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March 6, 2012 — Imaging amino acid transporters with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to significantly alter intended management plans for patients with brain tumors, according to research in the March issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

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March 6, 2012 — U-Systems announced the showcase of somo•v Platinum, an update to the somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system, at the 2012 National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference of the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC).

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March 6, 2012 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) has amassed 202 bipartisan co-sponsors for H.R. 3269. The Diagnostic Imaging Services Access Protection Act H.R. 3269 would repeal the CMS mandated payment reduction to the professional component of Medicare reimbursement for multiple diagnostic imaging services administered by the same physician, to the same patient, at the same session.

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March 6, 2012 — Wisconsin’s radiography licensure law went into effect March 1, 2012, regulating personnel who perform radiography procedures.

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March 5, 2012 — PatientKeeper Inc. announced a partnership with ScImage under which PatientKeeper will use ScImage's PICOM web platform to make medical images available to physicians within the PatientKeeper physician workflow environment running on Apple iPads.

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March 5, 2012 — SciFluor Life Sciences announced an agreement with Harvard University that extends its license of proprietary fluorine technology to the rapidly growing field of positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.

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March 5, 2012 — Results of the largest clinical breast study sponsored by an ultrasound manufacturer have recently been published in the peer-reviewed Radiology and European Radiology medical journals. The multinational, multicenter “Breast Elastography 1 (BE1)” study assessed the clinical benefits of ShearWave Elastography (SWE) in the ultrasonic diagnosis of breast lesions.

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March 5, 2012 —Parascript LLC announced the latest version of its computer-aided detection (CAD) technology for mammography. AccuDetect 6.1 offers radiologists continued improvements in sensitivity and specificity in detecting suspicious lesions on mammograms.

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March 5, 2012 — The first GE Healthcare Discovery MR750w 3.0T scanner to be installed in the United States has arrived at Bay Ridge Medical Imaging (BRMI) in Brooklyn, N.Y.

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Medical Imaging Australia in Victoria (MIA Victoria) is one of the largest and most comprehensive private radiology practice in Australia’s most densely populated state. MIA Victoria radiologists perform more than one million studies annually for more than 40 practices located throughout the Melbourne metropolitan region and surrounding rural areas. More than 120 radiologists at MIA Victoria use Intelerad’s IntelePACS to interpret images and report studies from any location. MIA Victoria offers referring doctors online access to studies via IntelePACS’ integrated viewer, InteleViewer.

Time March 05, 2012
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March 2, 2012 — Brainlab and Radion announced their collaboration to provide an integrated radiation therapy patient management solution including advanced image sharing and enrichment tools.

Time March 02, 2012
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March 2, 2012 — U-Systems announced the somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system is scheduled for review by the Radiological Devices Panel of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on April 11, 2012.

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March 2, 2012 — Olympus presented its Professional Audio line of digital dictation technology at the HIMSS12 Annual Conference and Exposition in Las Vegas, Feb. 20-24.

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March 2, 2012 — Koning Corp. a developer of cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) announced that they obtained CE mark approval for their Koning Breast CT (KBCT) system.

Time March 02, 2012
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March 2, 2012 — Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool to better identify tumors in women with dense breast tissue. The technology, called molecular breast imaging (MBI) is covered in the February issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter.

Time March 02, 2012
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March 1, 2012 — Health Canada has issued a medical device license for the Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray System, which approves its use by healthcare facilities in Canada. This mobile digital radiography (DR) imaging system delivers high image quality, easy maneuverability and numerous productivity-enhancing features. The system is expected to begin shipping by June 2012.

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March 1, 2012 — Cell>Point announced it entered into a licensing agreement for South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Vietnam and the Philippines with Hyun Imc Co. Ltd., headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, for the kit manufacture, marketing and distribution of Cell>Point’s cancer and cardiology nuclear imaging product.

Time March 01, 2012
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February 29, 2012 — Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced a strategic distribution arrangement for its Definity cardiac ultrasound contrast agent in the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong S.A.R. and Macau S.A.R.

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February 28, 2012 — A new study from the Infant Brain Imaging Network, which includes researchers at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), found significant differences in brain development starting at age six months in high-risk infants who later develop autism, compared to high-risk infants who did not develop autism.

Time February 28, 2012
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February 28, 2012 — According to a new study published in the American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) in January 2012, molecular breast imaging (MBI), also known as breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), can detect cancers missed by the two most common breast imaging studies, mammography and ultrasound. BSGI had the highest overall sensitivity (91 percent) for breast cancer detection, significantly higher than that of mammography and ultrasound, 74 and 84 percent respectively.

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