Merge Healthcare, a health IT solutions provider, today announced its settlement with the SEC of the multi-year investigation into the conduct of two former company executives, and the circumstances which led to a restatement in 2006 of the company’s 2002 through 2005 financial statements. This investigation ran concurrent with two shareholder lawsuits, which were resolved in 2008.

Unlike whole-body MRI systems, which require after-market modifications to image the breast, the Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI is designed from the inside out, specifically for breast anatomy. Every functional component of the system, from the patient bed, to the proprietary CAD system, to the integrated biopsy capability, is created specifically for breast MRI.

Codonics Inc., a provider of advanced medical image storage and distribution appliances, has introduced a new line of affordable medical image servers designed to meet increasing demand for cost-effective storage of temporary data sets or permanent archives.


The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging administrative directors and managers. Manuel Andrade, TMTG's reserach analyst, made the analysis.

Q: In the future, would your radiology department be more likely to purchase a hybrid PET/CT system rather than a stand-alone CT or MR?

The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging administrative directors and managers. Manuel Andrade, TMTG's reserach analyst, made the analysis.

The MarkeTech Group (TMTG) conducted a poll of its imagePRO opt-in panel of more than 600 U.S.-hospital based imaging administrative directors and managers. Manuel Andrade, TMTG's reserach analyst, made the analysis.

Q: How will the change in reimbursement change your institution's current use of PET/CT imaging?

November 4, 2009 - PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities, has added to its offerings GEARView QC, a quality control tool for PACS, which it will launch at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago from November 29 – December 4, 2009..

November 4, 2009 - CIVCO Medical Solutions is launching the new Universal Couchtop at ASTRO booth #1547. The new Universal Couchtop is a strong, lightweight couchtop with low attenuation, ideal for IGRT tracking.

Gammex’s new 621 Lung CT Reference Phantom is a simple to use device that will provide a CT number in the range of common lung disorders. It consists of an acrylic shell that houses four reference sections. The material in each section has a different density and a correspondingly different CT number.

November 4, 2009 - Accuray unveiled the CyberKnife VSI System, extends the CyberKnife System’s robotic radiosurgery capabilities to enable high precision radiation therapy and Robotic IMRT, at the ASTRO 2009 annual meeting held Nov. 1-5 in Chicago, Ill.

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