April 2, 2009 - AMICAS Inc. said today it successfully completed the tender offer by its wholly-owned subsidiary AMICAS Acquisition Corp. for shares of common stock of Emageon Inc.

The tender offer expired at 12:00 midnight (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.

April 2, 2009 - In female cancer patients of reproductive age, radiation treatment directly to the ovaries should be avoided because there is a direct relationship between certain types of radiation therapy and fertility problems, according to a review in the April 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation

April 1, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare is set to demonstrate the benefits of workflow automation on the new release of its premier general imaging platform, the ACUSON S2000 ultrasound system, at the annual conference of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM 2009), this week.

April 1, 2009 – At the 2009 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention this week, ContextVision, the software imaging partner for the most recognized medical imaging manufacturers worldwide, will introduce GOPiCE US, the first real-time volumetric filtering software for ultrasound.

April 1, 2009 - McKesson Corp. reported on Tuesday, March 31, that its Executive Vice President and President of McKesson Technology Solutions Pamela J. Pure departed from the company, effective March 30. The company did not give any explanation, and no replacement was named.

April 1, 2009 - Vital Images Inc. has become the first and only advanced medical visualization provider to achieve certification for Excellence in Service Operations by the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), said the company.

April 1, 2009 – At the 2009 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Annual Convention this week, ContextVision is set to release the GOPiCE US, reportedly the first real-time volumetric filtering software for ultrasound.

April 1, 2009 - Healthcare provider attitudes toward the adoption of electronic medical record (EMR) technology at outpatient facilities and physician practices have changed significantly over the past year, according to a new perception study by market research firm KLAS.

ScImage’s has implemented automatic display normalization on its Web-based gated SPECT viewing capabilities. The solution also has the ability to adjust the window/level of the stress series, the rest series, or both independently.

April 1, 2009 - In a study comparing the ability of various medical techniques to accurately determine the extent of heart disease and stratify patients according to disease severity, researchers found that myocardial perfusion testing with gated single photon emission computed tomography (gated SPECT) was a more accurate predictor of prognosis in chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD)—a painful c

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