March 19, 2009 - In July 2008, The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) launched imagePRO(TM) the first longitudinal opt-in panel of over 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging administrative directors and managers. ImagePRO members have agreed to participate in TMTG surveys and polls and have been carefully selected to accurately represent the hospital imaging market.
March 19, 2009 – The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) will host a two-day symposium Thursday, April 30–Friday, May 1 focused on advances in stem cell therapy, leading-edge research in imaging technology and targeted imaging of the cardiovascular system, including imaging of cardiovascular receptors, vascular biology, myocardial metabolism and myocardial repair.
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March 19, 2009 - aycan Medical Systems has released its new version of aycan X-Ray-Print, designed to significantly increase image quality for all types of medical imaging prints.
March 19, 2009 - SenoRx Inc. said today it is entering the China market, including marketing its EnCor vacuum-assisted breast biopsy product and its GelMark line of breast biopsy tissue markers through its distribution partner, Beijing Eastwide Medical Ltd. (BJEW).
March 19, 2009 - LUMEDX Corp. today introduced its new software to collect interventional radiology procedural information at the point of care, the Interventional Radiology (IR).
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March 18, 2009 – ContextVision released the new version of GOPView XR2-T, which allows for fine adjustment of the image quality in digital X-ray images.
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March 18, 2009 - Cardiologists Edward Tadajweski, M.D., and Jeffrey L. Williams, M.D., MS, FACC, are the first in the U.S. to perform 3D imaging of complex cardiac anatomy using GE's Innova 3D imaging system.
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March 18, 2009 - The success of Massachusetts hospitals and physicians to incorporate information technology (IT) into healthcare demonstrates the importance of incentives, according to two studies conducted by CSC and sponsored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
March 18, 2009 - Women who require additional diagnostic imaging after a questionable mammogram may be at risk for unnecessary biopsies when only MRI is offered, according to a new study presented this week at NCBC 2009.
March 18, 2009 – Bioptics Inc., which develops imaging technology for the detection and treatment of cancer, announced at the NCBC 2009 annual conference that the FDA has granted it 510(k) clearance to use the Core VISION, a specimen radiography system, to analyze Core Biopsy samples.
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March 18, 2009 - Cryosurgery produces clinical outcomes similar to those from external beam radiation therapy in localized prostate cancer at three years, but may be more beneficial with longer follow-up, according to a study sponsored by the Alberta Cancer Board and the National Cancer Institute of Canada.
March 12, 2009 - Doctors at the National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) in Taiwan treated a prostate cancer patient using Elekta VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy), representing the first hospital in the Asian Pacific area to start a VMAT program.
March 17, 2009 – The National Cancer Institute extended its cooperative group agreement with the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group for an additional six years and awarded the group $60.5 million to carry out its research that involves brain tumors, head and neck cancer, and genitourinary cancer.
March 16, 2009 – Mammography procedures dropped by 16 percent between 2000 and 2008, according to a report just released by IMV Medical Information Division in a survey of 8,670 hospital and non-hospital sites. In 2008, doctors in the U.S. performed an estimated 36.7 million x-ray mammography procedures, representing a 2 percent decline from 37.3 million procedures in 2007.
March 17, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) released results of its 2008/2009 membership survey, which revealed that SIIM members place high value on the education program and exhibits at the SIIM Annual Meeting.
March 17, 2009 – Digisonics said that Bedford Commons OB/GYN in Bedford, NH, has selected the Digisonics OB-View Net System for full remote interpretation, viewing and reporting of their OB ultrasound studies via the Web.
March 17, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) said that Calypso Medical, Standard Imaging and Varian Medical Systems have been elected to serve three-year terms on ASTRO's Corporate Advisory Council.
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