October 21, 2010 – For the first time, a hospital in the United Kingdom will offer women osteoporosis detection and mammography in a single exam. Sectra reached an agreement with Aspen Healthcare to use Sectra’s screening tools at the Holly House Hospital. The initiative could also drastically reduce care costs, since fractures caused by osteoporosis will decline.

October 21, 2010 – Daniel S. Berman, M.D., an innovator of cardiac imaging technology for 30 years, has received the Pioneer in Medicine Award from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, its highest honor.

October 20, 2010 – A new type of sterile marker for image-guided surgery has been launchd. The Threaded Spherz, by IZI Medical Products, are compatible with BrainLab systems and help surgeons optimize minimally invasive techniques.

October 19, 2010 — Three Palm Software has developed support for Matrox Xenia Pro display controller boards for its WorkstationOne breast imaging workstation solution. This cooperation provides radiologists with an advanced triple-monitor platform to efficiently manage their digital mammography workflow, while simplifying installation and configuration.

October 19, 2010 — CardioGen-82 (Rubidium Rb 82 Generator) when used with positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) has been shown to produce “reasonably low radiation exposure” of 3.7mSv for a complete rest/stress study. 1

October 19, 2010 – A new high-definition (HD) technology reduces blur created by respiration during positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) studies. The Siemens HD Chest provides full HD lesion detection and improved standardized uptake value (SUV) quantification.

October 19, 2010 — Aero DR is a new wireless digital radiography (DR) system offering workflow improvements with a simple, easy-to-use console. It will be featured at Konica Minolta's booth at RSNA 2010.