September 9, 2009 - Integrated backscatter (IBS) images were acquired with transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and 3-dimensional image reconstruction to identify an increase in atrial degeneration that might predict the occurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) before left atrium (LA) dilation.
September 14, 2009 - IT and medical-technology company Sectra's net sales for the first quarter increased 13.7 percent to SEK 197.8 million (174.0) compared with the year-earlier period.
September 14, 2009 - Coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) enables cardiac morphology with high and isotropic spatial resolution, according to a new study published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Volume 54, No. 13. September 22, 2009.
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September 14, 2009 – Adding a new ultrasound platform to its Women’s Imaging line of products, Siemens Healthcare introduces the ACUSON S2000 ultrasound system – Women’s Imaging at the 19th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) in Hamburg, Germany.
September 11, 2009 - The University of Virginia Health System plans to open a new MR Guided Focused Ultrasound (MRgFUS) Surgery Center, which will be the first facility in the world used exclusively for performing research and providing treatments with MRgFUS.
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September 11, 2009 - Building on a successful distribution agreement established over the past three years, Merge Healthcare and Rosslyn Medical, a medical imaging solution provider serving the Russian market, have extended their partnership to expand the portfolio of Merge OEM products available to Rosslyn.
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September 11, 2009 - Intelerad Medical Systems, a PACS solution vendor, is rolling out a new shared risk pricing model designed to reduce the upfront capital requirements involved in the purchase of a PACS solution and gives added flexibility in their IntelePACS contract.
September 10, 2009 - Novation LLC, a healthcare group purchasing organizations (GPO), awarded FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc. (Fujifilm), three separate contract extensions for the full line of cassette-based Fuji CR systems (FCR) including the Aspire ClearView for FFDM, the Fuji DR (FDR) systems, and film and imagers.
September 10, 2009 - SNM applauds the FDA's recent decision to approve the radioimmunotherapy (RIT) drug, Zevalin, as a front-line treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL).
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September 10, 2009 - Hitachi has selected Elekta to provide workflow enhancing software for its PROBEAT proton therapy facility at West Medical Center in Nagoya, Japan. Enabling the facility to manage patient data in a chartless, paperless environment, the facility is the second Hitachi-equipped center to implement MOSAIQ, Elekta's oncology information system (OIS) for cancer care.
September 10, 1009 - With the details over medical imaging equipment utilization rates and Medicare reimbursement cuts for diagnostic imaging still on the table, President Obama’s televised speech on healthcare reform last night drew reaction from advocate groups like the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA).
September 9, 2009 - Parascript will present at the 95th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill., Nov. 29 – Dec. 4, 2009, in booth 2215, AccuDetect, its next generation computer-aided detection algorithms designed for the early detection of breast lesions.
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September 9, 2009 - The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation, recognizing the organization’s commitment to taking concrete actions to reduce the cancer risk of its employees and their families through screenings, early detection, and healthy changes in lifestyle and in the workplace.
September 9, 2009 - Breast cancer surgeons and radiation oncologists at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange delivered intraoperative radiation therapy (IORT) using electron beam radiation.
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September 9, 2009 – As September is national peripheral arterial disease (or PAD) awareness month, the Society of Interventional Radiology is highlighting recent medical research addressing the seriousness of PAD available in the libraries for interventional radiologists and primary care physicians.
September 9, 2009 - Covidien, a global provider of healthcare products, announced that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Power Medical Interventions Inc. (PMI) for an aggregate consideration of approximately $65 million, including assumption of debt.
September 9, 2009 - The Edith Cavell Clinic in Brussels, Belgium, recently installed Siemens’ Artiste system to use with its Elekta MOSAIQ 2.0 and its next generation DICOM-enabled interface. This interface was developed through a collaboration between Elekta Impac Software and Siemens.
September 9, 2009 – MICCAI 2009, the 12th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, is set to take place in London from 20-24 September 2009.
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: