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January 2, 2009 - XStor Medical Systems, a privately held Silicon Valley company, released its flagship Imaging Platform for advanced clinical applications and collaborative patient care.

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January 2, 2009 - Jennifer Mieres, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of nuclear cardiology (ASNC) at ...

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December 31, 2008 – According to results from a Phase 2 clinical study (BP-23), Zemiva, when combined with the standard of care for the diagnostic evaluation of the chest pain patient, improved sensitivity for the detection of cardiac ischemia by more than 50 percent (p

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December 31, 2008 - The FDA today approved Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium), manufactured by EPIX Pharmaceuticals, is reportedly the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).

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December 30, 2008 - Sapheneia, a global, ISO-certified imaging services company specializing in diagnostic and analytical image processing solutions, signed an agreement with Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, allowing Karolinska University Hospital to use and evaluate the Sapheneia Clarity CT Solution to lower radiation dose exposure to patients during diagnostic image studies.

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December 30, 2008 - SecondLook Digital CAD, a computer-aided detection (CAD) technology by iCAD Inc. has been customized for use with the Planmed Nuance FFDM system is now available outside of the U.S., as iCAD drives its mammography strategy worldwide. The CAD solution is optimized for the Planmed Nuance FFDM with high-performance a-Se detector.

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December 30, 2008 - Nonradiologist physicians are acquiring or leasing CT scanners in increasing numbers, and the growth trend is much more rapid among them than it is among radiologists, reported a study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

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December 30, 2008 - Widespread adoption of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) will lead to the detection of numerous incidental extracolonic findings (ECFs), which may result in unexpected costs, said Lincoln L.

Time December 30, 2008
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By Nick Obradovich Recently, Donald Frush, M.D., professor of radiology at the Duke University School of Medicine, chief of pediatric radiology at Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center and a leading pediatric radiation dose expert, sat down with ITN to discuss the current efforts being made to lower the radiation dose for pediatric CT scans.

Time December 30, 2008
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December 30, 2008 – Merit Medical Systems said it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Miser contrast management system. The product has patents pending and will be released during the first quarter of 2009.

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December 30, 2008 - Volcano Corp. will acquire Axsun Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advanced photonic components, as part of Volcano’s strategy to establish its position in invasive imaging.

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December 29, 2008 - Avalon Portfolio LLC, on Dec. 23, 2008, nominated four new directors to serve on the board of TomoTherapy Inc. as part of a strategy to generate greater value for the company’s shareholders as TomoTherapy's stock have continued to fall since stock price since 2007.

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December 30, 2008 - Gilbert Hospital in Gilbert, AZ, has installed a GE Healthcare LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT imaging system. Gilbert says the scanner captures images in as little as one second and can perform whole body trauma scans in as little as ten seconds.

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December 30, 2008 - Health Systems Solutions agreed to extend the closing date for their pending merger to Feb. 11, 2009.

Time December 29, 2008
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December 30, 2008 - Parents magazine has named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country. The results, based on the magazine's survey of more than 100 children's hospitals, appear in the February 2009 issue on newsstands nationwide Jan. 13, 2009.

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December 20, 2008 - Overall survival in breast cancer patients is superior with five years of adjuvant letrozole compared to tamoxifen, according to results from the Breast International Group 1-98 trial.

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December 29, 2008 - MEDISON Co. won the “Good Design Awards 2008” award (KIDP Director’s Prize) for its new ultrasound system, ACCUVIX V20.

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December 29, 2008 – iCAD’s SecondLook Digital CAD technology customized for use with Agfa HealthCare’s Computed Radiography Systems is now available throughout Europe, as the company moves forward with its business strategy to increase the use of iCAD systems outside of the U.S.

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December 29, 2008 - A combination treatment of prostate cancer can cut death rates in half, according to results from a Scandinavian study published in the Dec. 16 online issue of The Lancet.

Time December 28, 2008
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December 29, 2008 – When Zemiva, an imaging agent by Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals Inc., is combined with the standard of care for the diagnostic evaluation of the chest pain patient, improved the detection of cardiac ischemia by more than 50 percent greater than the standard of care when compared to the standard of care alone.

Time December 28, 2008
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