September 26, 2008 – ProCure announced at ASTRO that it is partnering with radiation oncology practices and hospitals to open proton therapy centers, including one at Central DuPage Hospital in Illinois to be completed by 2011.

A four to zero approval on September 17, 2008, by the Illinois Health Facilities Planning Board (IHFPB) of the Proton Therapy Center of Central DuPage Hospital confirmed the deal.

September 26, 2008 — The October issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR) examines the growing threats to the survival and professionalism of radiology and the ways radiologists can combat them — by distinguishing themselves to referring physicians as experts, engaging in subspecialty training and become increasingly involved in patient care.

September 26, 2008 - The 6th annual Medical Innovation Summit at Cleveland Clinic is scheduled for Nov. 10-12 in Cleveland, OH.

More than 900 senior executives, investors, entrepreneurs and clinicians are expected to attend.

The summit will feature:

- Detailed insights into the newest innovations in the fast growing urology and gynecology markets including live, interactive surgery

- “Top 10” medical innovations for 2009

- Analysis on new directions for supporting innovation

Agfa HealthCare will introduce its IMPAX Mobility solution at RSNA 2008. This new product is a thin, Web-deployable enterprise image and result viewer designed for rapid and easy deployment operating across wide area networks.

RedRick will showcase its ComfortView Height Adjustable Workstation series at RSNA 2008. All ComfortView workstations are customized to fit a facility’s space and workflow. The workstation is designed to meet the very heavy lifting requirements, found in multimonitor PACS configurations.

Carestream Health's SuperPACS architecture allows healthcare providers to efficiently connect disparate PACS at multiple sites throughout a healthcare system.

NovaRIS/NovaPACS 7.1 features advancements such as rapid scroll speeds, magnifying glass, new transcription module and floor – ER-OP scheduler. New hanging protocol automated functions include automatic: comparative and single study display enabling two different hanging protocols for any study when it is being viewed alone or with another comparative study, series start in a cine, MPR or other advanced format and study duplication to ease manipulation and viewing in different windows or levels.

The RamSoft PowerServer is a complete Web-based PACS solution for ambulatory and acute care facilities of any size. Facilities customize complete workflows with pre-fetching, routing, breast imaging and reporting over any local or wide-area network combination. Because the drive behind its development is customer-focused, it is a PACS built for radiology by the people who use it, according to the company. The RamSoft PowerServer is reportedly based on an affordable annual study volume license that yields a satisfying ROI with a minimal up front investment.

Del Medical will sell and market New Medical Imaging of China’s Gemini family of full-field, portable DR flat panels in the Americas. The Gemini DR flat panels are designed to be a cost-effective upgrade option that allows healthcare providers to take the next step in digital radiography while maintaining their current equipment.

CoActiv provides the EXAM-RT Archive, a digital viewing, archiving and retrieval platform for a full range of radiation therapy-related data, including CT images, cone beam images, CMS radiation therapy plans and DICOM-RT data files.

The new functionality supports all seven DICOM-RT extensions and for the first time enables digital storage in a single unified patient information file.

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