January 27, 2009 - Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, is offering a new therapy that uses radioiodine labeled metaiodobenzylguanidine (I-131 MIBG) to treat patients with relapsed neuroblastoma, marking the first time this therapy is being used in the New England region.

January 27, 2009 - Utilization of imaging in the private office setting increased by 63 percent, according to a study that which will appear in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

January 27, 2009 – Varian Medical Systems and BrainLAB will showcase the Novalis Tx platform, performing image-guided radiosurgery at the 45th Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Meeting in San Francisco, CA.

The goal of the demonstration is to treat tumors of the lung, as well as of the brain, spine, liver and prostate, without making a single incision.

January 27, 2009 - Siemens Healthcare will supply diagnostics equipment, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), digital radiography (DR) and mammography systems, to Al Razi Healthcare in Lahore, Pakistan.

The recently signed contract will provide Al Razi Healthcare with diagnostic imaging services, many of which are not currently available anywhere in Pakistan.

January 27, 2009- For the second straight year, GE Healthcare has earned top honors for Overall OEM Service for cardiovascular X-ray systems in the 2008 IMV ServiceTrak Imaging X-Ray Cardiovascular Systems report.

January 27, 2009 - FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA will for the fifth year fund educational travel grants for the American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS) Annual Meeting, April 26 –May 1st in Boston, MA, providing two radiology residents or fellows with grants valued at $2,500 each to pay for registration and courses for the entire ARRS meeting, as well as lodging and travel to and from the conference.

January 26, 2009 – Ashe Memorial Hospital (Jefferson, NC) has selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS technology for its imaging department.

The rural, not-for-profit hospital located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina selected NovaPACS because it is a turnkey system and provides fast image loads and eased access to studies for convenient remote reading.

January 27, 2009 - Canadian researchers at the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization at McMaster University will start a clinical trial to evaluate the use of molecular imaging probes and imaging devices to detect small tumors earlier than a mammogram test.

January 27, 2009 - At Arab Health 2009 Royal Philips launched a new ultrasound system, the HD9, which focuses on helping clinicians deliver high quality care for a full range of women’s health needs.

The HD9 combines advanced imaging technology, including 3D and 4D capabilities, designed for an easy-to-use system for obstetrics, gynecology and breast imaging.

January 27, 2009 - Lantheus Medical Imaging Inc. said today new data from a prospective, non-randomized, multi-national study shows gated single-photon emission computed tomographic (SPECT) myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) with Cardiolite (Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi for Injection) had a 96 percent negative predictive value for diagnosing extensive coronary artery disease in patients hospitalized with their first episode of heart failure.

These study findings were published in the January/February 2009 issue of The Journal of Nuclear Cardiology.

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