July 13, 2009 - A new study by Mayo Clinic researchers uses MRI-based differential diagnosis for identifying three common neurodegenerative disorders: Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, and Lewy body disease using Structural MRI.

July 13, 2009 - Purdue University researchers have developed a "homing device" for prostate cancer using by synthesizing a molecule that finds and penetrates prostate cancer cells and using imaging agents and therapeutic drugs that can link to the molecule and be carried with it as cargo.

July 13, 2009 - In a study performed at the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, researchers found that the use of cardiac CT for low-risk chest pain patients in the emergency department, instead of the traditional standard of care (SOC) workup, may reduce a patient's length of stay and hospital charges.

July 13, 2009 - The new ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Oklahoma City celebrated its official grand opening on July 8, 2009, where patients with head and neck, brain, central nervous system, prostate and some pediatric cancers will be treated at the new Center

July 13, 2009 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. recently introduced Precision Imaging technology, software designed to increase productivity while improving patient care in diagnostic imaging, and is available on the Aplio XG ultrasound system.

July 10, 2009 - Intelerad Medical Systems, an industry-leading PACS solution vendor, installed its InteleOne solution at Diversified Radiology of Colorado (DRC) to consolidate its image and patient data from multiple PACS and RIS systems into a streamlined, single workflow solution.

July 10, 2009 – New British Heart Foundation (BHF) research(1) revealed today suggests for the first time that the way blood flows through our arteries may boost an antioxidant effect of statin medicines.

July 9, 2009 – According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the ongoing economic crisis is putting pressure on publicly funded European healthcare systems, intensifying the decline of interventional cardiology device prices in the region.

July 9, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the review copy of the 2010 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) proposed rule on July 1, 2009. The American College of Radiology (ACR) will be submitting comments to CMS addressing issues of concern by the deadline of August 31, 2009.
The following are the highlights of the proposed rule:

July 9, 2009 - NovaRad recently introduced NovaMG, a breast imaging viewer that combines the toolset of NovaPACS with customizable mammographic reading and hanging protocol sequences.

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