April 9, 2012 — Elekta announced it has received clearance to CE mark Agility, a beam-shaping device integrated into the head of a linear accelerator (linac). Patients and clinics will benefit from the speed and reliability of this new MLC (multileaf collimator) design.


The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first diagnostic agent to image Alzheimer’s disease beta-amyloid neuritic plaques in the living brain. Previously, the only way to confirm diagnosis of these plaques was from post-mortem biopsies. Eli Lilly and Company and Avid said the FDA cleared the commercial release of florbetapir (Amyvid).

Crux Vena Cava Filter System

April 6, 2012 — Positron Corp. announced the approval of its Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) manufacturing and distribution license amendment for the company's radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Crown Point, Ind.

Indium 111 Oxyquinoline

AliveCor wireless smartphone ECG

April 5, 2012 —Maquet and Siemens Healthcare announced they will collaborate closely to introduce a combined system for diagnostics and surgical procedures. The first systems will be delivered and installed starting May 2012.

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