January 12, 2012 – Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a new radiotherapy treatment planning tool designed to work with the company's Eclipse treatment planning software to reduce the amount of time needed for planning advanced treatments.
January 12, 2012 – Access to capital, a burdensome and uncertain regulatory environment, and lack of innovation and productivity in research and development are the biggest threats to the biomedical industry's growth over the next five years, according to biomedical company CEOs surveyed by CHI-California Healthcare Institute, BayBio and PwC US.
January 12, 2012 — UT-Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas, has acquired and installed a high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanner.
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January 12, 2012 – Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A., Inc. announced that the endoscopy equipment provider Fujinon will fully integrate as a division of the diagnostic imaging and medical informatics company. Fujinon had previously operated as a subsidiary of Fujifilm.
January 12, 2012 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently cleared a hyperthermia system designed to warm cervical cancer tumors so they respond better to radiation therapy treatments.
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January 12, 2012 — A project led by The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) will utilize the latest technological innovations in the field to bring cardiovascular ultrasound to rural India.
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January 12, 2011 – U.S. healthcare spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010 according to the annual report of national health expenditures (NHE) published in the January issue of the journal Health Affairs.
January 12, 2012 — An article in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology summarizes methods for radiation dose optimization in pediatric computed tomography (CT) scans.
January 11, 2012 – Siemens Healthcare has announced that the version 2.0 of the Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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January 9, 2012 – Novarad’s NovaPro picture archive and communications system (PACS) and radiology information system (RIS) built specifically for radiologist groups that read for multiple hospitals, clinics and imaging centers, has been selected by seven facilities
January 9, 2012 -- Accuray Incorporated today announced publication of a study describing the clinical outcomes of prostate cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) using Accuray's CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System in a manner that mimics high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy dosing within the prostate gland.
January 9, 2012 - Uninsured patients, and those with Medicaid, receive far less imaging services than those with private insurance during emergency department (ED) visits, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
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January 9, 2012 - Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) delivery techniques have dramatically reduced treatment times for thousands of patients.
January 9, 2012 - GE Healthcare announced the Brivo NM615 has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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January 6, 2012 - Bracco Imaging SpA has acquired Swiss Medical Care (SMC), a Swiss company headquartered in Lausanne and engaged in research, production and marketing of automated systems for the administration of contrast agents for diagnostic imaging.
January 6, 2012 – A firm developing a noninvasive test for the early detection of lung cancer and other applications today reported that it had achieved full automation of its Cell-CT system - a proprietary imaging platform that generates high-resolution 3-D biosignatures from intact cells.
January 6, 2012 – Bracco Diagnostics said it plans to close out the recall process for its CardioGen-82 cardiac perfusion radiotracer with a list of actions to bring the product back to market.
January 5, 2012 - A group of thought leaders in Alzheimer's disease (AD) says the science is solid and the time has come for more widespread use of biomarkers in AD clinical trials to speed the identification of effective disease-modifying treatments for the incurable disorder.
January 5, 2012 – During RSNA 2011, TeraRecon Inc. demonstrated a suite of innovative tools for its iNtuition solution to support new applications for volumetric acquisition modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET).
January 5, 2012 – Medical software company Novarad was named an approved supplier for Amerinet, the healthcare solutions organization whose members include integrated delivery networks (IDNs), hospitals, clinics, long-term care facilities, physicians, ambulatory surgery centers, emergency services and others.