January 13, 2012 — Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the Xpress CR Digital Mammography upgrade for sale.
January 13, 2012 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is updating healthcare professionals and the public about preliminary findings from ongoing investigations following the voluntary recall of CardioGen-82 last July by the manufacturer, Bracco Diagnostics. CardioGen-82 consists of a generator that is used at clinical sites to produce rubidium (Rb)-82 chloride injection. A CardioGen-82 positron emission tomography (PET) scan is one of a variety of nuclear medicine scans that use radioactive drugs to evaluate myocardial perfusion.
January 13, 2012 — Varian Medical Systems has established its first education center in Tokyo, Japan, to train radiation oncologists, medical physicists, and technologists who work with Varian's cancer treatment systems.
January 12, 2012 — Today Brainlab announced the 500th sale of its ExacTrac patient positioning system for frameless radiosurgery. The scale of uptake highlights physicians continued focus on adopting clinically proven systems for high-precision cancer treatments and their ongoing investment in ensuring access to advanced radiation therapy for patients.
January 13, 2012 — Accuray said this week there had been significant momentum in global adoption of its CyberKnife robotic radiosurgery system and TomoTherapy system.
January 12, 2012 — RaySearch Laboratories AB announced that version 2.5 of its RayStation treatment planning system has been released for clinical use in Europe and the United States, and is pending regulatory approval in Canada. The new version includes a wide range of new features and improvements.
January 12, 2012 — WorldRad.com has been selected as the exclusive provider of round-the-clock teleradiology services for Guyana Imaging Providers in a country that suffers from a national shortage of qualified radiologists.
January 12, 2012 – Insurance status doesn’t affect the quantity (or value) of imaging services received by patients in a hospital, in-patient setting, according to a study in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology.
January 12, 2012 — The government has filed suit seeking $150 million in damages and penalties under the False Claims Act against Universal Imaging Inc. and its current and former owners, Phillip J. Young and Mark Lauhoff, United States attorney Barbara L. McQuade announced today.
January 12, 2012 – Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance for a new radiotherapy treatment planning tool designed to work with the company's Eclipse treatment planning software to reduce the amount of time needed for planning advanced treatments.
