September 28, 2011 – Bionix Radiation Therapy announces the addition of Breath Hold, an interactive breath-hold control monitoring system from MedSpira, as an accessory to its Omni V Patient Positioning System. Developed by Mayo Clinic physicians, Breath Hold is a user-friendly system that enables patients to easily and consistently reproduce a breath-hold reference point consistent breathing pattern. This consistency is a significant benefit, ideal for stereotactic radiation therapy procedures involving the lungs and upper abdomen.

September 28, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared two Hologic Sentinelle magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) Solutions products: Sentinelle Endo Coil Array for pelvic imaging including the prostate, cervix, colon and the surrounding tissues in the pelvis, and Sentinelle’s 16 -channel Breast Coil Array for use with Siemens 1.5T and 3.0T MRI systems. Both coils will be featured at Radiology Society of North American (RSNA) 2011.

September 27, 2011 – Fovia Medical Inc., a provider of volume-rendering technology, and Merge Healthcare, a provider of enterprise imaging and interoperability solutions, announced that Merge will enhance and standardize its product offering by incorporating Fovia’s High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR) technology across its entire radiology picture archive and communications (PACS) platform.

September 27, 2011 – Continual visual verification that a tumor is being accurately targeted during a radiotherapy treatment is now possible with recent enhancements to the TrueBeam system. This capability, called intrafraction motion review (IMR), is among the innovations that Varian Medical will showcase at this year's annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) in Miami Beach next week.

Toshiba will showcase the Vantage Titan 3.0T MR system at the 2011 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) trade show. The machine is equipped with multi-phase transmission technology, creating the most homogeneous abdominal and pelvic images on 3.0T systems.

Eizo Nanao Technologies Inc. announced it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its RadiForce LS560W monitor with LMM 56800 medical display system.

September 23, 2011 – Increasing magnetic resonance (MR) exam efficiency, Toshiba America Medical Systems’ advanced M-Power interface has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance. M-Power is a customizable MR system user interface that enables technologists to streamline and accelerate scanning processes and enhance diagnoses. M-Power will be available for use on Toshiba’s Vantage Atlas, Vantage Titan 1.5 and Titan 3.0T MR systems with an upgrade path for those systems already installed.