May 6, 2009 - A newly discovered gene known as DEAR1 is mutated in breast cancer and is an independent predictor of local recurrence-free survival in early-onset breast cancer, a research team headed by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the journal PLoS Medicine.

May 6, 2009 - Physicians should review a patient's CT imaging history and cumulative radiation dose when considering whether to perform another CT exam, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.

May 6, 2009 - PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA) will hold its annual meeting on June 4, 2009 in Charlotte, NC during the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Conference and will include continuing education (CME) credits from multinational accreditation organizations.

May 6, 2009 - Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center found a correlation among tumor aggressiveness, MRI-enhancement and intraoperative fluorescence in a study in which they investigated the use of a new florescence-guided technique during glioma resection surgery.

May 5, 2009 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reported that the final registration figures for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition tallied 27,429 total registrants.

The breakdown of the registrants was as follows:
- 6 percent decrease from the 29,177 at HIMSS08

May 5, 2009 - A panel at the recent meeting of the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held April 22-26 in San Diego, included discussion of the advantages of a new laser treatment for fibroadenomas, using the Novilase Breast Therapy to offer a minimally invasive alternative to lumpectomy.

May 5, 2009 - Hologic Inc., manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, reported revenues of $402.0 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009.

The highlights of the quarter included:

DeJarnette's Intelligent Router solution, which provides DICOM study distribution capability, provides manual routing and three automated routing technologies:
- Source Metadata Routing (SMR)
- Modality Worklist Routing (MWR)
- Query/Move Routing (QMR)

MEDIAN LMS' Lesion Management Solutions comprises a portfolio of clinical applications for the management of cancerous or other suspicious lesions diagnosed in chest and abdominal CT scans, available on various enterprisewide environments, including PACS or RIS workstations.

May 4, 2009 - VIDAR Systems Corp. will showcase its newest addition to the Advantage film digitizer product line – the SIERRA Advantage – at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine
(SIIM) Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2009, in Charlotte, NC.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now