GE Healthcare launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ultrasound images with images from other imaging modalities like CT and MR.

The LOGIQ E9 includes volume navigation, a tool incorporating two key components to maximize the system’s ultrasound architecture: fusion to combine the advantages of real-time ultrasound imaging with the high spatial and contrast resolution of CT, MR or PET; and a GPS-like technology to track and mark a patient’s anatomy during the ultrasound exam.

September 25, 2008 - GE Healthcare said today it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group Inc., a provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors.

September 25, 2008 - In a milestone for virtual colonoscopy, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from the first large multicenter trial of virtual colonoscopy (VC or CT colonography (CTC)), that show VC’s accuracy is comparable to the gold standard optical colonoscopy in detecting clinically significant colorectal polyps.

September 25, 2008 - Sun Nuclear built on the success of its original MapCHECK by introducing MapCHECK 2, an IMRT quality assurance solution designed to offer more detectors, at this year’s ASTRO.

September 25, 2008 – Cianna Medical introduced its new 6-1 Mini version of the SAVI applicator for delivery of radiation in breast conservation therapy at the 50th annual ASTRO meeting this week.

September 25, 2008 – Proton therapy (a specialized type of external beam radiation therapy using protons rather than X-rays to treat cancer) decreases the risk of patients developing a secondary cancer by two-fold, compared to being treated with standard photon radiation treatment, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented Sept. 22, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s 50th Annual Meeting in Boston.

September 23, 2008 – In response to the FDA approval of Covidien’s ANDA for generic Kit for the Preparation of Technetium Tc99m Sestamibi Injection, Lantheus Medical Imaging said it will compete with competitive pricing.

September 25, 2008 – According to Naviscan Inc., positron emission mammography, or PEM, which uses advanced metabolic imaging to detect breast tumors in the crucial early stages, is giving doctors a new tool to help women beat breast cancer.

The Naviscan PEM Flex Solo II reportedly can produce high-resolution images of 2 mm resolution, allowing physicians to visualize the presence of tumors the size of a grain of rice.

Sun Nuclear has built on the success of its original MapCHECK, by introducing MapCHECK 2, an IMRT quality assurance solution designed to offer more detectors, at this year’s ASTRO.

Cianna Medical's solution the 6-1 Mini version of the SAVI applicator, delivers radiation to the smallest of lumpectomy cavities in breast conservation therapy.

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