January 16, 2009 - Mindray Medical International Limited today released information on new product launches for 2009. In 2008, Mindray released a total of ten products, including new products in the medical imaging segment such as the DC-3 color ultrasound system, the DigiEye 560T and the DigiEye 561T digital radiography machines.
January 16, 2009 - St. Jude Medical Inc. said its ViewMate II Ultrasound System with the ViewFlex PLUS Intracardiac Echocardiography (ICE) Catheter was used for the first use outside the U.S., enabling physicians to view real-time images from inside the heart as they diagnose and treat conditions resulting from abnormal rhythms or structural problems.
January 16, 2009 - According to a report released Jan. 14, 2009, by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), eliminating the highly enriched uranium process (HEU) — the primary source of medical isotopes in the U.S.
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January 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and U-Systems signed a technology licensing agreement for U-Systems’ somo-VIEWer* advanced workstation for Automated Breast Ultrasound for use with Siemens’ ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), in a deal that aims to facilitate the adoption of automated breast volume ultrasound.
January 15, 2009 - Carestream Health installed its two thousandth high-resolution CR system for mammography at the Rechts der Isar Clinic in Munich, Germany, for breast cancer diagnosis.
January 15, 2009 – MedCurrent Corp. said that Pueblo Radiology Medical Group is among the first imaging centers to use its Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool, MedCurrent Verify.
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January 15, 2009 - Isodose Control released the Flexiplan 2.5 brachytherapy planning system designed to assist planning in three areas: intelligent image manipulation, contouring and dose optimization.
January 15, 2009 - There is no survival disadvantage to waiting up to 20 weeks to start radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but delaying more than that does adversely affect outcomes, according to results from a large study published in the January 2009 issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology (J Clin Oncol, 2009 Jan 1, IA Olivotto, et al).
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January 15, 2009 - Society of Nuclear (SNM) will devote its annual Molecular Imaging Summit to introducing the new SNM Clinical Trials Network, Feb. 8–9, at the Hilton Clearwater Hotel, Clearwater, FL.
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January 15, 2008 - Cancer patients in Estonia now have access to advanced radiotherapy techniques— including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)— with the official unveiling shortly before Christmas of an advanced Varian Medical Systems treatment machine at the North Estonia Regional Hospital in the country's capital, Tallinn.
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January 14, 2009 – Leaders from the medical field and academia urge Obama Administration, Congress, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to increase federal funding for research into imaging technologies for less invasive and more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer.
January 14, 2009 - Trinitas Comprehensive Cancer Center became at the end of December one of the first cancer treatment centers in the state of New Jersey to offer cancer patients treatment using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.
January 14, 2009 – After performing stereotactic transperineal prostate biopsy on 747 patients, researchers concluded that forty percent of men with prostate cancer may not even know they have it, according to research study published in a recent issue of Urology.
January 14, 2009 - Kubtec has received 510(k) pre-market certification notification certification to market its XPERT 20 digital specimen radiography device. The XPERT 20 is reportedly the most compact digital cabinet X-ray system to the KUBTEC line of specimen
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January 14, 2009 – A published report of a meta-analysis by Thad Wilkins, M.D., et al.
January 14, 2009 - Merit Medical Systems Inc. said today that it will enter the microcatheter market with the release of the recently FDA cleared Merit Maestro Microcatheter. Microcatheters are used to deliver various diagnostic, embolic and therapeutic materials to treat uterine fibroids, hypervascularized tumors and vascular malformations.
January 14, 2009 - UCLA scientists use positron emission tomography (PET) along with patient-specific information on Alzheimer's disease risk using a new method for tracking brain aging to diagnose brain aging before symptoms appear, according to an article published in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.