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May 7, 2009 - GE announced today that it will spend $3 billion over the next six years on healthcare innovation that will help deliver better care to more people at lower cost. In addition, the company will commit $2 billion of financing and $1 billion in related GE technology and content to drive healthcare information technology and health in rural and underserved areas.

Time May 07, 2009
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May 7, 2009 – Researchers concluded that laparoscopy should be offered to all patients who lack an absolute contraindication for laparoscopic surgery, concluded doctors in a study comparing outcomes of non-emergent laparoscopic to open colon surgery.

Time May 06, 2009
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May 7, 2009 - Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston have developed an imaging device utilizing magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology that provides extremely detailed, high-resolution images of the brain. These images, depicting brain tissue down to the blood vessel level, will be useful for detecting brain disorders, including tumors.

Time May 06, 2009
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GE Healthcare's CardioICE (intra-cardiac echo) is offered as a feature on the new CardioLab XTi EP recording system, released in May 2009. CardioICE synchronizes EP signal data and procedure information with real-time ultrasound images.

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May 6, 2009 - Eric Nussbaum, M.D., chair of the National Brain Aneurysm Center based at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., will be presented with the 2009 BrainLAB Community Neurosurgeon Award at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) annual conference in San Diego on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.

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May 6, 2009 - A dedicated breast cool-tip RF ablation system can induce complete tumor necrosis and reproducible ablation volumes independently of breast glandular pattern, providing excellent cosmesis, according to a study by From the Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Radiation Therapy and Interventional Radiology, General Surgery Division, and University Hospital Policlinico Tor Ve

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May 6, 2009 - GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 7, in Washington, D.C., at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. , to unveil GE’s new global business strategy for delivering better health care to more people at a lower cost.

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May 6, 2009 - Aspyra Inc. has entered into an agreement with Springfield Clinic LLP, a multispecialty physicians groups in Illinois, to upgrade the laboratory’s existing LIS to the most current release of Aspyra’s CyberLAB Laboratory Information System (LIS) solution, version 7.2.

Time May 06, 2009
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May 6, 2009 - University of Utah Health Care this week celebrated the opening of the first integrated electrophysiology (EP) MRI laboratory in North America.

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May 6, 2009 - A newly discovered gene known as DEAR1 is mutated in breast cancer and is an independent predictor of local recurrence-free survival in early-onset breast cancer, a research team headed by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the journal PLoS Medicine.

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May 6, 2009 - Physicians should review a patient's CT imaging history and cumulative radiation dose when considering whether to perform another CT exam, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

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May 6, 2009 - PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA) will hold its annual meeting on June 4, 2009 in Charlotte, NC during the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Conference and will include continuing education (CME) credits from multinational accreditation organizations.

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May 6, 2009 - Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center found a correlation among tumor aggressiveness, MRI-enhancement and intraoperative fluorescence in a study in which they investigated the use of a new florescence-guided technique during glioma resection surgery.

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May 5, 2009 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reported that the final registration figures for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition tallied 27,429 total registrants. The breakdown of the registrants was as follows: - 6 percent decrease from the 29,177 at HIMSS08

Time May 05, 2009
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May 5, 2009 - A panel at the recent meeting of the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held April 22-26 in San Diego, included discussion of the advantages of a new laser treatment for fibroadenomas, using the Novilase Breast Therapy to offer a minimally invasive alternative to lumpectomy.

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May 5, 2009 - Hologic Inc., manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, reported revenues of $402.0 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009. The highlights of the quarter included:

Time May 05, 2009
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DeJarnette's Intelligent Router solution, which provides DICOM study distribution capability, provides manual routing and three automated routing technologies: - Source Metadata Routing (SMR) - Modality Worklist Routing (MWR) - Query/Move Routing (QMR)

Time May 05, 2009
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MEDIAN LMS' Lesion Management Solutions comprises a portfolio of clinical applications for the management of cancerous or other suspicious lesions diagnosed in chest and abdominal CT scans, available on various enterprisewide environments, including PACS or RIS workstations.

Time May 05, 2009
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May 4, 2009 - VIDAR Systems Corp. will showcase its newest addition to the Advantage film digitizer product line – the SIERRA Advantage – at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2009, in Charlotte, NC.

Time May 05, 2009
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Contour Design, maker of computer input devices, aims to improve imaging informatics in medicine with it's RxShuttlePROs, PACS systems and augmented with RollerMouse unit, which reduces RSI-causing repetitive mousing actions.

Time May 04, 2009
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