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July 27, 2011 — The American Society of Breast Disease (ASBD) strongly supports the new screening mammography guidelines of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) recommending annual screening for all women ages 40 - 49.
July 27, 2011 
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare professionals to stop using CardioGen-82 for cardiac positron emission tomography (PET) scans. The manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics Inc., has decided to voluntarily recall CardioGen-82 this week after two patients set off radiation detectors at a U.S. border crossings due to strontium contamination.
July 26, 2011 
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July 26, 2011 – Due to the high incidence of breast cancer in the United States and the potential to reduce deaths from it when caught early, The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) issued new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend mammography screening be offered annually to women beginning at age 40. Previous ACOG guidelines recommended mammograms every one to two years starting at age 40 and annually beginning at age 50.
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July 26, 2011 – Kootenai Imaging has chosen McKesson revenue management solutions (RMS) to position the practice for sustained growth, including preparing for ICD-10 coding changes and tracking physician quality reporting indicators. With 13 physicians and two imaging centers serving hospitals in northern Idaho, Kootenai Imaging will benefit from McKesson RMS’s advanced business intelligence services and industry-leading compliance programs.
July 26, 2011 
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July 26, 2011 – Accuray announced installation of the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system at five renowned academic oncology centers in Europe and the United States, including the Penn Medecine at Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA; The Royal Marsden Hospital in London, England; The Barts Cancer Center at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, England; Charite University in Berlin, Germany; and Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Gliwice Branch in Gliwice, Poland. Backed by solid clinical evidence for a wide range of treatment applications, including prostate and lung cancer, the CyberKnife system empowers these leading centers to offer minimally invasive radiosurgical treatment options for patients with even the most complex tumors.
July 26, 2011 
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July 26, 2011 — Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced the commercial availability of version 6.0, the latest version of the company's Synapse radiology information system (RIS) and Synapse TeleRIS applications. The new addition includes support for Microsoft's latest .NET Framework 4.0 platform, along with enhancements to the Synapse Communication tool set, and new features specifically designed for radiology groups.
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July 26, 2011 – According to the 2011 Top 20 Best in KLAS Awards: Medical Equipment & Infrastructure report, GE Healthcare’s Logiq E9 has been recognized as the top general imaging ultrasound system in the market. In the same report, GE’s Vivid E9 was awarded a share of the top spot for cardiovascular ultrasound systems.
July 26, 2011 
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July 26, 2011 — This year at the upcoming American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) meeting in Vancouver, Canada, Radcal will be launching the new Accu-Gold Multi-Analyzer.
July 26, 2011 
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FDA Clears Siemens syngo Neuro PBV IR to Assess Cerebral Blood Flow During Interventional Procedures
July 25, 2011 —Siemens Healthcare announced that syngo Neuro PBV IR (parenchymal blood volume interventional radiology) has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) marketing clearance. The software package is intended to provide visual assistance to physicians in the diagnosis and treatment of vessel malformations (such as aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations and stenoses).
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Civco Medical Solutions is showcasing its RFSuite RFID tracking and verification system at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).
July 25, 2011 
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Join Siemens Healthcare at the joint annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine/Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (AAPM/COMP) 2011, July 31-Aug. 3, at the Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia. Siemens will present a diverse line of radiation therapy advancements that shorten treatment delivery time and enhance treatment efficiency.
July 25, 2011 
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Accuray Inc. announced the installation of the CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system at five academic oncology centers in Europe and the United States.
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The new releases of Elekta's XiO treatment planning system and Focal contouring system (v. 4.62) will enable clinicians to develop and deliver radiation therapy plans more efficiently.
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At the 2011 joint meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine and the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (AAPM/COMP), TomoTherapy will showcase its Remote Planning solution, which extends the full TomoTherapy Planning Station functionality to any Web-connected computer.
July 25, 2011 
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July 22, 2011— Viztek announced the release of the ViZion Digital Radiology (DR) solution for the mobile imaging market priced at less than $55,000. Viztek’s mobile offering includes a 14 x17 inch cesium tethered panel and an integration kit for use with most portable/mobile X-ray units.
July 22, 2011 News
July 22, 2011 – A new study has found that patients with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) exhibit abnormal functional connectivity in the thalamus, a centrally located relay station for transmitting information throughout the brain. The results of the study appear online in the journal Radiology.
July 22, 2011 
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Varian Medical Systems announced its Aria software for electronic medical records (EMR) and clinical practice management in radiation oncology has been certified for clinics that can now use it to qualify for federal funding under the United States HITECH Act.
July 22, 2011 
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July 22, 2011 — peerVue has been selected to provide comprehensive teaching file capabilities for Sectra’s groundbreaking NIPACS nationwide medical image management and communication solution in Northern Ireland. Seamlessly integrated with Sectra’s radiology information systems/picture archive and communications systems (RIS/PACS) technology, which shares imaging information across organizational and regional boundaries, peerVue’s innovative qualitative intelligence and communications system (QICS) will enable users to author and publish cases from the NIPACS archive to system-wide teaching file worklists. Using these worklists, physicians throughout the country will be able to share and learn from important radiology cases treated at any public health facility in Northern Ireland, creating an innovative national physician education network.
July 22, 2011 
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July 21, 2011 – Among the many new features of Monaco 3.0, dynamic conformal arc (DCA) therapy provides clinicians with a simple way to deliver highly conformal stereotactic plans by using the multi-leaf collimator (MLC) to dynamically conform around a target as the treatment beam rotates around the patient. DCA recently received 510(k) clearance for Monaco from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
July 21, 2011 
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July 21, 2011 —Carestream Health continues to amass orders for digital radiography (DR) imaging systems based on its wireless, cassette-size Carestream DRX-1 detector. The company’s popular DRX-based systems enable healthcare providers to boost productivity while enhancing patient care. The company has sold more than 1,500 DRX detectors worldwide.
July 21, 2011 