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January 20, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical released its second instructional product video demonstrating the reportedly innovative and easy-to-use TNT 12000 X-ray Test Device, a maintenance, calibration and quality-assurance tool for service and radiation management professionals reportedly suited for the most complex analysis that might be required by a physicist, the quality analysis of the biomedica

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January 20, 2009 - Aribex, Inc. said it has been granted a second U.S. patent for its NOMAD Handheld X-ray System.

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January 19, 2009 - The American Society of Breast Disease Pathfinder Lectures will honor Marie Overgaard, M.D., and Steve H. Parker, M.D. as part of the Society’s Annual Symposium, April 2-4, 2009, in Chicago, IL.

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January 19, 2009- FONAR Corp. said today that it has sold two UPRIGHT Multi-Position MRI scanners to Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services, P.C., which is among the country's largest privately held multi-modality imaging companies as well as the largest radiology group in New York.

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January 19, 2009 – Researchers use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show for the first time bleeding inside the heart after people have suffered a heart attack, in a study published in the journal Radiology.

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January 19, 2009 - Warburg will purchase more than 17 million shares of Nuance common stock at a price of $10.06 per share and will also acquire a warrant to purchase more than 3.8 million shares of Nuance common stock upon the closing of the investment at $11.57 per share. The warrant has a four-year term.

Time January 18, 2009
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January 19, 2009 – Digisonics has recently installed new cardiovascular imaging and management software. Goshen General Hospital (Goshen, IN) has recently selected the No. 1 KLAS ranked DigiView Image Management and Reporting System to satisfy their clinical reporting needs. An added HL7 interface will reportedly provide seamless integration between the Digisonics system and Meditech.

Time January 18, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - GE Healthcare Ltd. is merging its two major divisions in metro Milwaukee - the diagnostic-imaging business and the clinical systems unit - under a broad reorganization of the $17 billion-a-year medical systems and biosciences company.

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January 16, 2009 - Mindray Medical International Limited today released information on new product launches for 2009. In 2008, Mindray released a total of ten products, including new products in the medical imaging segment such as the DC-3 color ultrasound system, the DigiEye 560T and the DigiEye 561T digital radiography machines.

Time January 16, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said its ViewMate II Ultrasound System with the ViewFlex PLUS Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) Catheter was used for the first use outside the U.S., enabling physicians to view real-time images from inside the heart as they diagnose and treat conditions resulting from abnormal rhythms or structural problems.

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January 16, 2009 - According to a report released Jan. 14, 2009, by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), eliminating the highly enriched uranium process (HEU) — the primary source of medical isotopes in the U.S.

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January 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and U-Systems signed a technology licensing agreement for U-Systems’ somo-VIEWer* advanced workstation for Automated Breast Ultrasound for use with Siemens’ ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), in a deal that aims to facilitate the adoption of automated breast volume ultrasound.

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January 15, 2009 - Carestream Health installed its two thousandth high-resolution CR system for mammography at the Rechts der Isar Clinic in Munich, Germany, for breast cancer diagnosis.

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January 15, 2009 – MedCurrent Corp. said that Pueblo Radiology Medical Group is among the first imaging centers to use its Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool, MedCurrent Verify.

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Jan 15, 2009 - The Burzynski Research Institute, Inc.

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January 15, 2009 - Isodose Control released the Flexiplan 2.5 brachytherapy planning system designed to assist planning in three areas: intelligent image manipulation, contouring and dose optimization.

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January 15, 2009 - There is no survival disadvantage to waiting up to 20 weeks to start radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but delaying more than that does adversely affect outcomes, according to results from a large study published in the January 2009 issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology (J Clin Oncol, 2009 Jan 1, IA Olivotto, et al).

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January 15, 2009 - Society of Nuclear (SNM) will devote its annual Molecular Imaging Summit to introducing the new SNM Clinical Trials Network, Feb. 8–9, at the Hilton Clearwater Hotel, Clearwater, FL.

Time January 14, 2009
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By Cristen C. Bolan In these difficult financial times, healthcare facilities are looking for ways to cut costs without having to cut corners on patient care. As a result, access to the most up-to-date medical imaging technology and quality patient care has been especially challenging for the under-served pediatric population and their families in both rural and urban settings.

Time January 14, 2009
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January 15, 2008 - Cancer patients in Estonia now have access to advanced radiotherapy techniques— including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)— with the official unveiling shortly before Christmas of an advanced Varian Medical Systems treatment machine at the North Estonia Regional Hospital in the country's capital, Tallinn.

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