August 14, 2008 - The Alliance for Radiation Safety in Pediatric Imaging will host a pediatric computed tomography (CT) vendor summit to discuss product development to standardize radiation dose estimation settings and display language for pediatric CT scanners, Aug. 20 at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Summit participants will also explore how vendor-provided education for technologists can promote better understanding of the unique steps required to safely perform CT scans on children.

August 14, 2008 - TeraMedica Healthcare Technology’s Evercore Enterprise Suite has been fully tested and certified for use with IBM’s Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS) storage management system, TeraMedica announced yesterday.

August 14, 2008 - Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, found the usage of injectable perflutren microsphere ultrasound (micro-bubble) contrast agents, which help to evaluate heart wall motion, declined in the second quarter of 2008 to 22 percent of the usage just two years earlier.

Bard's new Simetry Brachytherapy Program is a complete system for the treatment of prostate cancer based on individual anatomy.

The Simetry Brachytherapy Program uniformly loads the periphery of the prostate with connected SourceLink trains, then optimizes interior seed placement, creating a balanced halo of seeds around the prostate to consistently distribute the dose across the prostate. SourceLink Connectors hold the seeds in place once it has been determined where they should be positioned.

August 13, 2008 - Virginia Hospital Center will launch a $14 million new Hospital Information System (HIS) in 2009 from Siemens.

Siemens' health information solution, Soarian, will reportedly create efficiencies and orchestrate clinical best practices.

August 13, 2008 – Ion Beam Applications (IBA) and NeuroSurvival Technologies Ltd. (NST) today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement for radio-labeling and distributing APOSENSE [18F]-ML-10, NST’s novel agent for molecular imaging of apoptosis, to sites participating in multicenter clinical trials of APOSENSE [18F]-ML-10.

August 13, 2008 - Following a study published in the July 2008 issue of Clinical Lung Cancer, Accuray Inc. announced today that emerging clinical data continues to support CyberKnife radiosurgery for the treatment of lung cancer.

August 13, 2008 - The Elekta Axesse, which reportedly allows clinicians to treat cancer tumors more precisely and effectively throughout the entire body, has been added to the cancer treatment arsenal at Skagit Valley Hospital, Mount Vernon, WA.

August 13, 2008 - Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology said today that it will be the first imaging facility in Manhattan to offer positron emission mammography (PEM) in the fight against breast cancer.

This installation will provide Manhattan Diagnostic Radiology an increased ability to image and diagnose early-stage breast cancers, positively impacting cancer management. The leading-edge technology provides unprecedented metabolic resolution down to 1.5mm, said the facility.

August 13, 2008 - Philips Healthcare shipped the 100th GEMINI TF PET/CT to Little Rock Hematology & Oncology in Little Rock, AK.

Philips GEMINI TF is reportedly the first commercially available time-of-flight PET/CT system. Advantages of time-of-flight technology have been demonstrated in research environments, but Philips is the first healthcare technology provider to translate these benefits into a PET/CT solution for consistent and reliable clinical use, according to the company.

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