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New postgraduate course in
medical image computing at UCL
University College London's newcourse provides a rigorous background in
medical image acquisition coupled with state-of-the-art medical image
analysis for diagnosis and therapy.
Sensor identifies trace samples of cells and
proteins in minutes
The sensor, which contains a millimeter-size cantilever, could have wide
applications in medical diagnostic testing, detecting contamination in food
products and monitoring for biothreat agents.
 Zinc
oxide nanowires make ultrasensitive photo-detectors
The high sensitivity and high gain of zinc oxide nanowire arrays
could lead to new photo-detector architectures for sensing, imaging,
memory storage and intrachip optical communications. 30 April 2007
Remote monitoring improves clinical outcomes for
heart patients
According to Australian and Canadian research, remote monitoring for
patients with chronic heart failure helped reduce heart failure admissions
to hospitals and lowered all cause mortality by nearly 20%. 30 April 2007
Dental X-rays of carotid artery not enough to
estimate stroke risk
A review of research on the detection of calcified tissue in the carotid
artery by dental x-rays has found that the technique does not give enough
evidence to estimate a patient’s stroke risk. 30 April 2007
Quest Diagnostics to Acquire AmeriPath for $2
Billion
The acquisition will boost Quest Diagnostics' position in cancer diagnostics
with a focus on dermatopathology, anatomic pathology and molecular
diagnostics. 27 April 2007
Abbott launches FreeStyle Lite blood glucose
monitoring system
Abbott Diabetes Care has launched its FreeStyle Lite blood glucose
monitoring system that allows people with diabetes to test quickly and more
easily. 27 April 2007
A vision of the future of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology can help to overcome some of the world's biggest challenges,
according to a new report, including the energy crisis, the need for better
medical treatments, and the demand for clean water. 27 April 2007
Medtronic launches continuous glucose monitoring
system for diabetics
The new system helps protect diabetes patients from high and low glucose
levels, and maintain tighter glucose control. Features include predictive
and rate-of-change alarms and expanded trend graphs. 24 April 2007
New molecular imaging agent identifies Alzheimer’s
disease
A clinical study of 18F-AV-1/ZK (AV-1), a radiopharmaceutical for (PET)
imaging of amyloid plaques in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), has
shown that it distinguishes AD sufferers from healthy elderly subjects. 24
April 2007
Siemens wins contract to build first molecular
imaging centre in the UAE
Siemens Medical Solutions has won a €16.7
million contract to build and operate a molecular imaging centre in Abu
Dhabi. The facility will be the first of its kind in the region, providing
diagnostic services for oncology, cardiology and neurology. 23 April 2007
Elekta acquires 3D Line Medical Systems
Swedish medical technology company Elekta has acquired Milan-based 3D Line
Medical Systems S.r.l. The acquisition gives Elekta technology regarding
stereotactic radiosurgery, dynamic IMRT treatments and radiation therapy. 23
April 2007
Smart phone for dyslexics reads aloud from text
files and images
CapturaTalk is a new device aimed at people with dyslexia and other forms of
reading and writing difficulties. It reads aloud any text from a file a user
has saved in memory or from an image the user has taken with the integrated
camera. 19 April 2007
Philips bedside patient monitors give
evidence-based care guidance
Royal Philips Electronics has introduced ProtocolWatch, an application for
its IntelliVue patient monitors that analyses patient monitoring data using
evidence-based care protocols and gives guidance on screen. 19 April 2007
Agfa and Free University of Brussels in agreement
to develop healthcare IT and imaging solutions. 19 April 2007
Door lock and bell with GSM phone aids emergency
response for elderly
The GSM Doorbell, developed by Dutch company Waleli, is a mobile phone
application that allows people to answer their doorbell, talk to visitors
and even open the door, whether they are at home or not. 17 April 2007
 Metal-free
motor makes robotic biopsies safe for use with MRI
Engineers at the Johns Hopkins Urology Robotics Lab have developed a motor
without metal or electricity that can safely power remote-controlled robotic
surgical tools used for cancer biopsies and therapies guided by magnetic
resonance imaging. 17 April 2007
Virtual home for Alzheimer's patients
A virtual home showing the best features suitable for Alzheimer's patients
will be developed by the Division of Geriatrics at Weill Cornell Medical
College, USA. 6 April 2007
Master patient index locates patient data from
100 million data sets in split second
Hewlett-Packard tests of the ICW Master Patient Index using 100 million
patient data sets in one database, combined with queries made by up to 1,000
concurrent users, resulted in response times of less than a second. 4 April
2007
Mobile phones safe in hospitals
A study by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, USA, of mobile phone use in
hospitals has found that they have no noticeable effect on medical devices
in normal use. This dispels the long-held notion that they are unsafe to use
in health care facilities, according to the researchers. 4 April 2007
Groundbreaking study shows hospital investment
in IT does reduce costs
A two-year long study by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Wharton School of
Business of the use of information technology in US hospitals provides the
strongest evidence that the investment does pay for itself, but it has to be
comprehensive and given enough time to work. 3 April 2007
Computer training course for UK healthcare
staff
The British Computer Society launched its new European Computer Driving
Licence (ECDL) Health Unit at Healthcare Computing 2007 in Harrogate in
March. It is the first computer skills syllabus in the world specifically
for users of healthcare systems. 3 April 2007
HIFU treatment for prostate cancer maintains
100% continence and potency
A study at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) using the Sonablate
500 high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) device to treat localised
prostate cancer has found it completely effective in maintaining continence
and potency. 3 April 2007
Microassembler for building micromachines
University of Illinois engineers have created a micro device that uses
agile, human-like fingers that can assemble micromachines made of
micron-sized parts. The device may be refined to manipulate parts and
components for even smaller machines, perhaps down to the nano scale. 3
April 2007
Project to develop virtual people
A new project aims to create computer-generated virtual persons that
interact with humans in a life-like manner. The methodology may prove
valuable for developing more user-friendly archiving and retrieval of
information, and for computer games, among other uses. 3 April 2007
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