February 3, 2009 - The American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) announced that the 2009 ASRT election polls are now open, and all members who joined on or before Dec. 30, 2008 are eligible to vote.

February 2, 2009 - CardiArc, Inc., along with Clinical Engineering Consultants Inc. (CEC) of Erlanger, KY, today said CEC will provide field service for the CardiArc HD-SPECT system.

CEC also brings technical consultation with CardiArc on the field service manual. In addition CEC will sell the CardiArc system in the Ohio River Valley area.

February 3, 2009 – Array Corp. said it has upgraded its DICOM 2905 laser film digitizer from 4.0 to 4.3 optical density range.

February 3, 2009 - The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) said it has made important updates to the NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology for Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Risk Reduction.

February 3, 2009 – Hologic’s first quarter results for 2009, ending December 27, 2008, showed revenues of $429.2 million, a 16 percent increase when compared to revenues of $371.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008.


February 3, 2009 - The shapes of some of the tiniest cellular structures are coming into sharper focus at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Janelia Farm Research Campus, where scientists have developed a new imaging technology that produces the best three-dimensional resolution ever seen with an optical microscope.


February 3, 2009 - Dilon Technologies Inc. today released two new collimators: the Slant15 Collimator for breast imaging and the Low Energy High-Resolution (LEHR) Collimator.

Both collimators are attachment options for the Dilon 6800 Gamma Camera that help to optimize imaging for the respective applications.

February 3, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical recognized the work of Radiology Mammography International (RMI) with the donation of two MQSA Mammography Phantoms for use in an upcoming mission to Nairobi, Kenya.

February 3, 2009 - Ochsner Health System of New Orleans has deployed the IMPAX Data Center by Agfa HealthCare to manage diagnostic image access and distribution across the enterprise, providing a complete view of patient imaging data for seven hospitals and 35 health clinics in New Orleans.

February 3, 2009 – Barco closed the divestment operation of its Advanced Visualization (AVIS) activities to Toshiba Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, Japan, in a move by Barco to focus on its medical display systems business.

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