May 11, 2009 - The Academy of Molecular Imaging (AMI) is pleased to announce that its randomized, multicenter trial investigating the use of 18F-sodium fluoride PET/CT (18F-NaF) to detect bony metastases has enrolled its first 10 patients. This study compares conventional planar 99mTc-MDP bone imaging with 18F-NaF PET/CT in patients with breast, prostate and non-small cell lung cancers.

May 8, 2009 – Digisonics’ latest OB-Windows/OB-View software release, which includes over 20 new features, showcased at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) annual meeting in Chicago this week. The system is dedicated to providing an ever-growing customer base with requested enhancements to OB/GYN image management and clinical reporting systems.

May 8, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare has filed an exploratory Investigational New Drug (eIND) application with the FDA for a new imaging agent [18F]-SMIBR-W372, to image amyloid plaque associated with Alzheimer's Disease.

May 8, 2009 - Positron Systems Inc. signed a Letter of Intent with Idaho State University (ISU) that will set the stage in a public/private partnership for the production and distribution of molybdenum-99 (99Mo), a widely used isotope in nuclear medicine.

May 9, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp. signed another Enterprise Wide B-CAD-FOR-LIFE managed service contract with Metropolitan Diagnostic Imaging Group LLC (MDIG), a group that has 13 radiologists that operate out of seven sites pushing the total licenses worldwide to over 100.

May 7, 2009 - With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act set to spur their development and implementation, electronic health records (EHRs) are getting a lot of attention while businesses like Google and Wal-Mart have begun to develop their own EHR tools.

May 7, 2009 – The Alliance for a Stronger FDA today praised the FDA's President’s Budget Request for devices and radiological health for fiscal year 2010 (FY 10) of $315 million, up from $280 million in FY 09, yet below the Alliance Preliminary Request for FY10 is $340 million.

May 7, 2009 - The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) said this week a report, “Guidelines for the Performance of Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography,” will be printed in the May/June issue of the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography that establishes a consensus of the minimally required standards for appropriate coronary CTA acquisition, as well as recommendati

May 7, 2009 – Researchers concluded that laparoscopy should be offered to all patients who lack an absolute contraindication for laparoscopic surgery, concluded doctors in a study comparing outcomes of non-emergent laparoscopic to open colon surgery.