June 23, 2010 – New guidelines for breast scintigraphy with breast-specific gamma cameras were established this week by the Society of Nuclear Medicine Procedure Guidelines Committee.

June 23, 2010 – A new disposable needle guide is now available for the Siemens BP9-4 bi-plane transducer.

June 22, 2010 – Brainlab AG announced last week that it has signed an agreement with Toshiba Medical Systems Corporation Inc. to integrate its Aquilion LB Computed Tomography (CT) scanner with the Brainlab Brainsuite iCT digitally integrated operating room (OR).

June 22, 2010 – Nineteen facilities in the Mid-Atlantic region have been named Centers of Excellence in accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) for their use of the SAVI applicator, an advanced therapy for breast cancer as part of breast conservation therapy. The SAVI applicator can provide important advantages for women with early-stage breast cancer.

June 22, 2010 – Riverain Medical announced this week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval for the newest version of the OnGuard Chest X-ray Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) technology. OnGuard identifies solitary pulmonary nodules that may represent early-stage lung cancer on an existing chest X-ray.

June 22, 2010 – The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology’s (CCHIT) announced last week it selected two new, all-volunteer work group panels to develop criteria for electronic health records (EHRs) in women’s health and oncology. These are the latest domains to be added to the CCHIT's independently developed certification programs.

June 22, 2010 – By combining two relatively inexpensive technologies based on sound and light waves, researchers hope to lower the rate at which women undergo breast biopsies for suspicious lesions. Results of the study on ultrasound-guided optical tomography are published in the online edition and the August print issue of Radiology.

June 17, 2010 – The Swedish company Sectra has been awarded a contract to install a dedicated Breast Imaging PACS and three MicroDose Mammography units for use in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).

June 17, 2010 – Breastlight successfully detects malignant tumors and picks up lesions as small as 7 mm, according to data presented this week at the European Institute of Oncology's 12th Milan Breast Cancer Conference. [1]

June 17, 2010 – A report on physician self-referral released earlier this week by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC) is already receiving positive feedback from some medical professionals.

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