April 22, 2011 – Healthcare providers in Russia can now offer women mammography with the market’s lowest radiation dose. This opportunity is a result of the Russian authorities’ approval of Sectra's digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography.
The Moores Cancer Center in San Diego, Calif., and Zurich University, Zurich, Switzerland, have both installed CIVCO Medical Solutions' Protura Robotic Patient Positioning System and Universal Couchtop (UCT).
April 22, 2011 – At the Society of Nuclear Medicine’s annual meeting, Philips will highlight several new imaging systems. The meeting will take place June 4-8 in San Antonio, Texas.
Carestream Health announced worldwide price increases on all of its medical imaging, dental and non-destructive testing films. Film prices will increase as much as 50 percent or more in some areas of the world.
April 22, 2011 – The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) has a long-term commitment to radiation safety, taking a leading role in measuring and assessing radiation dosage; developing educational programs on radiation safety, radiation protection and reduction of skin dosage; and promoting the safety of patients and healthcare professionals.
April 22, 2011 – Northwest Medical Center, a rural community hospital in Winfield, Ala., selected Novarad as its picture archive and communication system (PACS) provider. The PACS is one of the latest technologies that the hospital installed to help transition its imaging services to a completely digital environment.
April 21, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared Hologic to incorporate the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) Whole Body Reference Data into its Discovery dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) systems.
