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.

January 23, 2009 – Next Wed., Jan. 28, a group of radiation oncology providers, manufacturers and patient groups will host an educational forum focused on one of the least understood cancer treatments: radiation.

January 23, 2009 - Impac Software, part of the Elekta Group, said that St. John's Hospital in Springfield, IL, is the first clinical site to utilize MOSAIQ, Impac's image-enabled oncology information system, to treat patients using Varian's RapidArc treatment technique.

January 23, 2009 - Johnson Medtech, the medical products division of Johnson Electric, will participate in creating the world's first MRI-compatible image-guided tumor treatment device with Profound Medical Inc. (PMI).

January 22, 2009 – McKesson won a contract with the Baptist Healthcare System for the management of its physician revenue cycle designed to help affiliated physician staff address operational and revenue challenges.

January 22, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical released their second instructional product video demonstrating how to use the TNT 12000 X-Ray Test Device, providing an x-ray maintenance, calibration and quality-assurance tool for service and radiation management professionals.

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