June 12, 2008 - There is a lack of universally applied standards for administering radiopharmaceutical doses to children undergoing nuclear medicine examinations, according to results of a recent survey of 13 pediatric hospitals in North America that was published in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

June 12, 2008 - Diagnostic Radiology Services LLC (DRS) has been launched and aims to provide a range of tailored consulting services for the diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology.

DRS was created to assist radiology groups, hospitals, publicly traded imaging companies, senior executives of equipment manufacturers and large-scale lending institutions with the development and management of outpatient imaging centers and radiation treatment centers.

June 12, 2008 – SonoSite expanded the capabilities for the M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system, including four new transducers addressing anesthesia, surgery, venous access, musculoskeletal and adult and pediatric cardiology applications.

June 12, 2008 - Biospace med said New Jersey Spine Group is the first healthcare facility in the U.S. to install the EOS X-ray imager, reportedly the first ultra-low-dose X-ray technology, capturing head-to-toe images of patients with up to 10 times less radiation than a conventional X-ray and up to 1000 times less than a CT (Computed Tomography) scan.

This installation took place just after the introduction of a resolution earlier this month in the U.S. House of Representatives, “H. Res. 1216”, which proposes to reduce radiation dosages used in the imaging of children.

June 12, 2008 – Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. said its Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System is immediately available to patients for the first time in Louisiana at the Women’s Imaging Centre–Lafayette.

June 12, 2008 – Imaging Biometrics LLC (IB), a provider of advanced visualization and analytical software solutions, has an agreement with the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN) to evaluate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) datasets using its proprietary dynamic susceptibility contrast (DSC) MR perfusion software, IB Neuro.

June 12, 2008 – Nevada Cancer Institute’s (NVCI) Diagnostic Imaging Department said it has been approved to participate in clinical imaging trials by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network (ACRIN).

SonoSite expanded the capabilities for the M-Turbo in hand-carried ultrasound system, including four new transducers addressing anesthesia, surgery, venous access, musculoskeletal and adult and pediatric cardiology applications.

Zebra Technologies introduced the HC100 cartridge-based thermal printer to help make wristband printing easier and more cost-effective for healthcare organizations.

Missing or illegible wristbands are a major contributing factor to many adverse events, Zebra said. By utilizing bar-coded wristbands, hospitals can ensure clinicians have the ability to accurately identify patients before collecting specimens, administering medications or transfusing blood.

June 11, 2008 - New analysis of a drug approved for osteoporosis prevention and treatment has provided definitive evidence that the medication is also effective as a breast cancer preventative for certain cancers, according to the results of the randomized controlled trial published in the June 10 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

The trial showed that women who took the drug Raloxifene were less likely to develop invasive, estrogen-receptor (ER) positive breast cancer compared with women who did not take the drug.

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