By Nick Obradovich

Recently, Donald Frush, M.D., professor of radiology at the Duke University School of Medicine, chief of pediatric radiology at Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center and a leading pediatric radiation dose expert, sat down with ITN to discuss the current efforts being made to lower the radiation dose for pediatric CT scans.

December 30, 2008 – Merit Medical Systems said it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Miser contrast management system.

The product has patents pending and will be released during the first quarter of 2009.

December 30, 2008 - Volcano Corp. will acquire Axsun Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advanced photonic components, as part of Volcano’s strategy to establish its position in invasive imaging.

December 29, 2008 - Avalon Portfolio LLC, on Dec. 23, 2008, nominated four new directors to serve on the board of TomoTherapy Inc. as part of a strategy to generate greater value for the company’s shareholders as TomoTherapy's stock have continued to fall since stock price since 2007.

December 30, 2008 - Gilbert Hospital in Gilbert, AZ, has installed a GE Healthcare LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT imaging system.

Gilbert says the scanner captures images in as little as one second and can perform whole body trauma scans in as little as ten seconds.

December 30, 2008 - Health Systems Solutions agreed to extend the closing date for their pending merger to Feb. 11, 2009.

December 30, 2008 - Parents magazine has named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country.

The results, based on the magazine's survey of more than 100 children's hospitals, appear in the February 2009 issue on newsstands nationwide Jan. 13, 2009.

December 20, 2008 - Overall survival in breast cancer patients is superior with five years of adjuvant letrozole compared to tamoxifen, according to results from the Breast International Group 1-98 trial.

December 29, 2008 - MEDISON Co. won the “Good Design Awards 2008” award (KIDP Director’s Prize) for its new ultrasound system, ACCUVIX V20.

December 29, 2008 – iCAD’s SecondLook Digital CAD technology customized for use with Agfa HealthCare’s Computed Radiography Systems is now available throughout Europe, as the company moves forward with its business strategy to increase the use of iCAD systems outside of the U.S.

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