November 19, 2009 — Music can make you laugh or cry, rile you up or calm you down. Some say it’s good for the soul. It just might be good for the heart, too, reports the November 2009 issue of the Harvard Heart Letter .

November 10, 2009 – Covidien said yesterday it will voluntarily contraindicate the use of its Optimark gadoversetamide injection, a gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedures involving patients with severe renal impairment.

November 10, 2009 - Vital Images and Intel, a world leader in silicon innovation, have integrated Intel’s Xeon 5500 processor series into Vital Images’ advanced visualization solution with the aim of decreasing clinical dataset load times compared to previous capabilities.

November 10, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical said it will unveil new additions to its X-ray maintenance, calibration and quality assurance tool platform during the RSNA annual meeting Nov. 29 – Dec. 4, in Chicago.

Sources close to the project report a new dosimeter is in the works for the wireless TNT 12000 X-Ray Test platform, as well as integrated mA/mAs measurement capability.

November 10, 2009 – Toshiba America Medical Systems, Inc. has introduced the Toshiba Assurance Refurbishment Program to provide customers the ability to purchase previously owned, completely refurbished Toshiba systems.

Aurora Imaging Technology will be launching the Aurora Breast MRI Mobile Solution at the 2010 RSNA conference.

November 6, 2009 - Acceletronics announced here at the 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) that it will be introducing the new Theraview KV Imaging IGRT system for radiation oncology facilities.

November 6, 2009 – Nearly 4 million people nationwide suffer from cardiac arrhythmias each year, according to the 2006 U.S. Cardiac Rhythm Management Market report by Frost and Sullivan. About 2.5 million of these cases cannot be treated or controlled through medication alone.

The Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (CIMT) Screening, which maps and assesses vascular age, is one of the many easily configurable study types within the Digisonics DigiView Image Management and Reporting System.

November 6, 2009 - As the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009 now heads to the U.S. Senate for approval, legislation that would create a stable and reliable supply of medical isotopes in the United States, the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives for its passage of H.R. 3276—the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009.

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