December 10, 2008 - The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) recently formed a new partnership for radiation oncology practice accreditation that builds on the ACR’s current program that has served as the industry standard for more than 20 years.

Grundig Business Systems’ DigtaSoft and DigtaSoft Pro 4.2 voice processing solutions are equipped with new features that aim to streamline workflows in large dictation networks and improve the user experience during dictation and transcription.

December 10, 2008 – The Medipattern Corp. said the China Primary Health Care Foundation (CPHCF) has purchased 200 B-CAD systems as part of a pilot breast-screening program for rural China.

December 10, 2008 - Frost & Sullivan (F&S) awarded Zecotek Photonics Inc. (Zecotek) the 2009 Enabling Technology Award in the PET and PET/CT medical imaging markets in recognition of the its research and clinical validation for its next-generation scintillation crystals and solid-state photo detector technology.

December 10, 2008 - New research has found that the availability of a portable eight-slice computed tomography (CT) scanner in an emergency room can significantly increase the number of stroke victims who receive a potentially life-saving treatment, according to results of a study conducted at North Shore Medical Center (NSMC)-Salem Hospital in Salem, MA, and presented at the annual meeting of the

December 10, 2008 - Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is effective in the detection of cancers not found on mammograms or by clinical exam, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

December 10, 2008 - Zecotek Photonics Inc. said today that it has received the Frost & Sullivan 2009 Enabling Technology Award in the PET and PET/CT medical imaging markets.

Zecotek received this award in recognition of the its research and development and clinical validation achievements for its next-generation scintillation crystals and solid-state photo detector technology.

December 10, 2008 – Ville Platte Medical Center in Ville Platte, LA, of LifePoint Hospitals Inc. facility, is the latest to select NovaRad’s NovaPACS technology for its hospital.

December 12, 2008 - Dexas Laboratory Sciences has established a strategic alliance with V.A.M.P. (Erlangen, Germany), a pioneer of micro computed tomography (CT) development, in which Dexas will distribute V.A.M.P.’s TomoScope, a micro-CT, in the North American market.

December 10, 2008 – A prostate cancer patient from Warrington in Cheshire, UK, becomes first in his country to be treated using RapidArc Radiotherapy from Varian Medical Systems.

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