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Swissray posts strong ddR Multi-System sales
Digital radiography developer Swissray International has sold 45 of its ddR Multi-Systems since its new fiscal year began July 1. The company estimates that orders for these first four months of fiscal 1999 represent a 460% increase over all of fiscal
Digital radiography developer Swissray International has sold 45 of its ddR Multi-Systems since its new fiscal year began July 1. The company estimates that orders for these first four months of fiscal 1999 represent a 460% increase over all of fiscal 1998. The company attributed the bulk of the sales to a $13 million contract signed in October with the Romanian Ministry of Health for 32 units, as well as a distribution and service agreement with Hitachi Medical Systems America (SCAN 10/27/99 and 9/1/99). Swissray also sold four units in the U.S. last month, three to hospitals in the Department of Veterans Affairs network, and one to the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.
Can Portable Dual-Energy X-Ray be a Viable Alternative to CT in the ICU?
September 13th 2024The use of a portable dual-energy X-ray detector in the ICU at one community hospital reportedly facilitated a 37.5 percent decrease in chest CT exams in comparison to the previous three months, according to research presented at the American Society of Emergency Radiology (ASER) meeting in Washington, D.C.
New Meta-Analysis Examines MRI Assessment for Treatment of Esophageal Cancer
September 12th 2024Diffusion-weighted MRI provided pooled sensitivity and specificity rates of 82 percent and 81 percent respectively for gauging patient response to concurrent chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer, according to new meta-analysis.
Study for Emerging PET/CT Agent Reveals ‘New Standard’ for Detecting Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma
September 11th 2024Results from a multicenter phase 3 trial showed that the PET/CT imaging agent (89Zr)Zr-girentuximab had an 85.5 percent mean sensitivity rate for the diagnosis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma.
Can Radiomics and Autoencoders Enhance Real-Time Ultrasound Detection of Breast Cancer?
September 10th 2024Developed with breast ultrasound data from nearly 1,200 women, a model with mixed radiomic and autoencoder features had a 90 percent AUC for diagnosing breast cancer, according to new research.
