May 12, 2009 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) released a statement today saying that "Congress should act to require coverage of virtual colonoscopies."
May 12, 2009 – Many U.S. hospital radiology administrators expect to see their capital equipment budgets freed up to allow the acquisitions of key diagnostic imaging equipment, including mammography, digital radiography, fluoroscopy and 64 plus slice CT scanners, according to a newly released study of 250 U.S. hospitals conducted by IMV Limited.
May 12, 2009 – Bionix Radiation Therapy now offers another option for the positioning of the head and shoulders with the new Head & Shoulder MoldCare (HSMC). The new Bionix HSMC provides facilities with a new complex positioning device for use during conformal irradiation as well as stereotactic and IMRT treatment sessions.
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May 12, 2009 - PETLinQ LLC, a radiology solutions provider, released its newest product innovation - SoftStationWeb - a thin client web-based application created for the viewing of full PET/CT data sets with fused images, requiring only a secure password and login; no downloading of any kind is needed.
May 11, 2009 - Lyncean Technologies Inc. has just received a Phase I SBIR grant of $1,296,403 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to develop differential phase contrast imaging (DPCI) using the X-ray beam produced by the Compact Light Source (CLS).
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May 11, 2009 - The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) is pleased to announce that its randomized, multicenter trial investigating the use of 18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT (18F-NaF) to detect bony metastases has enrolled its first 10 patients. This study compares conventional planar 99mTc-MDP bone imaging with 18F-NaF PET/CT in patients with breast, prostate and non-small cell lung cancers.
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May 11, 2009 – Vital Images Inc. will showcase Vitrea Web, a new solution exclusive to ViTAL Enterprise customers, that provides anywhere access to all of Vital Images’ powerful clinical applications at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting, June 4-7 in Charlotte, NC.
May 8, 2009 – Digisonics’ latest OB-Windows/OB-View software release, which includes over 20 new features, showcased at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) annual meeting in Chicago this week. The system is dedicated to providing an ever-growing customer base with requested enhancements to OB/GYN image management and clinical reporting systems.
Palpation, amongst the oldest of clinical skills, was used in ancient Egypt and is described in the Ebers’ papyrus (about 1552 BC) to feel for hard lumps in the breast as an indicator of malignancy (Sakorafas, G H. 2001).
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May 8, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare has filed an exploratory Investigational New Drug (eIND) application with the FDA for a new imaging agent [18F]-SMIBR-W372, to image amyloid plaque associated with Alzheimer's Disease.
May 8, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare announces FDA 510(k) clearance for the new Biograph TruePoint 16-slice PET/CT system, which is now commercially available.
May 8, 2009 - Positron Systems Inc. signed a Letter of Intent with Idaho State University (ISU) that will set the stage in a public/private partnership for the production and distribution of molybdenum-99 (99Mo), a widely used isotope in nuclear medicine.
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May 8, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare penned an agreement with ZNA (Ziekenhuis Netwerk Antwerpen - Hospital Network Antwerp) for the delivery of its IMPAX 6 image management solution to support and centralize the diagnostic and clinical imaging needs of its nine sites across the city.
May 9, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp. signed another Enterprise Wide B-CAD-FOR-LIFE managed service contract with Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group LLC (MDIG), a group that has 13 radiologists that operate out of seven sites pushing the total licenses worldwide to over 100.
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IMPAC SOFTWARE SELECTED TO PRESENT AT THE ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS LAB DURING 2009 ASCO ANNUAL MEETING May 8, 2009 – Impac Software, part of the Elekta Group, has been selected to present at the Electronic Health Records (EHR) Lab during the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology’s (ASCO) Annual Meeting, May 29 - June 2, at the Orange County Convention Center, in Orlando, Fla.
May 8, 2009 - The debate heats up amongst doctors in the advent of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) decision on reimbursement for virtual colonoscopy (also known as CT colonography or CTC).
May 8, 2009 - ProSolv CardioVascular said Allina Hospitals and Clinics in Minneapolis, Minn., recently selected the Synapse ProSolv cardiovascular solution to become its enterprise cardiovascular system.
May 7, 2009 - With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set to spur their development and implementation, electronic health records (EHRs) are getting a lot of attention while businesses like Google and Wal-Mart have begun to develop their own EHR tools.
May 7, 2009 - Glan Clywd Hospital will soon offer local cancer patients across North Wales advanced radiotherapy treatments using RapidArc radiotherapy technology on two new treatment machines from Varian Medical Systems.
May 7, 2009 – The Alliance for a Stronger FDA today praised the FDA's President’s Budget Request for devices and radiological health for fiscal year 2010 (FY 10) of $315 million, up from $280 million in FY 09, yet below the Alliance Preliminary Request for FY10 is $340 million.