CT has always played a prominent role in the evaluation of musculoskeletal pathology. With the advent of spiral CT and, most recently, multidetector row CT (MDCT), the data sets available for image analysis and for postprocessing and display have unprecedented image resolution and detail. Concurrent... More »
FDA clearances rebounded sharply in August, tying the year-high number of 29 reached six months earlier. The sharp increase contrasted starkly with two months of very low numbers—20 in June and 21 in July. The reason for those poor showings may More »
Vendor of advanced radiation oncology equipment Elekta has received an order for about $24 million in linear accelerator, simulator, and auxiliary equipment. The orders are spread across several major hospitals in Europe and More »
Nearly a third of the 25 radiology-related applications passing FDA muster in April address radiation oncology. The rest were split among MRI, ultrasound, image management, and nuclear medicine. Standouts included two ultrasound systems, an x-ray More »
Nuclear Associates, a division of Inovision, has agreed to exclusively offer Howtek MultiRAD medical film digitizers. The digitizers will be marketed alongside Nuclear Associates’ radiation oncology and diagnostic products, which include quality More »
The Justice Department plans to file suit to block Varian's $135 million purchase of Impac Medical Systems on the grounds that it would reduce competition in the sale of radiation therapy software and equipment.The government said the merger would More »
With considerable fanfare, Siemens unveiled a sliding gantry version of its Somatom Plus 4 multislice CT system last week, installed in conjunction with a Primus linear accelerator at Morristown Memorial Hospital in Morristown, NJ.The chairman of the More »
Siemens announced that it has Food and Drug Administration approval for a sliding gantry version of its Somatom Plus 4 CT system, which can be set up in a radiation therapy treatment room to give almost-real-time images to the radiation More »
Cuba is an untapped market for radiology equipment vendors, especially those specializing in ultrasound, according to several companies attending the U.S. Healthcare Exhibition in Havana in January. The 97 companies at the exhibition—including More »
Sometimes what appears to be a setback proves to be an advance. Last month, Marconi Medical Systems lost its partnership with Varian Medical Systems when Varian and GE announced an alliance to develop a package of medical imaging and radiation therapy More »
