November 4, 2008 - Virtual Radiologic Corp., a global provider of teleradiology services, has signed a multi-year agreement with VHA Inc., the national health care alliance, to be the national single source preferred provider of teleradiology services for VHA’s 1,429 community-based hospital members.

November 5, 2008 – McKesson said today that it has signed a distribution agreement with Swissray International Inc. to sell Swissray’s DR technology in addition to the Horizon Medical Imaging PACS. Together the systems provide imaging departments and centers with enhanced workflow and performance capabilities to speed the patient care process, according to McKesson.

November 3, 2008 - Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is highly accurate in identifying liver diseases and can help eliminate the need for liver biopsies, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

November 3, 2008 - ACIST Medical Systems Inc. (a Bracco Group company), signed a distribution agreement for the StatSensor Creatinine Meter with Nova Biomedical, in which the ACIST and Nova teams will co-exclusively market and distribute the StatSensor Creatinine Meter into the medical fields of radiology and cardiology within North America.

November 03, 2008 – The FDA has given 501(k) clearance to the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System for AuroraSPECTROSCOPY, Aurora Imaging Technology’s breast magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy package.