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May 23, 2011 - Radiation Therapy treatment planning system developers RaySearch Laboratories AB and Prowess Inc. are involved in patent infringmenrt litigation. Prowess recently filed a complaint against RaySearch for U.S. patent infringement in a court in Baltimore, Md.
May 23, 2011 
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May 23, 2011—Calypso Medical Technologies Inc., developer of GPS for the Body technology used for the precise tracking of cancerous tumors during radiation therapy, is exhibiting at the American Urological Association Annual Meeting (booth 4337) and will discuss recent clinical findings suggesting that the Calypso System can be used to more precisely deliver radiation in post-prostatectomy patients.
May 23, 2011 
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With the increase in the aging population and changes in lifestyle behavior, the incidence of cancer is on the rise globally in economically developed and developing countries. Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used for tumor diagnosis and monitoring. Scanning related to diagnostic oncology (tumor detection, diagnosis, and monitoring) accounts for more than 50 percent of all CT procedure volume.
May 23, 2011 News
May 23, 2011 - Fovia Medical Inc., a provider of PACS, RIS and teleradiology products, announced that Brit Systems will natively integrate Fovia’s High Definition Volume Rendering technology in all of the company’s image viewers and PACS workstations. Through BRIT Systems’ browser-based viewing technology, clinicians will have 24-hour remote access to interactive advanced visualization.
May 23, 2011 
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May 23, 2011 - The core technology of ViewRay Inc., a combination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and radiotherapy technologies, has been issued landmark patents in the United States and Europe. ViewRay, a privately held medical device company, holds the exclusive worldwide license for the technology from the University of Florida. The cancer treatment technology was invented by company founder James F. Dempsey, Ph.D., while he was a member of the radiation oncology faculty at the University of Florida.
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May 20, 2011 -- Medrad Inc., a business of Bayer HealthCare, has announced the launch of the next generation Intego PET Infusion System, which features a new design that is 38 percent smaller, power-driven and includes enhancements to technologist workflow. The new Intego will be on display at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM).
May 20, 2011 
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May 20, 2011 - Accuray Incorporated announced that 85 percent of European CyberKnife centers are performing prostate SBRT to treat localized prostate cancer. There is an increasing trend towards treating prostate cancer patients with a hypofractionated regimen.
May 20, 2011 
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While CT angiography (CTA) is a complex procedure, Philips Ingenuity CT has advanced features to simplify CTA planning, acquisition, and analysis, allowing for more consistently successful exams to help improve patient care.
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May 20, 2011 
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May 20, 2011 Feature | Dave Fornell
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May 19, 2011 - Barco has launched the Mammo Tomosynthesis 5 MP, the first display system that has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for breast tomosynthesis. The display comes with some groundbreaking technologies specifically developed for multi-modality mammography.
May 19, 2011 
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May 19, 2011 – With obesity on the rise, today’s radiology departments are continually challenged to provide diagnostic imaging solutions to improve clinical accuracy for bariatric imaging without sacrificing patient care. Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for an extra-large knee Array coil for the Vantage Titan magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. Toshiba is the first diagnostic imaging vendor to offer an extra-large knee coil with a 22 cm interior diameter for MRI imaging.
May 19, 2011 
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May 19, 2011— GE Healthcare announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of Ready View, a new MRI advanced visualization platform to help clinicians process and analyze images anytime and anywhere. A part of the Dexus workflow, READY Ready is accessible through any PC, PACS or RIS workstation, allowing access to process and analyze images in any office, meeting room or even at home.
May 19, 2011 
Technology
May 19, 2011 - U-Systems launched a new transducer technology designed to deliver unparalleled imaging performance and patient comfort. Reverse-Curve Crystal (RCC) Transducer Technology was designed and optimized for use with the U-Systems’ somo•v Automated Breast Ultrasound (ABUS) system. The announcement was made at the 10th Post Graduate Course of the Society of Breast Imaging (SBI) Meeting, in San Antonio, May 18- 21.
May 19, 2011 News
May 19, 2011 - The possibility of low-dose molecular breast imaging (MBI) looks promising, according to the most recent clinical evidence revealed this past month at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Marcela Bohm-Velez, M.D., and her colleagues from Associates in Pittsburgh, Pa., shared preliminary results from a prospective study on low-dose MBI, specifically breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), at the SNM Breast Cancer Imaging: State of the Art 2011. Their results suggest it may be possible to reduce the radiation dose patients receive from a BSGI procedure by up to 60 percent.
May 19, 2011 
Technology
May 19, 2011 — Carestream Health announced an agreement with PenRad Technologies of Minnetonka, Minn., to market PenRad’s patient tracking and mammography information system (MIS) to U.S. healthcare providers. PenRad systems can be seamlessly integrated with Carestream Health’s mammography workstation, which can be connected to a PACS from Carestream Health or other vendors.
May 19, 2011 
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May 18, 2011, – Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. announced data from a Phase 2 clinical trial that demonstrated positron emission tomography (PET) myocardial perfusion imaging with flurpiridaz F 18 provided superior image quality, diagnostic certainty and diagnostic performance for detecting coronary artery disease (CAD) compared to single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI), the current standard for the non-invasive detection of CAD. The data also demonstrated a positive safety profile for PET imaging with flurpiridaz F 18.
May 18, 2011 
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May 18, 2011 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) announces tools and training to help medical informaticsprofessionals stay competitive in a rapidly changing environment. SIIM will provide fundamental, up-to-date education and solutions essential for imaging informatics professionals (IIPs) and their organizations at the society's 2011 annual meeting, June 2-5, in Washington, D.C./National Harbor, Md.
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