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February 9, 2009 - SenoRx Inc. said today it has expanded labeling for its larger-size Contura Multi-Lumen Radiation Balloon (MLB) catheter, which reflects the broader clinical capabilities included in the device's 510(k) clearance.

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February 9, 2009 - At ECR 2009 in Vienna, March 6-10, 2009, Sectra will highlight its new PACS generation enabling a workflow just as efficient whether radiologists are working locally or across department and hospital boundaries.

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February 9, 2009 - Del Global Technologies Corp. won a large government tender in Mexico for Del’s Apollo DRF flat panel detector that produces full-field, high resolution imaging for a broad range of radiographic and fluoroscopic examinations.

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February 9, 2009 - Presenters at the workshop stressed the need for the correct imaging biomarker available to accelerate the completion of clinical trials, as well as imaging standardization, consistent manufacturing practices and regulatory considerations, at The SNM Clinical Trials Network Community Workshop held on Feb. 8, 2009, in Clearwater, FL.

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February 9, 2009 - At ECR 2009, held in Vienna, March 6-10, Sectra will continue to push for the new generation of its photon-counting full-field digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, as a growing number of providers of medical technology point to photon-counting as the future in medical imaging.

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Codonics Horizon is three imagers in one – a dry film imager, color imager, and grayscale paper imager. Switching between film, color and paper requires no operator intervention. The all-in-one imager aims to provide high quality images while being affordable.

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Integrity Disk Importer is designed to be an easy-to-use solution to read, reconcile and store medical studies from a disc into PACS, or allows DICOM images to be stored directly to Integrity from any network device.

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February 9, 2009 – Some patients who suffer a stroke as a result of a blockage in an artery in the brain may benefit from a clot-busting drug nine or more hours after the onset of symptoms, according to findings published in the online edition of Radiology.

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February 9 , 2009 - At ECR 2009, Agfa HealthCare will be presenting an expanded portfolio of digital radiography solutions, showcasing its new DX-D line of DR solutions, low dose solutions for pediatrics and neonatal, dedicated solutions for mammography and affordable modular solutions for going from analog to digital.

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February 9, 2009 – AMICAS Inc. has integrated the High Definition Volume Rendering (HDVR) engine by Fovia Medical natively within AMICAS PACS version 6.0, designed to boost productivity through intrinsic 3D functionality, a consistent user experience and a interactive review of large volume data directly within AMICAS PACS.

Time February 08, 2009
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February 6, 2009 - The governing boards of the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) have reached an agreement in principle for a strategic integration that would leverage the strengths of each organization and provide the potential for enhanced service to radiologists and medical physicists seeking continuing medical education, quality and safety program

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February 6, 2009 - The Association of Residents in Radiation Oncology (ARRO) elected three new members to its executive committee: Karen L. De Amorim Bernstein, M.D., of Albert Einstein College in Bronx, N.Y.; Luqman Dad, M.D., of Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.; and Vinai Gondi, M.D., of the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Wis., will each serve two-year terms.

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February 6, 2009 – Digisonics said its new OB-Windows/OB-View software release 4.4 is now available.

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February 6, 2009 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine’s (SIIM) scholarship program for radiology residents interested in imaging informatics is open to all trainees in North America who intend to pursue a career in radiology or imaging sciences.

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February 5, 2009 – Nearly two thirds of the states in the U.S. experience a slight decrease in mammography utilization between the years 2000 and 2006, according to a study performed at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and this rate in low resource areas could be higher.

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February 5, 2009 – In the largest study to date to evaluate FDG-PET/CT (Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography combined with computed tomography) in the initial staging of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), researchers at M. D.

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February 5, 2009 – The presence of a protective pathway meant to shield normal stem cells from DNA damage is the reason stem cells are relatively resistant to the ionizing radiation often used as therapy for these conditions, according to researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine.

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February 5, 2009 - Reporting of radiation therapy details in randomized controlled trials for Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is deficient due to a lack of reporting of key radiation therapy descriptors and quality assurance processes designed to ensure the accuracy and reproducibility of treatment regimens, according to a Feb.

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February 5, 2009 - Sectra will be showing its advanced Web-based solution at this year’s American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS 2009), to be held from February 25th – 28th h in Las Vegas.

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February 5, 2009 - UCLA scientists are using positron emission tomography (PET) to evaluate tumor response to chemotherapy before prescribing therapy, enabling physicians to quickly pinpoint the most effective treatment and personalize it to the patient's unique biochemistry. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences published the UCLA findings in its Feb. 2 online edition.

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