October 13, 2009 - Sustained economic growth since 2003 in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) has enabled massive increases in healthcare expenditures with an astounding $500 billion spent in 2009 alone, reports Millennium Research Group (MRG), a medical technology market research company.

October 12, 2009 - Aspyra Inc. will demonstrate the latest release of AccessRAD, its integrated RIS/PACS product at the upcoming RSNA 2009 Annual Meeting Nov. 29 – Dec. 3, Booth 3021, South Building Hall A, at McCormick Place in Chicago.

October 13, 2009 - AMICAS, Inc. is showing its newly launched AMICAS RIS Version 5.5 at RBMA's 2009 Fall Educational Conference in Chandler, AZ, from October 11 to 13, booth 203.

October 12, 2009 – ScImage, an enterprise imaging and informatics company, has created a robust toolset for delivering PACS content to electronic medical records systems (EMR).

October 12, 2009 – The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) announced four new Category 1 CPT codes for cardiac computed tomography will become effective Jan. 1, 2010.

October 11, 2009 – GE Healthcare announced the European launch of Discovery NM/CT 670, a hybrid imaging platform designed to improve workflow, dose management, and overall image quality, during the EANM'09 Annual Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, held Oct. 10-14 in Barcelona, Spain.

October 12, 2009 - The FDA notified healthcare professionals that it has become aware of radiation overexposures during perfusion CT imaging performed to aid in the diagnosis of stroke at a particular facility, the patients receiving radiation doses that were approximately eight times the expected level.

October 12, 20009 - Joanna Fowler, Ph.D., a major contributor to brain research and a pioneer in molecular imaging, is being recognized by the White House with the National Medal of Science—the highest award for lifetime achievement in science. Eight other researchers will join Fowler to receive the award at a White House ceremony on October 7.

October 12, 2009 - Dilon Diagnostics, a molecular breast imaging (MBI), also known as breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI), device manufacturer, and Philips Healthcare have entered into a distribution agreement, in which Philips will sell and support the Dilon 6800 gamma camera in key European and Middle Eastern markets.

October 12, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare has integrated Nuance’s Critical Test Result Management (CTRM) solution, Veriphy, into IMPAX for the Canadian market.

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