July 6, 2009 – Royal Philips Electronics recently released the Veradius X-ray system, a mobile C-arm with a super thin, flat detector.

July 8, 2009 - RT prolongs survival in patients with extrahepatic cholangiocarcinomas (EHC) are rare tumors of the biliary tree, according to a study published in International Journal of Radiation Oncology - Biology - Physics.*

July 8, 2009 - The Susan G. Komen for the Cure, a leading breast cancer organization, is announcing millions of dollars in long-term grant funding for research on whether individuals can prevent development of their own cancers.

July 8, 2009 - High-Intensity-Focused Ultrasound (HIFU), which uses high-frequency sound waves to heat up tissue, is an experimental cancer therapy for prostate cancer that may be able to treat men without surgery and offer fewer side effects, according to the results of a study published in the British Journal of Cancer.

July 8, 2009 - Covidien said today Health Canada approved the company’s abbreviated new drug submission (ANDS) for its kit for the preparation of technetium Tc 99m Sestamibi injection.

Covidien’s generic product is fully substitutable for Cardiolite, the company said.

July 8, 2009 - Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) announced that it has developed a guidelines collection to improve the quality of clinical care and published research relevant to the practice of interventional radiology.

July 8, 2009 – Nuance Communications Inc. introduced Nuance PDF Converter Professional 6, the newest release of its flagship desktop PDF solution.

July 8, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems and RaySearch Laboratories AB have co-developed three new software solutions that are integrated as modules in the latest release of Varian’s Eclipse treatment planning system, which recently received 510(k) clearance from the FDA.

July 8, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc., a leader in advanced visualization and analysis software for medical imaging, has received 510(k) clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its magnetic resonance (MR) cardiac function analysis application for use with the Ziostation thin-client system.

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