January 21, 2009 — Memorial Medical Center, Neillsville, WI, is converting from radiographic film and paper to a digital imaging and information management solution from Carestream Health Inc.

January 21, 2009 - TomoTherapy Inc. and Hitachi Medical Corporation (HMC) have entered into an exclusive agreement with to distribute the Hi-Art cancer treatment system in Japan, through the agreement, HMC will market, sell and service the innovative Hi-Art system, which facilitates highly precise, CT-guided radiation therapy for a wide range of clinical indications.

January 21, 2009 - RaySearch Laboratories AB and Nucletron BV have are extending a development and licensing agreement for Raysearch to develop software modules for Model-Based Segmentation (MBS) and treatment planning of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) for Oncentra MasterPlan, Nucletron’s multimodality treatment planning system.

January 21, 2009 - Adding radiation therapy to lumpectomy in the treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) substantially decreases the risk of recurrence of either DCIS or invasive breast cancer in the affected breast, according to a study from Westmead Hospital in Australia and the University of Sydney.

January 20, 2009 – Emageon has been awarded a five-year HeartSuite VERICIS cardiology contract with MultiCare Health System, an integrated health organization made up of four hospitals in the Greater Tacoma, WA, to create a platform that includes reports or any type of imaging study from cardiology to radiology.

January 20, 2009 — The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) released the recipients of its Annual Awards Program.

HIMSS will recognize this year’s 50 outstanding industry leaders and organizations during its Awards and Recognition Banquet on Saturday, April 4, at the Fairmont Chicago Hotel.


January 20, 2009 - Cambridge Research & Instrumentation (CRi) and VisEn Medical signed a non-exclusive agreement to enable CRi to distribute VisEn's proprietary portfolio of fluorescent imaging agents and labels in North America, in an effort to broaden the use of leading fluorescence in vivo imaging technologies, applications and standards in research and drug development.

January 20, 2009 - Agfa HealthCare has signed an agreement with the Government of Ontario, Canada for a CAD$29.6 million governmental grant to support the growth of and streamline the company’s research, development and regional operation centers in Toronto and Waterloo (Canada).

January 20, 2009 - Aycan Medical Systems successfully installed its aycan store, a DICOM archive solution, and aycan workstation Osirix PRO at Rural Radiology Consultants in Bemidji, MN.

January 20, 2009 – Fluke Biomedical released its second instructional product video demonstrating the reportedly innovative and easy-to-use TNT 12000 X-ray Test Device, a maintenance, calibration and quality-assurance tool for service and radiation management professionals reportedly suited for the most complex analysis that might be required by a physicist, the quality analysis of the biomedica

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