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June 12, 2009 – Naviscan Inc. announced that it has issued a non-exclusive licensing agreement with an undisclosed imaging company for intellectual property enabling Naviscan's Stereo Navigator PEM-guided biopsy accessory, and will be demonstrating the technology at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting Annual Meeting, Toronto, June 13 - 16, 2009, in booth 638.

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June 12, 2009 – The Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Medicine Laboratories (ICANL) announced that it will accept accreditation applications from laboratories utilizing new technologies and other novel imaging approaches, such as new software algorithms and new camera technologies, that to date are not included within the guidelines published by the professional societie

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June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will debut at SNM its c?pax image management and multimodality viewing system.

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June 12, 2009 - Covidien will be highlighting at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference in Toronto, June 13-17, its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its kit for the preparation of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi injection and radiosotope development.

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June 12, 2009 - As European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multimodality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams, the need for an efficient workflow is driving strong sales for Carestream Health's multimodality workstation, according to Carestream Health's director of Worldwide Marketing, Mammography Solutions, Stephen W. Archer.

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June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will feature at SNM its recently 510(k) cleared Cardius X-ACT imaging system.

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June 12, 2009 – The SNM Clinical Trials Network has announced that a prototype clinical PET oncology imaging simulator-or "phantom"-has been successfully scanned and imaged at four imaging centers. SNM intends to deliver and scan the phantom at an additional 20 imaging centers by the end of September.

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June 12, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare will highlight at the 2009 SNM Annual Meeting in Toronto this week, Symbia.net, the new client-server solution for SPECT and SPECT/CT imaging applications for anytime, anywhere processing and reading, at the Siemens booth at booth 1024.

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June 11, 2009 - Bioptics will demo its Core Vision Radiography System at the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 13-17, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. The company recently received 510K cleared to use Core Vision Radiography System in core biopsy analysis.

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June 11, 2009 - According to a study published by the Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, the VNUS ClosureFAST system for radiofrequency (RF) thermal ablation is "significantly superior" to endovenous laser (EVL) for treating venous reflux, the underlying cause of symptomatic varicose veins.

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June 10, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics penned an agreement to become an official medical equipment supplier of the New York Yankees. As part of the agreement, a state-of-the-art digital radiology system was installed inside Yankee Stadium, enabling onsite diagnosis of players by the Yankees medical team.

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June 11, 2009 - NordicNeuroLab said this week the FDA issued 510(k) approval for nordicICE Perfusion/Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) Module, software for analysis of MR perfusion and contrast agent permeability.

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June 11, 2009 – STERIS Corp. and Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. announced today at the Society of Vascular Surgeons annual meeting in Denver, Colo., that they have agreed to collaborate to offer optimized vascular, cardiovascular and neurosurgical hybrid surgical suites.

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June 11, 2009 – PETNET Solutions, a subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. that manufactures and distributes radiopharmaceuticals, has signed a supply agreement with Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. to provide BMS747158 for PET imaging of cardiac perfusion as part of the phase II and phase III trials.

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The aim of every radiation oncologist when treating a patient is to deliver radiation dose as accurately as possible. To better hit their mark, clinicians are relying increasingly on imaging to guide them to the target, which in the case of prostate cancer is often a moving target. Accordingly, the role of imaging in this year’s NCCN Prostate Cancer Guidelines was a critical component.

Time June 10, 2009
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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Molecular imaging in clinical trials accelerates the development of promising compounds by allowing physicians to see and assess whether a drug is working as intended for a patient.

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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

Could earlier diagnosis and pre-symptomatic disease detection truly lead to disease prevention? Healthcare is on the cusp of a paradigm shift from a reactionary to a preventative approach to managing disease through diagnostic imaging and radiolabeled probes. So what is holding it back? Benefits of early detection

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Feature | Nick Obradovich

New and improved techniques in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are popping up every day, stemming from innovations developed by physicians and manufacturers alike. Many of these new techniques are especially conducive to high-field systems — 3.0 Tesla (3T) systems and higher. 3T Advances

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Feature | Greg Rose, M.D., Ph.D., President and CEO of NightRays

Subspecialty radiology has been around since the ‘60s, but due to technical, political and financial barriers, it has not begun to fulfill its potential until recently.

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Outcomes for the outpatient imaging industry are uncertain. The current state of the economy and the effects of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), which has significantly cut Medicare reimbursement for imaging centers, are leaving outpatient-imaging centers few choices. Either they cut back and become lean, or close their doors.

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