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January 21, 2009 - RaySearch Laboratories AB and Nucletron BV have are extending a development and licensing agreement for Raysearch to develop software modules for Model-Based Segmentation (MBS) and treatment planning of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for Oncentra MasterPlan, Nucletron’s multimodality treatment planning system.

Time January 21, 2009
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January 21, 2009 - Adding radiation therapy to lumpectomy in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) substantially decreases the risk of recurrence of either DCIS or invasive breast cancer in the affected breast, according to a study from Westmead Hospital in Australia and the University of Sydney.

Time January 20, 2009
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January 20, 2009 – Emageon has been awarded a five-year HeartSuite VERICIS cardiology contract with MultiCare Health System, an integrated health organization made up of four hospitals in the Greater Tacoma, WA, to create a platform that includes reports or any type of imaging study from cardiology to radiology.

Time January 20, 2009
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January 20, 2009 — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) released the recipients of its Annual Awards Program. HIMSS will recognize this year’s 50 outstanding industry leaders and organizations during its Awards and Recognition Banquet on Saturday, April 4, at the Fairmont Chicago Hotel.

Time January 20, 2009
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January 20, 2009 - Cambridge Research & Instrumentation (CRi) and VisEn Medical signed a non-exclusive agreement to enable CRi to distribute VisEn's proprietary portfolio of fluorescent imaging agents and labels in North America, in an effort to broaden the use of leading fluorescence in vivo imaging technologies, applications and standards in research and drug development.

Time January 20, 2009
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January 20, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with the Government of Ontario, Canada for a CAD$29.6 million governmental grant to support the growth of and streamline the company’s research, development and regional operation centers in Toronto and Waterloo (Canada).

Time January 20, 2009
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January 20, 2009 - Aycan Medical Systems successfully installed its aycan store, a DICOM archive solution, and aycan workstation Osirix PRO at Rural Radiology Consultants in Bemidji, MN.

Time January 19, 2009
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January 20, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical released its second instructional product video demonstrating the reportedly innovative and easy-to-use TNT 12000 X-ray Test Device, a maintenance, calibration and quality-assurance tool for service and radiation management professionals reportedly suited for the most complex analysis that might be required by a physicist, the quality analysis of the biomedica

Time January 19, 2009
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January 20, 2009 - Aribex, Inc. said it has been granted a second U.S. patent for its NOMAD Handheld X-ray System.

Time January 19, 2009
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January 19, 2009 - The American Society of Breast Disease Pathfinder Lectures will honor Marie Overgaard, M.D., and Steve H. Parker, M.D. as part of the Society’s Annual Symposium, April 2-4, 2009, in Chicago, IL.

Time January 19, 2009
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January 19, 2009- FONAR Corp. said today that it has sold two UPRIGHT Multi-Position MRI scanners to Doshi Diagnostic Imaging Services, P.C., which is among the country's largest privately held multi-modality imaging companies as well as the largest radiology group in New York.

Time January 19, 2009
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January 19, 2009 – Researchers use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to show for the first time bleeding inside the heart after people have suffered a heart attack, in a study published in the journal Radiology.

Time January 19, 2009
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January 19, 2009 - Warburg will purchase more than 17 million shares of Nuance common stock at a price of $10.06 per share and will also acquire a warrant to purchase more than 3.8 million shares of Nuance common stock upon the closing of the investment at $11.57 per share. The warrant has a four-year term.

Time January 18, 2009
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January 19, 2009 – Digisonics has recently installed new cardiovascular imaging and management software. Goshen General Hospital (Goshen, IN) has recently selected the No. 1 KLAS ranked DigiView Image Management and Reporting System to satisfy their clinical reporting needs. An added HL7 interface will reportedly provide seamless integration between the Digisonics system and Meditech.

Time January 18, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - GE Healthcare Ltd. is merging its two major divisions in metro Milwaukee - the diagnostic-imaging business and the clinical systems unit - under a broad reorganization of the $17 billion-a-year medical systems and biosciences company.

Time January 16, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - Mindray Medical International Limited today released information on new product launches for 2009. In 2008, Mindray released a total of ten products, including new products in the medical imaging segment such as the DC-3 color ultrasound system, the DigiEye 560T and the DigiEye 561T digital radiography machines.

Time January 16, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said its ViewMate II Ultrasound System with the ViewFlex PLUS Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) Catheter was used for the first use outside the U.S., enabling physicians to view real-time images from inside the heart as they diagnose and treat conditions resulting from abnormal rhythms or structural problems.

Time January 16, 2009
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January 16, 2009 - According to a report released Jan. 14, 2009, by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), eliminating the highly enriched uranium process (HEU) — the primary source of medical isotopes in the U.S.

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January 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and U-Systems signed a technology licensing agreement for U-Systems’ somo-VIEWer* advanced workstation for Automated Breast Ultrasound for use with Siemens’ ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), in a deal that aims to facilitate the adoption of automated breast volume ultrasound.

Time January 16, 2009
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January 15, 2009 - Carestream Health installed its two thousandth high-resolution CR system for mammography at the Rechts der Isar Clinic in Munich, Germany, for breast cancer diagnosis.

Time January 15, 2009
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