March 6, 2012 – Accelitech and partners have just completed a transaction to bring the first and only CyberKnife stereotactic radiosurgery system to the Republic of Ireland. Scheduled to begin treating patients in fall of 2012, the center will open on the campus of the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin.

March 12, 2012 — A new study shows that the use of gadobenate dimeglumine, the highest relaxivity gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA) available for central nervous system (CNS) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), over a high concentration MRI contrast agent may improve clinicians’ ability to visualize lesions of the brain.

March 9, 2012 — Residency training requirements in competencies related to radiology business practice and healthcare policy have been in place for more than a decade.

March 9, 2012 — Researchers from Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Boca Raton, Fla., showed that the FDG dose for positron emission mammography (PEM) may be reduced by up to 50 percent without impacting sensitivity.

March 6, 2012 — Philips is installing an Ingenia 3.0T MR at CarolinaEast Medical Center; a 350-bed, full service facility located in New Bern, N.C., which provides leading edge diagnostic and therapeutic services to more than 185,000 patients each year.

March 6, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems Inc. announced it has reached an agreement to acquire InfiMed Inc., a privately owned supplier of workstations including hardware and software for processing diagnostic X-ray images.

March 6, 2012 — U-Systems announced the showcase of somo•v Platinum, an update to the somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system, at the 2012 National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference of the National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC).