December 10, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recently formed a new partnership for radiation oncology practice accreditation that builds on the ACR’s current program that has served as the industry standard for more than 20 years.

December 10, 2008 – The Medipattern Corp. said the China Primary Health Care Foundation (CPHCF) has purchased 200 B-CAD systems as part of a pilot breast-screening program for rural China.

December 10, 2008 - New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment, according to results of a study conducted at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)-Salem Hospital in Salem, MA, and presented at the annual meeting of the

December 10, 2008 - Zecotek Photonics Inc. said today that it has received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Enabling Technology Award in the PET and PET/CT medical imaging markets. Zecotek received this award in recognition of the its research and development and clinical validation achievements for its next-generation scintillation crystals and solid-state photo detector technology.

December 12, 2008 - Dexas Laboratory Sciences has established a strategic alliance with V.A.M.P. (Erlangen, Germany), a pioneer of micro computed tomography (CT) development, in which Dexas will distribute V.A.M.P.’s TomoScope, a micro-CT, in the North American market.

December 10, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare has signed a contract for the delivery and installation of its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution at the Antwerp University Hospital to provide enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records designed to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department.

December 10, 2008 - ICON today said its medical imaging division launched a new cardiac echocardiography analysis ...

December 9, 2008 - GE Healthcare’s low-dose Discovery CT750 HD, the Discovery MR750 and the LOGIQ E9 became commercially available today.

December 8, 2008 – Investigators say CORE 64 shows that CT angiography can accurately identify the presence and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients, but that it is not yet ready to replace invasive coronary angiography.