April 27, 2009 - An additional breast cancer was found in 9 percent of patients when breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) was used to complement mammography, according to a study from Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons 2009 Annual Meeting in San Diego.

April 23, 2009 - Ziosoft Inc. debuted a new SPECT/CT fusion application, MR cardiac function analysis and 4D brain perfusion showing dynamic analysis using images from a 320-slice CT scanner,* built for the Ziostation thin-client system, at the International Technical Exhibition of Medical Imaging (ITEM) held April 17-19 in Yokohama, Japan.

April 23, 2009 - A new study shows that the SAVI applicator, a small, expandable device inserted inside the breast to deliver partial breast irradiation, carries a low infection risk, a potential complication of such devices.

April 23, 2009 - A majority of U.S. residents believe electronic health records would improve coordination and quality of medical care, but most do not believe health IT will lead to cost savings, according to a new poll by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.

April 23, 2009 - A new federally funded University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease.

April 23, 2009 - InSight Health Services Holdings Corp.'s subsidiary, InSight, completed the acquisition of two imaging centers in the Boston-metropolitan area; one center is exclusively MRI, while the other is a multimodality facility.

April 23, 2009 - 3T MRI can detect a significant number of lesions not found on mammography and sonography, according to a study performed at the University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, OH.

April 23, 2009 - To help medical informatics professionals stay competitive, the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) will provide tools and two intensive "bootcamp" courses at the SIIM 2009 Annual Meeting, June 4-7, Charlotte, NC.

April 23, 2009 -- INFINITT North America, a technology developer in Web-based RIS, PACS, Cardiology PACS and advanced visualization solutions, has won a multi-year contract to implement an enterprisewide PACS solution at St. Joseph's Healthcare System (SJHS) based in Paterson, NJ.

April 23, 2009 — Carestream Health reported that the KODAK CARESTREAM Mammography Workstation has more than 100 healthcare providers worldwide, providing a solution to streamline reading of digital breast exams.
The workstation is designed to enable diagnostic review of all breast imaging exams (FFDM, ultrasound, MR, CR and others), as well as general radiology exams.

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