October 21, 2009 - GE Healthcare has entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets of ONI Medical Systems, Inc., expanding GE Healthcare's Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) capabilities, offering healthcare professionals a broader range of MRI products to enable more cost-effective imaging procedures in a variety of patient care settings. Financial terms were not disclosed.

October 21, 2009 - Radiologic Associates of Fredericksburg, a provider of diagnostic and interventional radiology services, recently elected RamSoft’s PowerServer PACS with three Gateway QC Viewers for four of its referring clinics.

October 21, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has selected Gunnery Sgt. Edward Schrank as its 2009 Survivor Circle Award winner. Schrank will be presented with his award and $1,000 during the Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, November 3, 2009, during ASTRO's 51st Annual Meeting taking place Nov. 1-5 at McCormick Place West in Chicago.

October 21, 2009 - Jeff Immelt, the CEO of General Electric, unveiled what he called the “stethoscope of the 21st century” at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Calif., yesterday. Immelt held up a smart phone-sized ultrasound system called Vscan. The white gadget with a flip-out screen and a control mechanism looks similar to the old iPod navigation wheel.

October 21, 2009 - Velocity Medical Solutions, a provider of tools for clinical outcomes, radiation treatment planning and software development for oncology, has introduced a new subscription service designed to quickly provide adaptive radiation therapy to hospitals and radiation oncology centers with minimal up-front capital investment.

October 20, 2009 - Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Michigan), joined by representatives of the American Medical Association (AMA), American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) and the Military Officers Association of America at a Capitol Hill news conference, urged lawmakers to reverse $247 billion in projected Medicare reimbursement cuts to doctors.

October 20, 2009 - 2-18F-fluoropropionic acid (18F-FPA) as a PET tracer for imaging prostate cancer has potential for use in the clinical diagnosis of prostate cancer in humans.

October 20, 2009 - ContextVision reported it successfully implemented GOPView CT, its CT image enhancement software, on a Cell microprocessor, enabling ContextVision to offer its OEM customers an improved hardware platform for image enhancement, delivering 40 frames per second (fps).

October 20, 2009 - Hologic announced the opening of its new Asia Pacific regional offices and the Hologic Asia Pacific Center for Health Sciences Education in Hong Kong.

October 19, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is partnering with Gilda's Club Chicago to raise awareness of cancer survivorship issues, as part of an initiative to give back to the communities in the cities visited during its annual scientific meetings.