December 15, 2008 - Breast conserving surgery is not improved by the addition of MRI to other conventional staging assessments, according to a study presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

December 15, 2008 - Lantheus Medical Imaging reported that new data from a retrospective, multicenter, cohort study of over four million hospitalized patients showed similar unadjusted mortality rates for patients receiving DEFINITY Vial for (Perflutren Lipid Microsphere) Injectable Suspension enhanced resting echocardiography exams when compared with patients who did not receive DEFINITY.

December 15, 2008 - The board of directors of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) has selected Sal Martino, Ed.D., R.T.(R), FASRT, CAE, as the association’s new chief executive officer, who will take over the top post of the world’s largest radiologic science organization upon the retirement of current CEO Lynn May on Dec. 31, 2008.

December 12, 2008 - Currently, combinations of chemotherapy and radiotherapy are the standard treatment approach for locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, and concomitant chemo-radiotherapy, although associated with increased acute toxicity, has demonstrated to be the better strategy over sequential chemo-radiotherapy, and it is to be considered a standard approach in patie

December 12, 2008 - ICON said its medical imaging division launched a new cardiac echocardiography analysis software solution, MIRA-ECHO, which enables echo images to be viewed, measured and interpreted in clinical trials and is the latest addition to ICON Medical Imaging's proprietary MIRA (Medical Imaging Review and Analysis) platform.

December 11, 2008 - In an interview at a conference at Columbia University in New York last Friday, General Electric Co.’s CEO Jeff Immelt said the company is cutting costs and said costs will be lower in 2009 than in 2008.

December 11, 2008 – GE Healthcare has started a program that helps clinical sites, using any vendor’s ultrasound systems, address the part of accreditation filing that deals with equipment and image quality. These imaging and system checks are components of the overall accreditation requirements specified by the American College of Radiology (ACR) and other accrediting bodies.

December 11, 2008 – GE Healthcare IT has recognized Puget Sound Family Physicians for its reported exemplary use of GE Centricity Electronic Medical Record (EMR) to extend the benefits of “going digital” to practices and patients in the greater Seattle area.