October 14, 2008 – Health Systems Solutions Inc. (HSS) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent of the stock of Emageon Inc., in a deal where HSS will acquire all outstanding shares of Emageon common stock for $2.85 a share, in an all cash transaction of approximately $62 million.

The price represents approximately a 37 percent premium on Emageon’s share price as of market close on Monday, Oct. 13, 2008.

The AVC1D0P from Quest International is a 19-inch, high-brightness, high-contrast LCD display, developed for endoscopic and surgical environments. The AVC1D0P is high-definition ready, supports mirror image functionality and the 8 ms response time is the fastest video response time in its class, according to Quest.

iCAD’s two new MRI products — SpectraLook, an iCAD’s image analysis solution for breast and prostate MRI studies, and CADvue, an image review and analysis software for breast MR — to be unveiled at the 7th Annual Symposium on Advances in Breast MRI in Las Vegas, from October 16-18, 2008.

The Philips cath lab experience provides interaction between image acquisition and visualization technologies, hemodynamic monitoring and charting, cath lab and statistical reporting and multimodality image access, viewing and storage.

CT Comprehensive Cardiac Analysis (CCA) with 3D-QCA from Philips is used to perform detailed evaluation of the coronary arteries and advanced ventricular functional analysis.

The CX50 CompactXtreme ultrasound system brings premium technologies from the Philips iE33 system to a compact form.

GE Healthcare's Discovery PET/CT 600 is a FDA cleared positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) system that is part of GE’s Discovery family of scanners designed to enable earlier detection and accurate monitoring of disease with molecular imaging technology in both hardware and software.

October 13, 2008 – Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. today introduced its Luxtec MLX 300W Xenon light source for use in surgical procedures, the latest addition to Luxtec’s line of illumination systems.

Integra will feature the Luxtec MLX light source at the American College of Surgeons 94th Annual Clinical Congress, Oct.12-15, 2008, San Francisco, CA.

October 13, 2008 – Piedmont Hospital in Atlanta, GA, is installing the Aquilion ONE from Toshiba America Medical Systems in an effort to streamline the series of diagnostic tests that patients with heart conditions or stroke undergo.

With the Aquilion ONE, a dynamic volume CT system, physicians can reportedly provide one comprehensive exam, reduce cost by eliminating multiple tests and access complete information to diagnose and treat patients faster.

October 13, 2008 - Vibration response imaging (VRI) allows better evaluation of lung volume regional variations after chest lobectomy compared to functional respiratory tests, according to data presented by Professor Roberto Bossi at the 18th European Respiratory Society Congress last week.

The study measured the effectiveness of VRI for the evaluation of lung function compared to functional respiratory tests, before and after thoracic surgery.

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