheim - Contrast-enhanced real-time endosonographic device with low mechanical index shows promise

Dartmouth College, Hanover - Contrast-detail analysis using human detection of lower contrast limits provides key data

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley - EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibitors screened as potential tumor imaging probes

Niigata Prefectural Yoshida Hospital - Dynamic chemical magnifying endoscopy useful in diagnosing gastric neoplasia

Osaka Police Hospital - Tricuspid isthmus measurement by MDCT yields information for successful ablation

251 Hellen Air Force Hospital, Athens - Presence of invasive disease signifies poor prognosis in pancreatic cancer

Advanced BioPhotonics, Inc. - Medical imaging applications developer appoints VP of business development

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki - Researchers' findings advance surgical technology research

Austin Hospital, Heidelberg - FDG PET used to manage melanoma

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc. - Molecular imaging-focused company closes $8.9M financing

Biophan Technologies, Inc. - Enabling technologies developed for MRI visualization

Bovie Medical Corp. - Electrosurgical device maker acquires endoscopic modular instruments

Bowling Green State University - A viral gene promoter is subject to circadian control

British Columbia Cancer Research Center - Reports add new data to diagnostics research

CardioMag Imaging, Inc. - Magnetocardiograph maker gets certification from China's Food & Drug Administration

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome - Endoscopic removal feasible for malfunctioning self-expandable metallic stents

Cholangiocarcinoma - Follicular cholangitis mimicked hilar cholangiocarcinoma

Chonbuk National University Hospital - Contractile responses to angiotensin peptides are enhanced in diabetic clitoral cavernosum

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Reports advance knowledge in stents research

Columbia University, New York - Information concerning heart disease risk should be adapted to patient's preference

Columbia University, New York - Magnetic resonance and spectroscopy are safe and practical tools for phenotyping adiposity

Diagnostics - Contrast enhanced MRI analytical tools used to study restoration of dead bone

Eindhoven University of Technology - New data illuminates research in diagnostics

Eindhoven University of Technology - New findings in the area of diagnostics detailed

Erciyes University, Kayseri - Tumor diagnostic accuracy may be enhanced by prespecifying sonographic detection criteria

Fattouma Bourguiba University Hospital, Monastir - Percutaneous balloon mitral commissurotomy has poor long-term outcome in patients with AF

Fukui University - HRCT findings significantly associated with smear-positive pulmonary tuberculosis

German Heart Institute, Berlin - New software is accurate for angiographic determination of RV volumes

Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem - Extracolonic findings at CT colonography reviewed

Hamamatsu University, Shizuoka - Delayed enhancement MRI useful for determining cause

Hiroshima University - Endovascular therapy used to treat oral hemorrhage in head and neck tumors

Hopital Robert Debre, Paris - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy safe and effective as primary treatment

Imaging - Case study supports accuracy of broadband DOS, sensitivity of optical methods

Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. - Imaging company selects M Squared Associates to monitor clinical trials

Information Technology - New Houston imaging center contracts for radiology network services

Institut fur Diagnostische Radiologie, Dusseldorf - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Institute of Kidney Diseases & Research Center, Ahmedabad - For ureteral injuries, laparoscopic ureteroneocystostomy proves effective

Intermagnetics General Corp. - Imaging-focused device firm reports income of $0.30 per share

IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan - Optical coherence tomography reproducibly identifies neoplastic structure in main pancreatic duct

Istanbul University - Low-dose urinary tract multidetector CT exam with 80 kVp often gives a better image quality

Italian Group for Lap-Band - Lap-Band System offers a treatment alternative for obese teenagers

Jichi Medical School, Tochigi - LPEC safe and effective treating girls with inguinal hernia

Kiniki University, Osaka - Dipyridamole stress technetium-99m tetrofosmin SPECT useful for monitoring myocardial ischemia

Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology - SPR imaging-based arrays suitable for screening protein-protein interaction inhibitors

Kuakini Medical Center, Honolulu - Recent findings illuminate research in liver cancer

Kyoto University - Aminopeptidase N/CD13 targeting fluorescent probes applied to tumor cell imaging

Leiden University - Angular variation of short-axis images does not affect LV function measurements

Leiden University - EUS-FNA used in diagnosis and staging of lung cancer

Leiden University - Recent studies add new data to angiology research

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of imaging

Maricopa Integrated Health System, Phoenix - Virtual 3-D reconstruction improves assessment of screw size needed for percutaneous fixation

McGill University Health Center, Montreal - Circulating cancer cells create a trail for tracking uveal melanoma metastasis

Mother & Child Health Institute, Belgrade - High-dose beta-blocker therapy is successful in Friedreich ataxia patient