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March 16, 2009 – Mammography procedures dropped by 16 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to a report just released by IMV Medical Information Division in a survey of 8,670 hospital and non-hospital sites. In 2008, doctors in the U.S. performed an estimated 36.7 million x-ray mammography procedures, representing a 2 percent decline from 37.3 million procedures in 2007.

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March 17, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) released results of its 2008/2009 membership survey, which revealed that SIIM members place high value on the education program and exhibits at the SIIM Annual Meeting.

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March 17, 2009 – Digisonics said that Bedford Commons OB/GYN in Bedford, NH, has selected the Digisonics OB-View Net System for full remote interpretation, viewing and reporting of their OB ultrasound studies via the Web.

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March 17, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) said that Calypso Medical, Standard Imaging and Varian Medical Systems have been elected to serve three-year terms on ASTRO's Corporate Advisory Council.

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The Sectra multimodality mammography workstation is equipped with dedicated software tools to meet the special workflow and throughput requirements of mammography. The system features fast image display, scalable storage capacity, and a dedicated keypad with programmed shortcut keys.

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March 16, 2009 - According to a March 15 study in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics (the official journal of ASTRO), preliminary results show that a shortened course of radiation therapy for prostate cancer called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) provides good PSA response for early-stage prostate cancer and has the same side effects as other treatments.

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March 16, 2009 - TeraRecon reported that it has achieved greater than 10,000 licensed concurrent users globally for its Aquarius advanced visualization solution, and claims that the figure gives the company the largest market share in the direct-to-end-user market for advanced visualization.

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March 16, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems Inc. will showcase products ranging from treatment planning software for radiation therapy to flat panel detectors for filmless X-ray imaging, plus technology made available for the first time in China, at the upcoming China Med 21st International Medical Instruments and Equipment Exhibition in Beijing from March 19-21, 2009.

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March 16, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan said it will be naming the recipients of its 2009 Excellence in Medical Technologies & Life Sciences Awards at a banquet that will take place on Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in San Francisco, CA.

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March 16, 2009 - The University of Notre Dame is using the KODAK In-Vivo Multispectral Imaging System FX from Carestream Molecular Imaging for in vivo and in vitro optical molecular imaging research of infectious disease, bone disease, cancer and other medical applications.

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March 16, 2009 – Today the Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC), a coalition of physician, patient and imaging manufacturer groups, will hold a media conference to unveil a new analysis on Medicare claims data from 1998 – 2007 for advanced imaging services (CT, MR and Nuclear Medicine (including PET).

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March 10, 2009 – RamSoft will demo at the 19th Annual National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference (NCBC), March 14 -18, its PACS plus digital mammography solution that offers imaging facilities extended reading capabilities and organizational benefits.

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March 13, 2009 – The FDA has approved Hologic's premarket approval (PMA) applications for both the Cervista HPV HR (high risk) and the Cervista HPV 16/18 tests.

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March 13, 2009 – HIMSS said today that with less than a month before HIMSS 2009, total conference registration parallels the record-breaking registration figures during this same time frame for last year’s show.

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March 13, 2009 – HemCon Medical Technologies is displaying at SIR 2009 its new flexible HemCon Patch designed for use for external, temporary control of bleeding during interventional and diagnostic cardiac catheterization, interventional radiology, electrophysiology and dialysis access procedures.

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March 13, 2009 – RamSoft will be featuring its PowerServer PACS plus Digital Mammography solution at NCBC 2009 next week.

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March 12, 2009 – Today, FDAnews and the Neocure Group revealed details today of the upcoming Medical Device Reimbursement Strategies Workshops, which will be held in Boston (April 30-May 1) and Minneapolis (August 24-25).

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March 12, 2009 – Precision Orthopedics in Salinas, CA, selected Viztek’s Opal-ORTHO PACS for digital image management. Viztek dealer, Merry X-Ray in San Francisco, completed the installation for the seven-physician orthopedic practice. Precision Orthopedics caters to a diverse patient base with physicians trained for a broad spectrum of anatomical specialties.

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March 12, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare will add to its series of webcasts designed to assist customers navigate the key Health IT provisions of the recently-enacted American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA), a discussion entitled “Healthcare policy and IT initiatives: What a difference a year makes,” to run on March 13, 2009.

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March 12, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan gave SENO Medical Instruments the 2009 North American Medical Imaging Emerging Company of the Year Award for pioneering the pre-clinical opto-acoustic imaging technology used to treat cancer.

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