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May 24, 2010 - The provision of 3-D/4-D imaging functionality as an integral component of a picture archive and communication systems (PACS) solution is a recent development in the market. As PACS vendors add advanced visualization to the package, attendees at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2010 Annual Meeting, June 3 to 5, in Minneapolis.

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May 24, 2010 - Utilizing the iso-osmolar agent Visipaque (iodixanol) could save hospitals $54,617 per 100 patients when compared to the low osmolar nonionic agent iopamidol. This was according to results from a study presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care and Outcomes Research in Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke Scientific Sessions in Washington, D.C., held May 19-21.

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May 24, 2010 - The legendary rock band DEVO will help celebrate the extension of a digital radiography (DR) product line. The band will return to their recording studios to sing specially-written lyrics to the tune of the band’s famous 1980 “Whip It” song.

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May 24, 2010 - To help patients work with their physicians to better understand medical imaging, a new educational resource Web site, myimagingexam.com, tracks the number, frequency and type of diagnostic imaging exams for patients and physicians.

Time May 24, 2010
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May 21, 2010 – A second company is hoping to gain U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging system. Volcano Corp. said its second generation OCT system is pending FDA investigational device exemption (IDE) approval so it can start its VOILA clinical trial in the United States and South America.

Time May 21, 2010
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May 20, 2010 - In the future, the majority of health portals, electronic patient health information archives and (ePHI) or electronic medical records (EMR) may support all formats of medical imaging. This will all take place in a vendor-neutral cloud repository.

Time May 20, 2010
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May 20, 2010 - The International Symposium on Multidetector-Row CT held May 19 in San Francisco, Calif., hosted the “Workstation Face-Off,” which challenged providers of advanced 3-D image processing technologies to process and interpret three complex computed tomography (CT) imaging studies.

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May 20, 2010 - Seven advanced visualization systems companies competed at the annual “Workstation Challenge” held at the 2010 International Symposium on Multidetector Row CT (ISCT) held in San Francisco, Calif.

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May 20, 2010 - With radiologists under continual reimbursement pressure, momentum is building in the radiology the radiology billing and practice management solution (RMS) market.

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May 20, 2010 - Virtual Radiologic Corp. (vRad) announced on May 17 the private equity firm, Providence Equity Partners, will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of vRad for $17.25 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $294 million.

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May 20, 2010 - A new radiology information management system (RIS) is designed to support radiation dose tracking and user alerts.

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May 20, 2010 - Radiation oncologists are increasingly younger practitioners, and there is a larger number of women entering the specialty, according to a report released by The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists (SGO).

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May 20, 2010 – St. Jude Medical Inc. announced yesterday it is purchasing LightLab Imaging Inc. for $90 million. Lightlab makes optical coherence tomography (OCT) intravascular imaging systems. Earlier this month its OCT system became the first cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Time May 19, 2010
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May 20, 2010 – A new partnership enables data communication between Medrad's Intego positron emission tomography (PET) infusion system and Pinestar Technology's Nuclear Medicine Information System (NMIS). The companies are closing the information gap between infusion systems and the information systems, adding to the workflow benefits of automated fludeoxyglucose (FDG) infusion.

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May 19, 2010 – Three distinct lumens in a new line of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) increase flexibility to administer medications simultaneously. It also allows contrast power injections for computed tomography (CT) imaging using a single PICC line.

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May 19, 2010 – A new study shows a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agent can identified symptomatic heart failure patients most likely to experience cardiac events.

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May 19, 2010 - The Imaging e-Ordering Coalition announced today it is seeking assistance from ordering and imaging providers who are willing to document their administrative expenses in ordering through a radiology benefits management (RBM) company, including the appeals process for those orders.

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May 18, 2010 - Proton beam therapy is becoming more accessible in the United States. While proton beam therapy has proved to be more precise in delivering dose to tumors compared to conventional external beam radiation, the larger proton beam accelerator is more expensive, and the process requires special training.

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May 18, 2010 - Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin cancer in America, affecting one in six men. It is estimated that there are more than 2 million American men currently living with prostate cancer.

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May 18, 2010 - New wireless digital radiography (DR) systems are in increasing demand as the untethered detectors are well suited for producing digital images in confined spaces, positioning around patients with limited mobility, remote imaging, emergency rooms, sterile environments, and the intensive care unit (ICU).

Time May 18, 2010
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