Telemedicine Week

Microbix Biosystems, Inc. - Recombinant adenoviruses to be developed for sub-cellular imaging systems

Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York - New MR imaging technique shortens aortic imaging acquisition times

National Taiwan University Hospital - Vertebral artery hypoplasia is evaluated by color-coded ultrasonography

Novadaq Technologies, Inc. - National research council spin-off signs marketing and licensing agreement

Obstetrics - Ultrasound can discriminate between fetal hypo- and hyperthyroidism

Osaka City University - Hemiparesis patients have increased atherosclerosis in paretic limbs

Pennsylvania State University - Mesenchymal stem cells persist after transplantation into neonatal mice

Premier, Inc. - Healthcare purchasing organization signs agreements for imaging technology

Presbyterian Hospital, New York City - MRI better than X-Ray for some traumatic hip fractures

Providence VA Medical Center - Stress echocardiographic evaluation of aortic valve disorders reviewed

Reliant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company launches Axid Oral Solution

Siemens Medical Solutions - First 1.5 Tesla open bore MRI introduced by medical technologies company

SmartPill Diagnostics, Inc. - Capsule endoscopy clinical trial data presented at meeting

SourceOne Healthcare Technologies, Inc. - Medical imaging company signs distribution agreement with software developer

StemCell Technologies - Agreement renewed to supply technology for detecting tumor cells in blood

Synarc, Inc. - Imaging company acquires cardiovascular, neurovascular disease specialist

Toledo Hospital - Utility of computed tomography in BIMT diagnosis evaluated

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. - Aquilion multislice CT system for diagnostic cardiac applications introduced

Trestle Holdings, Inc. - Digital imaging supplier announces new members of board of directors

U.S. Food & Drug Administration - Ultrasonography causes temperature rise at bone/soft-tissue interface

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Depression traced to overactive brain circuit

Umbilical Hernia - Repair with synthetic mesh not recommended based on case of scar endometriosis

Universita degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata - Enzymes expressed by dendritic cells hydrolyze tumor-associated antigen

University of Campinas Medical School - Late hepatic artery thrombosis has little impact on liver graft survival

University of Pennsylvania - PET diagnosis could affect future standard of care for deadliest skin cancer

University of Pittsburgh - GC/MS assay measures estradiol and metabolites in plasma

VA N. Texas Healthcare Systems - Plain films can reveal some cardiac pathologies

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. - Medical physicists present on image-guided radiation therapy

Washington University - Firefly compound lights up "protein dance" in living animals

Washington University, St. Louis - Cardiac MR imaging can provide noninvasive diagnosis of cardiac disease