September 28, 2012 — Sectra has announced an agreement with four healthcare providers to deploy its picture archiving and communication system (PACS) in 17 outpatient imaging centers located throughout the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington.

September 28, 2012 — New optical imaging technology developed at Tufts University School of Engineering could give doctors new ways to both identify breast cancer and monitor individual patients' response to initial treatment of the disease. A five-year clinical study of the procedure, funded by a $3.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, is now underway at Tufts Medical Center in Boston.

The pervasiveness of mobile technology inspires Progressive Radiology to set a new standard for excellent service and win new business by offering Intelerad’s referring physician results-delivery portal, InteleConnect.

Avreo announced its latest application, interWorks Mobile, will now be available exclusively from the Apple App Store. interWorks Mobile is designed for referring physicians on the go, providing real-time access to images and reports in Avreo interWorks Version 7.

Hologic Inc. announced today that Rob Cascella, Hologic's president and CEO, will preside over the Oct. 1 NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Ceremony to mark the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This is Hologic's seventh consecutive year of kicking off breast cancer awareness month on NASDAQ. The ceremony will begin at 9:15 a.m. EST.


The discovery of 2-D X-rays more than 100 years ago marked a breakthrough of the most basic form of image-guided surgery tools, enabling surgeons to examine patients in order to perform the appropriate surgical procedure. Due to the fact that all patients’ anatomies are not uniform or identical to the medical text illustrations, the X-ray form of examination can be quite challenging.

Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA), a national network of hospitals focusing on complex and advanced-stage cancer, has opened its new Southeastern Regional Medical Center in the Atlanta, Ga. area. The new facility will be equipped with innovative GE Healthcare diagnostic imaging solutions, including wide bore magnetic resonance (MR) and low dose computed tomography (CT) solutions, as well as cardiac electrocardiography, anesthesia and vital signs monitoring technology.

The average age of installed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners in the United States has increased from eight years in 2007 to 10.9 years in 2011, according to a new market research report by IMV Medical Information Division.

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