November 3, 2009 – By relying solely on a patient’s clinical risk profile or the results of one imaging test when assessing patients with chest pain, physicians may be missing important, early signs of atherosclerotic disease and opportunities to intervene, according to new findings published in the Nov. 10, 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

November 2, 2009 - Medical imaging cuts contained in the 2010 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule will restrict life-saving imaging care to large hospitals, produce longer commutes and wait times to receive care, and cause life threatening delays in diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other serious illnesses, said the American College of Radiology (ACR) in a public statement issued today.

November 2, 2009 — High-risk melanoma patients who are treated with radiation after surgery have a significantly lower risk of their cancer returning to the lymph nodes (19 percent), compared to those patients who do not have radiation therapy (31 percent), according to the first randomized study of its kind presented at the plenary session, Nov.

November 2, 2009 — Short-term hormone therapy given prior to and during radiation treatment to medium-risk prostate cancer patients increases their chance of living longer, compared to those who receive radiation alone, however there is no significant benefit for low-risk patients, according to the largest randomized study of its kind presented at the plenary session Nov.

November 2, 2009 — Ascent Healthcare Solutions said last week it received the industry’s first and only 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to reprocess the Biosense Webster SoundStar 3D Diagnostic Ultrasound Catheter.

October 30, 2009 - As leader of the European Union funded HYPERImage research project, Royal Philips Electronics said in the project to create a hybrid PET/MR system the team has developed new gamma-ray detectors designed to be compatible with the strong static and dynamic magnetic fields present in a combined PET/MR scanner, and has achieved major progress with respect to MRI-based static and dyn

October 27, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging company, and iMedIT, one of Turkey’s leading suppliers of PACS and teleradiology systems, today announced that they have signed an agreement for iMedIT to sell Ziosoft’s 3D advanced visualization software in Turkey.