June 4, 2009 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., will demonstrate its current line of portable and general DR systems, including the new Canon CXDI-40G COMPACT DR System, at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM 2009), June 4–6 in Charlotte, N.C., (booth 330). Canon DR Systems and solutions on display at SIIM 2009 will include:
June 4, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. said today the company’s leading imaging agent, Cardiolite (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection), was used in a recently completed five-year study examining appropriate treatment regimens for patients with type 2 diabetes and coronary artery disease.
June 3, 2009 - In July 2009, the American College of Radiology (ACR) will launch the National Mammography Database (NMD), the newest addition to the National Radiology Dose Registry (NRDR), a warehouse of ACR registry databases that compiles data to allow radiology facilities to compare themselves to other facilities regionally and nationally according to facility type.
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June 2, 2009 - Naviscan Inc. has issued a nonexclusive licensing agreement with an undisclosed imaging company for intellectual property that enables Naviscan’s Stereo Navigator PEM-guided biopsy accessory to obtain emission data, locate the abnormal tissue and process the data to guide a biopsy needle.
June 3, 2009 – UltraSPECT said yesterday it will launch its Attenuation Correction/Scatter Correction (ACSC) package to its nuclear medicine image reconstruction products following the FDA clearance of the software package.
June 3, 2009 - The Chalk River Laboratories (CRL) nuclear reactor, which supplies about a third of the world’s medical isotopes, has been shut down since May 14 and is not expected to be back for at least three months, according to Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (AECL). The reactor produces medical isotopes such as molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), which are used in diagnostic nuclear imaging scans.
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June 3, 2009 - AccelaRAD, the leading national Software as a Service (SaaS) radiology image management company, debuts at the Society of Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) conference this week a range of features such as PriorsAnytime and Study Upload module for its Virtual Radiology Network (VRN).
June 2, 2009 - Intelerad Medical Systems will preview several new IntelePACS enhancements, such as critical results management, peer review and Image Quality Review tools, during the exhibits portion of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). The new IntelePACS features that will be demonstrated at SIIM are:
June 2, 2009 - Celsense Inc. reported it is one of the recipients in a four-year $1.95 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, funding to evaluate Cell Sense, the company’s fluorocarbon-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) cell tracking reagent, for clinical use.
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June 2, 2009 - Clinical trial results presented at the Digestive Disease Week in Chicago today reveal that endoscopic radiofrequency ablation performed in a community practice setting is safe and effective for eradicating a pre-cancerous esophageal condition known as Barrett's esophagus.
June 2, 2009 – TomoTherapy Inc. reported that the University of Kentucky (UK) Chandler Medical Center’s Markey Cancer Center has commenced treating patients with the TomoTherapy Hi·Art treatment system, a versatile, CT scanner-based device, which integrates image guidance for increased treatment accuracy and helical radiation therapy delivery for enhanced tumor targeting.
June 2, 2009 – Nucletron BV, a cancer radiation solutions company, has created of an exclusive partnership and plans to merge with sector peer Isodose Control BV for an undisclosed sum.
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June 2, 2009 - In a move to strengthen its consulting solutions division and provide resources to meet increasing consulting demand, Premier Healthcare Alliance acquired Phase 2 Consulting, a consulting services to hospitals and health systems.
The Ampronix’s Modalixx line is the first universal medical auto sync LCD solution for CRT monitor replacement, the company said. With inputs including 1-5 BNC and 15 pin D-Sub, Modalixx offers compatibility for an array of modality applications.
June 2, 2009 – Thomas Jefferson University conducted a clinical evaluation with ContextVision's GOPiCE US volumetric image enhancement and real-time ultrasound adaptive filtering for 3D ultrasound images. The study, which is not yet publicly released, concludes that GOPiCE US offers improved diagnostic value over competing image enhancement technologies.
June 2, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare will demonstrate the latest developments to its broad radiology, cardiology and image-processing portfolio at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) 2009 Annual Meeting June 4-7 in Charlotte, N.C.
June 1, 2009 - DR Systems will be exhibiting the new Release 8.2 software for its Unity RIS/PACS platform at SIIM 2009, held June 4-7 in Charlotte, N.C. The company will be highlighting: 1) Access via enterprise-based and physician office EMRs, 2) DICOM Structured Reports, 3) Critical Results Tracking, and 4) Peer Review
June 1, 2009 - Generex Biotechnology Corporation announced today that the results of a recently completed Phase I trial in prostate cancer patients of the novel immunotherapeutic peptide AE37 were presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) held in Orlando, Fla., from May 29 to June 2, 2009.
June 1, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) announced the recipients of the 2009 Resident Scholarship Awards and New Investigator Travel Awards.
June 1, 2009 – NightHawk Pros, a physician-owned and operated teleradiology company based in Royersford, Penn., introduced a new online radiology information system (RIS).
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