September 9, 2009 - TeraMedica Healthcare Technology, a Milwaukee-based medical informatics company, announced the USPTO granted it the U.S. patent number 7,583,861 for its Evercore Smartstore solution, a clinical data management technology.
September 9, 2009 - The ACR has convened a LI-RADS (Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System) Committee to develop a system for standardized reporting and data collection for CT and MR imaging surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). The production of CT-MR LI-RADS aims to do the following:
September 8, 2009 - Americans recognize the value of medical imaging as a critical component of high-quality healthcare, according to an online survey of 4,426 voters conducted September 4 - 8, 2009, by Zogby International and commissioned by Powell Tate.
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September 8, 2009 - Positron emission tomography (PET)/computer tomography (CT) scans with the imaging agent choline could detect recurring prostate cancer sooner than conventional imaging technologies in some patients who have had their prostates surgically removed, according to a study published in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
September 8, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and SurgiVision Inc. today announced an agreement for the codevelopment and commercialization of a real-time magnetic resonance image (MRI)-guided cardiac electrophysiology (EP) system.
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September 8, 2009 - Narrow-band imaging bronchoscopy increases the specificity of bronchoscopic early lung cancer detection and can serve as an alternative detection device, according to research published in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology.
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September 8, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp., an imaging workflow software developer, announced last week it closed a non-brokered private placement (the "Offering") of 2,500,000 common shares in the capital stock of the company at $0.20 per common share, for gross proceeds of $500,000.00 to the company.
September 3, 2009 - Sixty-four-detector CT angiography is an accurate imaging method for the detection of aneurysms, and may be used as the initial imaging technique in the diagnostic work-up of patients suspected of having intracranial aneurysms, reported a study published in the September 2009 issue of Radiology.
September 3, 2009 - Hologic Inc. today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) for the MammoSite ML radiation therapy system. With its multi-lumen design, this new device gives radiation oncologists the ability to shape the radiation dose for typical cases and treat patients who are otherwise not appropriate candidates for traditional brachytherapy.
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September 2, 2009 - ASTRO, the American Society for Radiation Oncology, submitted official comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) asking it to stop its proposed changes to the Medicare policies and payment rates for physician services, including radiation oncology, that would cut radiation therapy services by nearly 20 percent.
September 1, 2009 - Evaluation of results of a multicenter study indicates that quantitative evaluation of the progression of volume of extracranial carotid vessel walls is feasible with 1.5T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, despite limitations due to patient motion or habitus.
September 1, 2009 - After the DRA took effect, office MRI volume dropped among radiologists but increased among nonradiologist physicians (NRPs), and payments for MRI to both dropped, but the percentage decrease to radiologists was greater, according to a study published in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).
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September 1, 20009 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted 510(k) clearance for a new portable high-resolution single photo emission computed tomography (SPECT) system, inSPira HD, NeuroLogica Corp. announced today at the XIV World Congress of Neurological Surgery in Boston, Mass.
September 1, 2009 - BioClinica Inc., a clinical trial services provider, today announced that it has acquired the CardioNow unit of Agfa HealthCare to offer streamlined electronic transport solutions to facilitate the blinding, sharing, tracking and archiving of medical images for multi-center clinical trials as part of its suite of imaging services.
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September 1, 2009 – A study used structural and functional MRI scans to identify increased gray matter in the brain developed after three-months of practicing the video game Tetris.
September 1, 2009 - The Mammography Department at NHS Fife’s Queen Margaret Hospital has installed MAMMOMAT Inspiration, a full-field direct digital mammography system from Siemens Healthcare, which includes a stereotactic biopsy attachment and syngo MammoReport workstation.
September 1, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will demonstrate its Next Generation Advanced Image Processing (AIP) feature, available on the Infinix-i product line at this year’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Annual Scientific Symposium.
September 1, 2009 – Echocardiography with Doppler is the method of choice for the noninvasive evaluation of prosthetic valves, according to a new guideline document in the September issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE).
September 1, 2009 – GE Healthcare and 2D/3D/4D imaging company TomTec Imaging Systems GmbH entered into a formal strategic cooperation contract to boost their excellence in echocardiography.
August 31, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems is introducing a low-energy radiotherapy system with image-guidance and RapidArc treatment capabilities for international cancer clinics. Varian's UNIQUE radiotherapy system is expected to make advanced care more affordable and more widely available to cancer patients around the world.