April 19, 2010 - Merge Healthcare Inc. (Merge) today announced the pricing of its $200 million aggregate principal amount of 11.75 percent senior secured notes due 2015. The issue price is 97.266 percent of the principal amount of the notes.

April 19, 2010 - President Barak Obama signed a bill granting temporary relief through June 1, 2010, from looming cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates, however, Michael Graham, Ph.D., M.D., president of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), stresses a need for a long-term solution.

April 19, 2010 – The Fibroid Treatment Collective (FTC) has launched an annual observance called Fibroid Awareness Week scheduled this year for April 19-23, which is dedicated to education about fibroids that affect upwards of 50 percent of all women.


Cancer doesn’t discriminate by gender, age or where a person resides. But in many cases, the quality of care a patient receives can depend on where they live. For patients who live in rural areas or far from major cities with premier cancer treatment centers and research universities, the barriers to getting access to cutting-edge care can be almost insurmountable.

April 14, 2010 - New algorithms for breast ultrasound (US) are making waves in the breast imaging community, which has led to a new arena of whole breast ultrasound technology.

April 14, 2010 – The Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York has become the first facility in the United States to commercially use a new cardiac nuclear imaging system that drastically reduces imaging time and radiation exposure.

April 14, 2010 - As doctors become more mobile, requiring access to clinical data at remote workstations or at the point-of-care, the American College of Radiology (ACR) has launched the ACR Appropriateness Criteria Anytime, Anywhere application (app).

April 14, 2010 - When college football’s elite enter Radio City Music Hall April 22 for the 2010 National Football League (NFL) draft, it will be after much public analysis of their stats and accomplishments. Also important to a player’s prospect of being drafted is the outcome of diagnostic tests including X-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and cardiac evaluations.

April 14, 2010 - A diagnostic imaging center expands its services to offer image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) and integrates TomoTherapy technology into its workflow.

With the only linear accelerator installed in the Valle d’Aosta region, Ospedale Regionale Umberto Parini installed the Hi·Art treatment system, which features TomoHelical and TomoDirect delivery capabilities.

April 14, 2010 - For the first time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave 510(k) clearance to a gamma camera indicated for endocavity imaging.

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