September 30, 2011 — Vision RT announced it has increased sales of AlignRT, its 3-D imaging platform, to several advanced TrueBeam facilities in the United States in recent months.

September 30, 2011 — The CyberKnife Coalition announced that more than 500 men have been enrolled in the first national patient registry designed to track prostate cancer patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT). All of the patients were treated with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

September 30, 2011 – iCAD Inc. will showcase its family of computer-aided detection (CAD) and advanced imaging solutions at the Radiological Society of North America’s (RSNA) Annual Meeting, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2011, in Chicago, Ill.

September 30, 2011 – PACSGear announced an expanded strategy to combine medical images from all departments with electronic health records (EHR). The “PACS 2.0” initiative is the evolution of medical image connectivity to include integration with the electronic health record.

September 30, 2011 – Siemens Healthcare returns to the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO), Oct. 2-6 in Miami, with a broad range of solutions that multiply chances – for life. At this year’s booth (#203), Siemens will demonstrate its strong commitment to battling cancer with a portfolio that covers the spectrum of oncology care, with a particularly strong focus on diagnostic oncology imaging in in-room and outside-the-room imaging as well as in radiation therapy.

September 30, 2011 – The Molecular Imaging Biomarker Research Group of Siemens Medical Solutions recently completed a Phase II multi-center clinical trial of its HX4 positron emission tomography (PET) imaging biomarker, which is designed to detect hypoxia – a reduction in tissue oxygen levels – in solid tumors. The trial’s primary objective was to test the reproducibility of HX4’s uptake in tumors by conducting PET/computed tomography (CT) scans of the same patient on sequential days in a test-retest protocol. The trial enrolled 40 patients with head and neck, lung, liver, rectal or cervical cancers, who were scheduled to receive chemotherapy, radiation therapy or a combination of the two.

September 30, 2011 – ViewRay Inc. will present potential applications for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-guided radiotherapy at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Oct. 2-4 in Miami Beach, Fla., with software demonstrations in booth #865. The company's new research radiation therapy system is being developed to feature a patented combination of radiotherapy delivery and simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The system is being designed to let radiation oncologists see what they're treating, while they're treating.

September 28, 2011 – Researchers have a new weapon in their arsenal to diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military service members and civilians. The National Institutes of Health Clinical Center began imaging patients last week on a first-of-its-kind, whole-body simultaneous positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) device. The Biograph mMR offers a more complete picture of abnormal metabolic activity in a shorter time frame than separate MRI and PET scans, two tests many patients undergo.

September 28, 2011 ­– Hie Electronics, a manufacturer of long-term scalable Active Archive data storage solutions and the manufacturer of the TeraStack Solution, announced that it has received a registration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Devices and Radiological Health.

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