April 15, 2009 - The results of the Detection of Ischemia in Asymptomatic Diabetes (DIAD) study, released in today’s Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), found that myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) screening for coronary artery disease (CAD) in asymptomatic patients with type 2 diabetes did not result in a significant reduction in the rate of heart attacks and death compared to

April 15, 2009 - CIVCO Medical Solutions released a disposable endocavity needle guidance system for use with ZONARE’s E9-4 transducer.

BRIT Systems’ BRIT Speak is a stand-alone dictation, transcription, report distribution and optional voice recognition solution that uses the latest Web technologies. BRIT Speak provides real-time workflow across a virtual environment with minimal user intervention and is available with the company’s Roentgen RIS and Roentgen Works remote reading solution.

Konica Minolta Medical Imaging’s FlexDR is an upright, flat panel digital radiography system. The FDA-cleared FlexDR features an Amorphous Silicon (aSi) and Cesium Iodide (CsI) receptor that boasts ultrahigh detective quantum efficiency (DQE) for high-quality images even with minimum X-ray exposure.

The product will be available for sale in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2009.

April 15, 2009 - Based on its recent analysis of the U.S. PET and PET/CT markets, Frost & Sullivan awarded Zecotek Photonics Inc. with its 2009 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for Enabling Technology.

April 15, 2009 - Scranton Gillette Communications, located in Arlington Heights, IL, has agreed to acquire the assets of Imaging Technology News and Diagnostic & Invasive Cardiology from Reilly Communications Group, located in Schaumburg, IL. Imaging Technology News provides technology solutions for medical imaging and radiation oncology professionals with a circulation of 35,000.

April 15, 2009 - Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown that they can determine after a single cycle of chemotherapy whether the drugs are killing the cancer or not using a PET/CT scanner.

April 15, 2009 - SNM is making history by becoming the first medical association in America to launch a “virtual march” on Capitol Hill to raise awareness among policymakers about the benefits of molecular imaging with the goal of ensuring that patients have access to medical imaging such as PET/CT and SPECT/CT.

It takes three steps to join the march:
1. Go to www.MIMarchforHealth.org.


Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said the U.S. needs to reform its healthcare system if it is to fulfill its Medicare obligations and for American companies to stay competitive in the world economy.

Greenspan was a keynote speaker during the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference April 8 in Chicago.

April 14, 2009 – MedCurrent Corp. today released a new version of its MedCurrent Verify, a Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool.

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