December 10, 2008 - Zecotek Photonics Inc. said today that it has received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Enabling Technology Award in the PET and PET/CT medical imaging markets. Zecotek received this award in recognition of the its research and development and clinical validation achievements for its next-generation scintillation crystals and solid-state photo detector technology.
December 10, 2008 – Ville Platte Medical Center in Ville Platte, LA, of LifePoint Hospitals Inc. facility, is the latest to select NovaRad’s NovaPACS technology for its hospital.
December 12, 2008 - Dexas Laboratory Sciences has established a strategic alliance with V.A.M.P. (Erlangen, Germany), a pioneer of micro computed tomography (CT) development, in which Dexas will distribute V.A.M.P.’s TomoScope, a micro-CT, in the North American market.
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December 10, 2008 – A prostate cancer patient from Warrington in Cheshire, UK, becomes first in his country to be treated using RapidArc Radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems.
December 10, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare has signed a contract for the delivery and installation of its IMPAX Cardiovascular solution at the Antwerp University Hospital to provide enterprise-wide access to cardiology patient records designed to meet the high volume diagnostic needs of the department.
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December 9, 2008 – The FDA issued 510(k) approval for market clearance of nordicICE BOLD and DTI Modules developed by NordicNeuroLab (NNL), applications optimizing workflow associated with analyzing and combining Diffusion Tensor Imaging and BOLD fMRI data.
December 9, 2008 - GE Healthcare’s low-dose Discovery CT750 HD, the Discovery MR750 and the LOGIQ E9 became commercially available today.
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December 9, 2008 - Given Imaging Ltd. has acquired the Bravo pH monitoring business for the diagnosis of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) from Medtronic for $20 million, strengthening Given Imaging’s gastrointestinal portfolio, which includes the a video capsule platform.
December 9, 2008 - For more than a decade, GE Healthcare’s Training in Partnership Television, TiP-TV, has reportedly provided quality, continuing education programs for radiologic science professionals.
December 9, 2008 - PLC Systems Inc. said recently it has received full approval from the FDA for its U.S. pivotal trial to study the effectiveness of the its RenalGuard System and associated therapy in the prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN).
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December 8, 2008 – Investigators say CORE 64 shows that CT angiography can accurately identify the presence and severity of obstructive coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients, but that it is not yet ready to replace invasive coronary angiography.
TRIDELITY USA’s Autostereoscopic 3D Displays features software from Carl Zeiss, a leading interactive microscopic and imaging company, as well as Visage Imaging, the makers of the Amira imaging software.
December 8, 2008 - As the next phase in validating advanced computed tomography technology in a clinical setting, Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation (TMSC) will support CORE 320, the largest worldwide multi-center trial comparing the effectiveness of 320-detector row dynamic volume CT to SPECT technology.
December 8, 2008 - Viatronix Inc., a developer of 3D imaging software, reported it received FDA 510(k) market clearance for its V3D-Cardiac module.
Sentinelle Medical’s BRIGHT 2.0 is built on Sentinelle’s advanced 3D framework, reportedly offering user friendly graphical interface for analyzing breast MR images and guiding interventional procedures.
Merge Healthcare’s Cedara xPipe version 3.0 is a software toolkit that fully automates the image processing tasks performed by CR and DR X-ray consoles. These consoles reportedly ensure that X-ray images are of good quality before the patient leaves the room. Cedara xPipe eliminates many of the manual tasks typically performed to do this, so it helps improve patient throughput.
December 8, 2008 – Siemens Healthcare is allowing hospitals throughout the U.S. to go online to bid on the Ysio, its digital radiography (DR) system with wireless detector from Siemens Healthcare.
December 8, 2008 – At RSNA 2008, Merge Healthcare launched its eFilm Software Exchange, an online community designed to empower organizations to develop, distribute and sell applications related to eFilm Workstation.
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