August 6, 2012 — iCAD Inc., a provider of advanced image analysis, workflow solutions and radiation therapy for the early identification and treatment of cancer, announced the availability of the PowerLook advanced mammography platform (AMP), its next-generation mammography computer-aided detection (CAD) system.
August 6, 2012 — Brachytherapy offers an effective and relatively cheap method of treating internal cancers, and its popularity in the future will likely rely on its financial status, according to a new report by GlobalData.
August 3, 2012 — Rolling Oaks Radiology, a division of RadNet Inc., announced it now offers GE Healthcare SenoBright contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM) at their Oxnard, Calif., location.
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August 3, 2012 — GE Healthcare announced it has already received six orders for its Discovery IGS 730 system since receiving U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance in February 2012.
August 3, 2012 — FluoroPharma Medical Inc. announced that they have received high-quality images in an investigator-sponsored clinical trial in China where patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) were given BFPET, its imaging agent for measuring cardiovascular blood flow.
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August 2, 2012 — Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc. showcased its family of digital radiography (DR) products at the 2012 Association for Medical Imaging Management (AHRA) annual meeting and exposition.
August 2, 2012 — According to new research published in the August issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, single photon emission computed tomography/computed tomography (SPECT/CT) with 99mTc-hexamethylpropleneamine oxime-labeled white blood cells (99mTc-HMPAO-WBC) can improve the diagnosis of infectious endocarditis in hard-to-diagnose cases.
August 2, 2012 — Results of the ROMICAT II trial indicates coronary computed tomography (CT) angiography (CCTA) as a safe and time-efficient noninvasive modality to evaluate patients with chest pain in the emergency department (ED) when compared to the current standard approach.
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July 31, 2012 — Bracco Diagnostics Inc., the U.S.-based company of the Bracco Group, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the use of MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) injection, 529 mg/mL, in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) to evaluate adults with known or suspected renal or aorto-ilio-femoral occlusive vascular disease.
July 31, 2012 — Elekta is showcasing its Agility multileaf collimator (MLC) at the 2012 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
July 31, 2012 — Civco Medical Solutions is showcasing new robotic integration, a new addition to the Universal Couchtop family and new fiducial markers at the 2012 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
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July 31, 2012 — Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.’s newest ultrasound system, the Aplio 500, was featured on the nationally syndicated television show, “The Doctors.”
July 31, 2012 — MIM Software Inc. has announced the latest release of its MIMneuro software. Version 5.5 includes three new enhancements that make it particularly suited for quantitative analysis of amyloid positron emission tomography (PET) images.
July 31, 2012 — Siemens Healthcare announced that the Magnetom Spectra 3.0T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
GE Healthcare offers a virtual video tour of the London 2012 Olympic Village Polyclinic. This is the first time viewers have been able to see inside an Olympic clinic and learn more about the broad range of medical imaging technologies in use, provided by GE Healthcare.
Trends and new technology for cardiac computed tomography angiography (CCTA) were highlighted during the 2012 Society of Cardiovascular CT (SCCT) annual scientific meeting in July in Baltimore, Md. Major topics included the development of fractional flow reserve (FFR)-CT imaging, perfusion imaging, imaging for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and analysis software advancements.
July 30, 2012 — Emerge Clinical Solutions, a creator of clinical decision support software, announced nuclear myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) appropriateness update 3.1 that allows for diagnosis of both symptomatic and asymptomatic conditions.
Computed tomography (CT) vendors highlighted several recent imporvements to their imaging systems during the 2012 Society of Cardiovascular CT annual scientific meeting.
July 30, 2012 — Novarad Corp. has installed its NovaPro RIS/PACS (radiology information system/picture archiving and communications system) Web-based teleradiology system as part of Emory Teleradiology, a service of Emory Healthcare that serves 15 non-Emory facilities.