Amorfix announces vCJD blood test breakthrough
Canada's Amorfix Life Sciences reports 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity for its EP-vCJD test in a second blinded trial of human blood samples, in collaboration with the UK's National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC).
Tuesday 6 January 2009

UK radiotherapy: no "Garden of Eden" – Sikora
Lack of access to diagnostics and an “over 90% under-capacity” in radiotherapy provision are holding back the UK's cancer programmes. So say cancer and health policy experts Karol Sikora and Nick Bosanquet in the draft of an article seen by Clinica, ahead of its publication in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Tuesday 16 December 2008

Clinica at RSNA 2008: An interactive feature
This year's Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) conference, held in Chicago, Illinois, had a different focus to last year's, which was dominated by CT's "slice war", says Madeleine Armstrong. Companies are now insisting that the slice war is over, and are focusing on other CT technologies such as spectral imaging.
Tuesday 9 December 2008

Photo Gallery: Clinica at RSNA 2008 - Day Four
Novelty items take centre stage at RSNA 2008. On her last day at the event, Madeleine Armstrong gets to inspect GE's 'world's fastest' gemstone detector, its "GPS-tracking" ultrasound fusion product, and Hitachi's "less claustrophobic" open MRI scanner.
Thursday 4 December 2008

Photo Gallery: Clinica at RSNA 2008 - Day Three
Tuesday sees Clinica’s Science & Technology reporter Madeleine Armstrong looking at more scanners, and listening to talks on imaging technology. Highlight of the day: foot massage at the GE stand.
Wednesday 3 December 2008

64-CT valuable tool in cardiac care, US-led study finds
Computed tomography (CT) scans of the heart and its surrounding arteries are almost as reliable and accurate as more invasive procedures to check for blockages, says a US study.
Wednesday 3 December 2008

Photo Gallery: Clinica at RSNA 2008 - Day Two
On her second day at RSNA 2008, Madeleine Armstrong takes a closer look at the two rival CT scans, the new 'faster and healthier' Somatom Flash Definition by Siemens Healthcare, and the Aquilion One by Toshiba Medical Systems.
Tuesday 2 December 2008

Photo Gallery: Clinica at RSNA 2008 - Day One
Imaging technology, shoeshine service – and Sue the T-Rex. Madeleine Armstrong, Clinica's Science & Technology senior reporter, brings you this update of RSNA 2008 from Chicago, USA.
Monday 1 December 2008

Siemens to unveil "fastest" and "lowest dose" CT at RSNA
Siemens Healthcare will introduce its new CT scanner, the Somatom Definition Flash, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting next week. The firm claims that the device combines "unprecedented speed…with the lowest dose you can see today in any CT scanner".
Wednesday 26 November 2008

Two PET/CT scans better than one for breast imaging, but MRI is best
A study has found that dual-time point fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT scanning is more accurate at detecting breast cancer than one PET/CT scan.
Monday 24 November 2008

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