January 21, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week unveiled a plan containing 25 actions it intends to implement during 2011 to improve its 510(k) review of medical technology, the most common path to market for medical devices.

January 21, 2011 – Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) enabled physicians to more accurately assess the risk of individual blockages than the use of the current standard of angiographic imaging alone, according to a new study.


The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) this week published guiding principles and best practices for the development of radiation safety programs in cardiac catheterization laboratories.

January 20, 2011 – Telemis, the specialist in medical imaging solutions, has further consolidated its position in Italy with the acquisition of Micromedica Ltd, one of the country’s leading picture archiving and communication system (PACS) vendors.

January 20, 2011 – Researchers say radiofrequency fields can successfully treat pancreatic tumors, which kill more than 95 percent of diagnosed patients. Kanzius Cancer Research Foundation (KCRF) announced research conducted in the Kanzius/Curley Lab at The University of Texas M.D.

January 19, 2011 – TechniScan, a medical device company engaged in the development and commercialization of an automated 3-D breast ultrasound imaging system, said this week it signed a product development agreement with Womens3D Inc.

January 19, 2011 – GE Healthcare and Veran announced a strategic supplier agreement this week in which GE became the exclusive distributor and reseller of Veran’s ig4 fusion imaging angiography navigation system in the United States.

January 19, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a radiopharmaceutical agent intended for use with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging, for the detection of dopamine transporters (DaT) in the brains of adult patients with suspected Parkinsonian syndromes (PS).(1)

The FCR Go 2 is an upgraded version of the FCR Go portable digital X-ray machine, with a number of new features. It has an enhanced generator, full-size workstation and improved drive performance, all designed to provide high-quality images and ease-of-use to technologists conducting imaging exams outside the radiology department.

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