August 6, 2009 - The use of digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography (FFDM) combined may be associated with a substantial decrease in recall rate, according to a study performed at UPMC in Pittsburgh, Penn., published in the American Roentgen Ray Society.

August 6, 2009 – Ziosoft Inc., an advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, and Healthcare Software Systems Ltd. (HSS), a United Kingdom supplier of radiology information systems, have signed an agreement for HSS to distribute Ziosoft’s 3D thin-client software solutions in the U.K.

August 5, 2009 - Vital Images Inc. introduced Vitrea Enterprise Suite, which combines the company’s 2D, 3D and 4D clinical applications and services with a centralized solution for managing volumetric image data across the medical enterprise.

August 5, 2009 – The Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) named Chirapa Puntawangkoon, M.D., and Thananya Boonyasirinant, M.D., the winners of the third annual Young Investigator Award.

Both winners were honored at SCCT’s 2009 Annual Scientific Meeting in Orlando, Fla.

August 5, 2009 - The FDA granted 510k clearance to Carestream Health Inc. for its new CARESTREAM DRX-Evolution, a cassette-size, wireless DR detector.

August 4, 2009 – PACSGEAR, a provider of document and multimedia connectivity solutions for hospitals and healthcare facilities, released MediaWriter 3.0, with added enhancements to its DICOM CD/DVD burning solution.

This latest software version of MediaWriter will be featured in PACSGEAR’s booth 548 at the AHRA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Las Vegas, Nevada.

August 4, 2009 — Intelerad Medical Systems released IntelePACS, a suite of fully integrated modules developed as a direct response to the requirements of Intelerad’s clients to improve best practice standards in patient care.

August 4, 2009 - The new medical consensus statement from the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) outlines patient selection criteria and best practices for the use of accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI), a simpler, much shorter course of radiation treatment following lumpectomy surgery for breast cancer.


August 4, 2009 - The Medipattern Corp., a medical software solutions developer, announced Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology (MDR) has entered into a contract for B-CAD-FOR-LIFE, a cost-effective solution that provides all of the separate components that are required to install, train, use and maintain B-CAD, Medipattern's software solution designed to enable breast ultrasound computer-aided detection


August 4, 2009 - iCAD Inc., a provider of advanced image analysis and workflow solutions for the early identification of cancer, signed a six-system deal to provide the Osakidetza Regional Health Care Service in the Basque region of Spain.

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