July 15, 2008 - Kubtec will introduce at the AHRA 2008 in Denver a touchscreen-based specimen radiography system called XPERT 40, a specimen radiography system with up to an 8-by-8-inch digital detector and with up to a 1 mA xray source.

The 19-inch medical grade touchscreen monitor is currently used for other medical imaging applications and will enhance the XPERT 40�s ease of use in the OR and in the biopsy suite. Some of the other firsts the XPERT 40 possesses are the ability to send annotations to PACS and the ability to send multiple images to PACS with a single click.

July 15, 2008 - iCRco released its Clarity PACS, which is designed to offer an affordable image management solution to imaging centers and medical practices using digital radiology.

Clarity is said to be scalable to meet the needs of clinician offices, multiphysician practices, radiology imaging centers and multi-site facilities connected over the Internet. Key features of Clarity include a full-featured DICOM archive, connectivity with a RIS, HIS or third-party PACS, diagnostic viewing with Web-based viewing capabilities, a workflow manager and CD/DVD burning.

Clarity PACS is designed to offer an affordable image management solution to imaging centers and medical practices using digital radiology.

July 14, 2008 – The Access to Medical Imaging Coalition (AMIC) said in a statement today, "A report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that recommends Medicare adopt prior authorization criteria to address appropriate utilization of medical imaging services was constructed on an incomplete analysis and should not be used by policymakers to make coverage decisions."

July 14, 2008 - LUMEDX Corp. today introduced CardioPACS 5.0, the latest version of its cardiology PACS software.

The multimodality, Web-enabled and vendor-neutral CardioPACS 5.0 offers new and better ways to manage images and data with a fully integrated suite of applications, modules.

July 14, 2008 - The recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the growth of imaging services does not provide Congress with suitable recommendations to address medical imaging utilization, said the Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) today.

July 14, 2008 - The American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) recently awarded Robert Lukin, M.D., the organization’s highest honor: the Gold Medal, for his contributions to the field of neuroradiology and his leadership in guiding the American Board of Radiology (ABR) and the ASNR.

The University of Cincinnati (UC) professor of radiology and former chair accepted the award at the society’s annual meeting in New Orleans on June 5, 2008.

July 14, 2008 � The MaryEllen Locher Breast Center in Chattanooga, TN, will install an Aurora 1.5 Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System, replacing the traditional full-body MRI system.

July 14, 2008 - The American College of Radiology�s (ACR) CT colonography guidelines recommend that polyps ≤ 5mm in size not be reported on CT colonography by applying them to an endoscopic database that collected information about polyps that had been removed and processed, according to a study presented at Digestive Disease Week 2008 (DDW).

July 11, 2008 – ValuSource Software and Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) released two Web-based dashboards that enable physicians and group practices to enter a few variables about physician compensation and production and costs and compare themselves to national norms.

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