MISSISSAUGA Ont. – Amgen Canada, together with Amgen affiliates in nine other countries around the world, achieved a Guinness World Records title for the most osteoporosis screenings in 24 hours. More than 7,000 participants around the world were screened as part of the company’s osteoporosis awareness campaign, a disease that weakens bones and makes them more likely to fracture.
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TORONTO – The Gale and Graham Wright Prostate Centre at North York General Hospital (NYGH) is advancing prostate cancer care with a new study that shows the benefits of transperineal prostate biopsies (TPBx) under local anesthetic.
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CRANFIELD, UK – This year marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the first handheld ultrasound scanner, GE Healthcare’s Vscan, yet the market has largely failed to live up to expectations. In 2018, sales of handheld ultrasound accounted for less than 2% of the US$6.9 billion global market for ultrasound equipment.
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SHERBROOKE, QC – Waters Corporation has inaugurated the first ever Canadian Centre of Innovation for Mass Spectrometry in Sherbrooke. “It is absolutely fantastic to become a Waters Centre of Innovation and to be able to work with these partners. Our work is aimed at early detection of a severe illness in children, the confirmation of a diagnosis or the assurance of a better follow-up for treated patients, from early childhood to the elderly,” said Christiane Auray-Blais (pictured), professor-researcher, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universite de Sherbrooke and Research Centre CHUS.
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VICTORIA – Wait times for MRIs across British Columbia have fallen sharply during the past year after the government boosted the number of scans, according to provincial data.
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CALGARY – Mayfair Diagnostics has purchased 10 Carestream imaging systems, including three CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution/DRX-Evolution Plus digital radiography systems (see video link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJRKLO9I13Q), two CARESTREAM DRX-Ascend Systems and five CARESTREAM DRX-1 Systems to upgrade their existing medical imaging systems. These imaging systems are located throughout Mayfair’s network of 14 clinics.
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TORONTO – International medical imaging IT and cybersecurity company Sectra will install its enterprise PACS solution at Trillium Health Partners. The system will provide radiologists across three hospital sites with unified access to medical images and a complete patient overview.
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OTTAWA – The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) has announced Dr. Michael Barry (pictured) as its new President. After serving on the CAR Board as Secretary Treasurer for four years, he is well positioned to take on the leadership as President of the 82-year old association.
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PETERBOROUGH, Ont. – Peterborough Regional Health Centre announced that its patients can now access their diagnostic imaging records using the PocketHealth solution.
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TORONTO – The President of Israel, Reuven Rivlin, travelled to Toronto’s University Health Network to unveil true holographic imaging technology with cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and staff at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC).
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