July 29, 2011 – Philips installed a MultiDiagnost Eleva X-ray system at Delray Medical Center, a 493-bed acute care hospital serving southeast Florida, and MultiDiagnost Eleva with 3-D-RX reconstruction technology at West Boca Medical Center, an award-winning facility serving Boca Raton and Palm Beach county regions. The hospitals are part of Tenet Healthcare Corporation, one of the largest investor-owned healthcare delivery systems in the nation.

July 27, 2011 – iCAD will highlight its Xoft Axxent eBx electronic brachytherapy system at the 2011 Joint American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)/ Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP) meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, this weekend.

July 29, 2011 — Oxygen Biotherapeutics Inc. and privately held Aurum Biosciences Ltd. of Glasgow, Scotland, have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to conduct preclinical research for imaging and therapeutic intervention of acute ischemic stroke. Aurum, using Oxygen’s proprietary Oxycyte PFC (perfluorocarbon) emulsion in combination with Aurum’s proprietary Glasgow Oxygen Level Dependent (GOLD) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, will conduct the research.  

July 29, 2011 – Using computer-aided detection (CAD) software to help analyze and interpret mammograms does not improve accuracy, according to a study published online July 27 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

July 29, 2011 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week issued draft guidance that clarifies when changes or modifications to a previously cleared 510(k) device require a new premarket submission.

Typically, the only radiation facing travelers is from the airport scanners they must walk through to board airplanes. Not so, however, for two travelers who set off radiation alarms when crossing the U.S. border earlier this month, an incident whose fallout threatens the future of cardiac PET.

July 27, 2011 — Philips’ new MobileDiagnost, a mobile digital radiography (DR) solution with a wireless portable detector that facilitates diagnosis of immobile and critical patients, is now available in the United States. The portable solution improves workflow and efficiency of patient exams through an intuitive user interface and rapid access to digital images.

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July 27, 2011 – A new echocardiography remote reading program was introduced to provide expert exam interpretation in all 50 states. The new program, created by USARAD.com, a Joint Commission accredited provider of imaging services, is intended to address the longstanding need for fast, reliable interpretation of echocardiograms for mobile ultrasound companies and other imaging facilities across the nation.

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