June 9, 2010 - A single radiation dose during intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) is at least as effective as longer post-operative treatments, according to results from a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting, held June 4-8 in Chicago and published in the Lancet June 5.

June 2010 - The American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched the American Institute for Radiologic Pathology (AIRP), which will provide a four-week Radiologic-Pathology Correlation Course, given five times per year, beginning in January 2011.

June 9, 2010 - As the competition heats up in the radiation therapy systems market, Tomotherapy Inc. announced today that it has signed an equipment supply group purchasing agreement with group purchasing organization (GPO) MedAssets.

June 9, 2010 - In a deal to extend the global sales reach for Accuray’s CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, Accuray today announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Siemens.

June 9, 2010 – Vascular 2-D and 3-D software in development to improve imaging workflow and productivity is being demonstrated during the 2010 Annual Vascular Meeting, sponsored jointly by the Society of Vascular Surgeons (SVS) and Society of Vascular Ultrasound (SVU).

June 9, 2010 - At the company's annual shareholder meeting today, Toshiba Medical Systems Corp. (TMSC), a member of the Toshiba group of companies, announced Satoshi Tsunakawa will be appointed president and CEO of the company.

June 9, 2010 - As part of its ongoing commitment to provide safe and effective radiation therapy equipment, the Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) and the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) today announced an industry-wide effort to develop and implement additional patient protection features for radiation therapy equipment.

June 9, 2010 – Allscripts and Eclipsys, leading providers of electronic health records (EHR) in the ambulatory and acute health care markets, announced today they will merge to create the one company. The deal includes an all-stock transaction valued at $1.3 billion.

June 8, 2010 - Since August of 2009, Lantheus Medical Imaging has been exploring options to obtain additional molybdenum (Mo-99), which is used to make technetium-99m, an radioisotope used in nuclear medicine imaging.

June 8, 2010 - A multitracer molecular imaging technique using positron emission tomography (PET) provides detailed information about the physiological processes of cancerous tumors.

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