Six years ago, the CEO of French manufacturer Poly Implant Prosthese, Jean-Claude Mas, was convicted and sent to jail for using non-medical […]
Posts Tagged ‘FDA’
X-ray Interferometry – An Emerging Technology
For the past decade, Marco Stampanoni and his TOMCAT team at the Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI) and the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) […]
The Science of Sure
According to the World Intellectual Property Organisation, “a patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product […]
POCUS Gathers Momentum
In the past week two companies – Hologic from the USA and Healcerion from South Korea – have announced FDA […]
Ultrasound on a Chip
The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) came to an end in Chicago today and yet […]
Breast Imaging in DIEurope
Diagnostic Imaging Europe is published in both online and hardcopy formats eight times a year and distributed to 25,000 radiologists […]
ACRIN is an Acronym to Remember
The American College of Radiology Imaging Network – or ACRIN – is a non-profit organisation that conducts research on adults […]
Approval of “Living Drug” to Treat Cancer
In 2012 six-year-old Emily Whitehead was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and, since she did not respond to standard treatment, was near […]
Africa Health Comes to Town
For the past three days, the Africa Health Exhibition and Congress took place at the Gallagher Convention Centre at Midrand, half way […]
RFIDs Guide the Surgeon
Radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags, which employ electromagnetic fields, have a history stretching back to World War II. Passive tags contain electronically stored […]