February 18, 2009 – GE Healthcare said the new Discovery PET/CT 600-series scanners, designed to help enable earlier detection and accurate monitoring of disease, are being installed globally.

Feb 18, 2009 - The SAVI applicator significantly expands the number of women who are able to benefit from breast brachytherapy, according to a new, peer-reviewed journal article in Radiotherapy and Oncology.

February 18, 2009 - Matrox Graphics Inc., a manufacturer of specialized graphics solutions, has an agreement with FIMI Medical Display Solutions, a Royal Philips Electronics company, to ship Matrox Xenia Series display controller boards for use with the MML2032 and MML2152 grayscale medical LCD displays designed to meet PACS workstation user needs.

February 17, 2009 – The National Institutes of Health have given UCSD’s Rebecca and John Moores Cancer Center a $7.5 million grant to develop new methods for detecting cancer and monitoring its treatment at the newly established In Vivo Cellular and Molecular Imaging Center.

February 18, 2009 – The global market for picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) is expected to witness steady growth and$4.8 Billion by 2015, driven by increasd adoption across imaging centers and hospitals, advances in communication and enterprise technologies, and integrated with other imaging modalities, said a report by Global Industry Analysts Inc. (GIA).

February 17, 2009 – In response to President Obama signing the $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 into law today, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) said it predicts the inclusion of $19.2 billion for health IT will have important economic benefits and result in improved patient care.

February 17, 2009 - The total PET and PET/CT patient studies increased only 4 percent, from 1,457,400 to 1,520,800, compared to estimates for 2007 provided by respondents to a 2008 survey by IMV Medical Information Division, representing a slowdown in procedure growth.

February 17, 2009 - Doctors in Hong Kong have carried out the first treatments in south-east Asia using RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems, and treated a 74-year-old patient with localized prostate cancer.

February 17, 2009 – Over the next several weeks, the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is offering several education opportunities for its members on the implications and opportunities of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, expected to include $19 billion for health IT and to be signed into law this week.

February 17, 2009 - Updated guidelines of best practices identify using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to newly diagnose breast cancer and to make treatment decisions for breast cancer as a best practice, but not as a substitute for screening or diagnostic mammography.
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