Codonics Horizon is three imagers in one – a dry film imager, color imager, and grayscale paper imager. Switching between film, color and paper requires no operator intervention. The all-in-one imager aims to provide high quality images while being affordable.

February 9, 2009 – Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms, according to findings published in the online edition of Radiology.

February 9, 2009 – AMICAS Inc. has integrated the High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR) engine by Fovia Medical natively within AMICAS PACS version 6.0, designed to boost productivity through intrinsic 3D functionality, a consistent user experience and a interactive review of large volume data directly within AMICAS PACS.

February 6, 2009 - The Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) elected three new members to its executive committee: Karen L. De Amorim Bernstein, M.D., of Albert Einstein College in Bronx, N.Y.; Luqman Dad, M.D., of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.; and Vinai Gondi, M.D., of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., will each serve two-year terms.

February 6, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine’s (SIIM) scholarship program for radiology residents interested in imaging informatics is open to all trainees in North America who intend to pursue a career in radiology or imaging sciences.

February 5, 2009 – In the largest study to date to evaluate FDG-PET/CT (Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers at M. D.