August 18, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced a proposed decision to cover FDG-PET for initial staging of cervical cancer, but to exclude coverage for diagnosis of the disease.

August 18, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare’s SOMATOM Emotion CT scanner was ranked highest among 16-slice CT systems, according to a recent report from market research firm KLAS.*

August 18, 2009 - Philips Healthcare announces the first commercial shipments of the MX 16-slice CT scanner to customer sites around the globe.

August 18, 2009 - Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) represents a safe, noninvasive modality that frequently helps guide patient management, according to early findings from a multicenter registry published online Aug. 11 in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

August 11, 2009 - Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, and Eizo Nanao Corp., the leading medical solution provider of 10-bit displays, are pleased to announce that EIZO Nanao has selected and will be shipping the Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards with various EIZO RadiForce medical displays.

August 17, 2009 – NovaRad is extending its installations around the globe, adding Guam Radiology Consultants (GRC) in Tamuning, Guam, which signed a multi-year contract for both NovaPACS and NovaRIS.

August 17, 2009 - Computed tomography (CT) and positron emission tomography (PET)/CT equipment purchased by the the NIH Clinical Center will now be required to routinely record radiation dose exposure in a patient's hospital-based electronic medical record, reported Radiology and Imaging Sciences at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.

August 17, 2009 - Elekta has received a multiple order of six radiation therapy systems from the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo. The order encompasses two Elekta Synergy Platform, three Elekta Synergy and one Elekta Axesse. Elekta will make the institute its training and product development center in Latin America.

August 17, 2009 - SonoSite Inc., a specialist in hand-carried ultrasound for the point-of-care, announced that on Aug. 14 it completed the acquisition of CardioDynamics International Corp., a leader in impedance cardiography (ICG) for noninvasive hemodynamic assessment.

August 17, 2009 - Metiscan Inc., a holding company, announced that FirstView EHR, Inc. (FirstView) has launched a new outbound marketing strategy focused on expanding FirstView's footprint within the diagnostic imaging market.

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