January 26, 2012 — Mevion Medical Systems announced that it has closed a $45 million investment from ProQuest Investments and its existing investors, including Caxton Heath Life Sciences, Venrock and CHL Medical Partners. Mevion is the manufacturer of the Mevion S250 proton therapy system. The capital will be used to accelerate the manufacturing and worldwide deployment of the Mevion S250.
January 26, 2012 — Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation announced the acquisition of K&S Röntgenwerk Bochum, a provider of X-ray generators for medical diagnostic applications, based in Bochum, Germany.
January 26, 2012 — High-quality, affordable digital X-ray images in about four seconds— with wireless communication that allows clinicians to immediately view images from any location. This is the driving force behind the rapid adoption of Carestream Health’s flexible, wireless digital radiography X-ray (DRX) detectors.
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January 25, 2012 — Avreo announced that KLAS, an independently owned and operated healthcare research organization, has ranked Avreo interWORKS first in community radiology information systems (RIS) in its 2011 Best in KLAS Awards: Software & Services report.
January 25, 2012 — InSightec Ltd. announced that it has submitted a premarket approval application (PMA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its ExAblate treatment of pain palliation of bone metastases.
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January 25, 2012 — To provide patient-friendly magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., has installed a Vantage Titan 1.5T MR system from Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. the 1,200th Vantage MR installed worldwide.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
January 25, 2012 — A 65-year-old breast cancer patient has become the first person in India to be treated using the fast and precise TrueBeam radiotherapy treatment system from Varian Medical Systems.
January 25, 2012 — Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology.
January 25, 2012 — International medical technology company, Sectra announces its multi-year agreement with Nashville General Hospital at Meharry.
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Study findings presented during the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) in December, stating that brachytherapy was associated with a twofold increased risk for mastectomy and complications, garnered almost immediate reaction from several industry groups, questioning that claim.
The next big advancement in cardiac imaging is likely to be computed tomography (CT) perfusion imaging. This enables one commonly available modality to image both the detailed anatomy and function of the heart at the same time. The impact on medicine could reduce healthcare costs by eliminating some hospital stays, cutting the number of tests and speeding patient diagnosis.
On five Saturdays each year, 100 women make their way to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Tissue Bank at the Indiana University Simon Cancer Center to take part in the battle against breast cancer.
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January 23, 2012 — In treatments of only the first handful of patients with lung or liver tumors, Riverside and University of Virginia Radiosurgery Center in Newport News, Va., clinicians have demonstrated the benefit that Elekta's Symmetry 4-D image guidance technology provides for patients whose tumors move with their breathing.
January 23, 2012 — Radcal Corporation announced that the Leeds Test Objects cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) SedentexCT Mini phantom was available for sales within the United States.
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January 20, 2012 – Nuclear cardiology imaging company Positron Corp. this week acquired Manhattan Isotope Technology LLC (MIT). Positron has acquired all of the assets, business operations and retained all employees of MIT. In exchange, MIT shall receive cash advances, assumption of certain indebtedness and earn-out consideration of $3.5 million based on 20 percent of the net income from sales relating to radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical operations of MIT.
January 20, 2012 – Siemens Healthcare has joined with LMT Lammers Medical Technology GmbH to exclusively offer the nomag IC – LMT’s MR Diagnostics Incubator System for the transport of newborns and premature babies – as an add-on to Siemens’ 1.5T and 3.0T magnetic resonance (MR) systems, including the Magnetom Aera and Skyra systems.
Fifteen years ago, I was ready to bet the farm that X-ray, with its hundreds of thousands of systems installed worldwide, was ready to embrace the digital revolution. Every other modality had done so. PACS gurus lamented that X-ray’s intransigence was the main – if not the only – reason that PACS was not catching on. And their argument made sense. Radiographs alone accounted for about 70% of all radiologic images. Major suppliers, including Thales in Europe and Varian on this side of the Atlantic, had announced fabrication facilities capable of stoking the digital fire.
January 19, 2012 – With the need to reduce radiation exposure and healthcare costs, it is imperative to order the most appropriate test the first time. By ordering the correct exam, providers will ensure the quickest, most accurate diagnosis for patients, faster healing times and fewer repeated exams.
January 19, 2011 — Clalit Health Services’ implementation of a Carestream Vue picture archive and communications system (PACS) was rated as one of the best IT projects by People and Computers Group, Israel's largest print and online magazine dedicated to IT.
January 17, 2012 – Accuray announced today that CHRISTUS MUGUERZA Hospital Alta Especialidad in Monterrey, Mexico, has starting treating patients with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System. CHRISTUS MUGUERZA is the first center in Mexico now offering patients the benefits of the CyberKnife System to treat tumors anywhere in the body.