January 4, 2011 - The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has issued a final rule to establish the permanent certification program for health information technology.

January 3, 2011 — With the delivery of new DigitalDiagnost X-ray systems to the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC), Philips reached a milestone of shipping 4,000 systems.

January 3, 2011 - GE Healthcare is expanding InSite OnWatch capabilities for MRI systems.

January 3, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to market a new component of the CyberKnife VSI System. The clearance of the Lung Optimized Treatment lets Accuray provide physicians with greater flexibility in delivering radiosurgery treatments to patients with lung cancer.

January 3, 2011 — iCAD Inc., a provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification of cancer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Xoft Inc., developer of the Axxent eBx electronic brachytherapy system.

January 3, 2011 – A registered radiopharmaceutical product has received a positive opinion for the mutual recognition of the initial French authorization in 12 European Union concerned member states. The opinion concens IBA’s Dopacis (18F-Fluorodopa).

January 3, 2011 — Calypso Medical Technologies Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumors, and Elekta, a manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer, announced a master development agreement to jointly develop products integrating the Calypso System with Elekta’s radiotherapy treatment technologies.

January 3, 2011 – Prime Radiology has selected Viztek to supply integrated radiology IT products and computed radiography (CR) hardware for a new imaging center in Edison, N.J. The multi-modality site, which will have five radiologists, will install Viztek’s Opal-RAD Web-based PACS, Opal-RIS Web-based RIS and billing software.

January 3, 2011 — Royal Philips Electronics and Definiens, a health image intelligence company, have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop a digital pathology system to support clinical diagnosis of several types of cancer, beginning with breast cancer.

January 3, 2011 — Carestream Health announced worldwide price increases of up to 25 percent on all its medical imaging, dental and nondestructive testing films and related supplies, effective in mid-December 2010. The company said the price increases were necessary due to continuing significant increases in the cost of raw materials used in film manufacturing, particularly silver.

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