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Codonics strikes private label dealAurora brokers Chinese exchangeZiehm changes leadership
Codonics strikes private label deal
The computed radiography and film digitizing firm iCRco will globally distribute Codonics printer and media products under its own label as part of a partnership agreement announced Sept. 16. Software introduced by iCRco in January 2006 will complement the privately labeled products from Codonics.
Aurora brokers Chinese exchange
Researchers from China will spend up to three weeks in leading breast centers in the U.S. to learn about breast imaging modalities under a program established by the China Medical Women's Association (CMWA) and the Aurora Breast MRI Society. CMWA has 19 branches with 150 institutional members and more than 20,000 individual women physician members. The Aurora Breast MRI Society is sponsored by Aurora Imaging Technology. Dr. Zi-yang Li, executive vice president of CMWA, affirmed that new technology, Aurora Dedicated Breast MRI System, is needed in the fight against breast cancer in China.
Ziehm changes leadership
Dr. Jörg Ströbel has stepped down as managing partner of Ziehm Imaging-Aton. In his seven years at the corporate helm, Ströbel transformed Ziehm Imaging into a major innovator of mobile C-arm technology, according to the company. Klaus Hörndler and Stefan Gutsch have taken over as managing directors.
ASCO: Study Reveals Significant Racial/Ethnic Disparities with PSMA PET Use for Patients with mPCa
May 30th 2025Latinx patients with metastatic prostate cancer were 63 percent less likely than non-Hispanic White patients to have PSMA PET scans, according to a study of 550 patients presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference.
Lunit Unveils Enhanced AI-Powered CXR Software Update
May 28th 2025The Lunit Insight CXR4 update reportedly offers new features such as current-prior comparison of chest X-rays (CXRs), acute bone fracture detection and a 99.5 percent negative predictive value (NPV) for identifying normal CXRs.
New MRI Study Questions Use of Corticosteroid Injections for Knee OA
May 27th 2025Two years after intraarticular knee injections for knee osteoarthritis (OA), study participants who had corticosteroid knee injections had greater OA progression than control patients while the use of hyaluronic acid injections was associated with less OA progression.
