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.

January 26, 2009 — Sony Medical Systems said today that the FDA 510(k) cleared Sony’s FilmStation Mammography Film Imager, model UP-DF750, for full-field digital mammography (FFDM) applications.

January 26, 2009 - SenoRx Inc. said today that it has extended its international reach to encompass five additional global markets, and will now market its EnCor vacuum-assisted breast biopsy and GelMark breast biopsy tissue markers through distributors in Egypt, Greece, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates.

January 26, 2009 - FluoroPharma Inc., a company developing bolecular imaging agents for the Positron Emission Tomography (PET) market, said today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. Patent No. 7,438,891, covering methods of imaging cardiovascular plaque formation using F18 labeled 2-fluorodeoxy-D-glucose (FDG).

January 26, 2009 – Varian Medical System and BrainLAB are showcasing a new noninvasive surgical device for eradicating inoperable lung cancer and other conditions is being showcased this week at the 45th Annual Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Meeting in San Francisco, CA.


January 23, 2009 - The new Northwestern Brain Tumor Institute is a collaboration of Northwestern Memorial, the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University and Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine, established to merge medical research with state-of-the-art, comprehensive care to better manage and treat patients with brain tumors.

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