June 12, 2009 - Covidien will be highlighting at the 2009 SNM Annual Conference in Toronto, June 13-17, its abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for its kit for the preparation of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) sestamibi injection and radiosotope development.

June 12, 2009 - As European healthcare facilities are turning to vendor-neutral, multimodality breast imaging workstations to streamline reading of digital breast exams, the need for an efficient workflow is driving strong sales for Carestream Health's multimodality workstation, according to Carestream Health's director of Worldwide Marketing, Mammography Solutions, Stephen W. Archer.

June 12, 2009 - Digirad Corp., a provider of medical diagnostic imaging products and personnel and equipment leasing services, will feature at SNM its recently 510(k) cleared Cardius X-ACT imaging system.

June 12, 2009 – The SNM Clinical Trials Network has announced that a prototype clinical PET oncology imaging simulator-or "phantom"-has been successfully scanned and imaged at four imaging centers. SNM intends to deliver and scan the phantom at an additional 20 imaging centers by the end of September.

June 12, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare will highlight at the 2009 SNM Annual Meeting in Toronto this week, Symbia.net, the new client-server solution for SPECT and SPECT/CT imaging applications for anytime, anywhere processing and reading, at the Siemens booth at booth 1024.

June 11, 2009 - Bioptics will demo its Core Vision Radiography System at the Society of Nuclear Medicine, June 13-17, 2009 in Toronto, Ontario. The company recently received 510K cleared to use Core Vision Radiography System in core biopsy analysis.

June 11, 2009 - According to a study published by the Journal of Vascular & Interventional Radiology, the VNUS ClosureFAST system for radiofrequency (RF) thermal ablation is "significantly superior" to endovenous laser (EVL) for treating venous reflux, the underlying cause of symptomatic varicose veins.  

June 10, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics penned an agreement to become an official medical equipment supplier of the New York Yankees. As part of the agreement, a state-of-the-art digital radiology system was installed inside Yankee Stadium, enabling onsite diagnosis of players by the Yankees medical team.

June 11, 2009 - NordicNeuroLab said this week the FDA issued 510(k) approval for nordicICE Perfusion/Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) Module, software for analysis of MR perfusion and contrast agent permeability.

June 11, 2009 – STERIS Corp. and Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. announced today at the Society of Vascular Surgeons annual meeting in Denver, Colo., that they have agreed to collaborate to offer optimized vascular, cardiovascular and neurosurgical hybrid surgical suites.
 

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