January 16, 2009 – Siemens Healthcare and U-Systems signed a technology licensing agreement for U-Systems’ somo-VIEWer* advanced workstation for Automated Breast Ultrasound for use with Siemens’ ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), in a deal that aims to facilitate the adoption of automated breast volume ultrasound.

January 15, 2009 - Carestream Health installed its two thousandth high-resolution CR system for mammography at the Rechts der Isar Clinic in Munich, Germany, for breast cancer diagnosis.

January 15, 2009 – MedCurrent Corp. said that Pueblo Radiology Medical Group is among the first imaging centers to use its Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool, MedCurrent Verify.

Jan 15, 2009 - The Burzynski Research Institute, Inc.

January 15, 2009 - Isodose Control released the Flexiplan 2.5 brachytherapy planning system designed to assist planning in three areas: intelligent image manipulation, contouring and dose optimization.

January 15, 2009 - There is no survival disadvantage to waiting up to 20 weeks to start radiation therapy (RT) after breast-conserving surgery (BCS), but delaying more than that does adversely affect outcomes, according to results from a large study published in the January 2009 issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology (J Clin Oncol, 2009 Jan 1, IA Olivotto, et al).

January 15, 2009 - Society of Nuclear (SNM) will devote its annual Molecular Imaging Summit to introducing the new SNM Clinical Trials Network, Feb. 8–9, at the Hilton Clearwater Hotel, Clearwater, FL.


By Cristen C. Bolan

In these difficult financial times, healthcare facilities are looking for ways to cut costs without having to cut corners on patient care. As a result, access to the most up-to-date medical imaging technology and quality patient care has been especially challenging for the under-served pediatric population and their families in both rural and urban settings.

January 15, 2008 - Cancer patients in Estonia now have access to advanced radiotherapy techniques— including intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT)— with the official unveiling shortly before Christmas of an advanced Varian Medical Systems treatment machine at the North Estonia Regional Hospital in the country's capital, Tallinn.

January 14, 2009 – Leaders from the medical field and academia urge Obama Administration, Congress, the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense to increase federal funding for research into imaging technologies for less invasive and more accurate diagnosis of prostate cancer.

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