July 8, 2009 - High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), which uses high-frequency sound waves to heat up tissue, is an experimental cancer therapy for prostate cancer that may be able to treat men without surgery and offer fewer side effects, according to the results of a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

July 8, 2009 - Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced that it has developed a guidelines collection to improve the quality of clinical care and published research relevant to the practice of interventional radiology.

July 8, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems and RaySearch Laboratories AB have co-developed three new software solutions that are integrated as modules in the latest release of Varian’s Eclipse treatment planning system, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

Carl Zeiss MicroImaging Inc., a leading provider of microscopy solutions for a variety of research, clinical and industrial applications, introduces its Laser TIRF 3 microscope system, designed to enable visualization of near-cell membrane dynamic processes while maintaining optimum specimen incubation conditions.

July 6, 2009 - The new StarBurst XLi-Enhanced Semi-Flex probe from AngioDynamics is a radiofrequency ablation (RFA) device specifically designed to deliver a 7-cm ablation of a tumor in a single placement during computed tomography-aided procedures.

July 6, 2009 – Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine used dye-containing nanoparticles to simultaneously image two features within single cells, surpassing current single-cell flow cytometry technologies that provide up to 17 simultaneous visualizations.

July 2, 2009 - In the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) review copy of the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MFS) proposed rule on July 1, 2009, it would change equipment utilization rate from current 50 percent to 90 percent for equipment priced over $1 million. This would cut the technical component of CT, MR and IMRT by as much as 40 percent for 2010. released the

July 2, 2009 - Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) recently introduced HR 2962, the Integrity in Medicare Advanced Diagnostic Imaging Act of 2009, a bill designed to amend Title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exclude certain advanced diagnostic imaging services from the in-office ancillary services exception to the “Stark laws” prohibition on physician self-referral.

July 1, 2009 - Radiologists can effectively lower the patient radiation dose by approximately 44 percent and improve vascular enhancement without deterioration of image quality, while screening for possible pulmonary emboli using pulmonary CT angiography, according to a study Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass., published in the June issue of the American Journal