June 5, 2008 - Merge Healthcare Inc. is reorganizing its business operations and making changes in executive management, according to the company.

The company is reorganizing and renaming its operating divisions. Merge Healthcare North America (MHNA) has been renamed Merge Fusion. Cedara, its operating division located in Toronto, Ontario, will be renamed Merge OEM.

June 5, 2008 - NeuroLogica Corp. and its Korean distribution partner, Dong Kang Medical Systems, said the CereTom CT scanner has received clearance from the Korean Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) for medical capital device imaging.

The portable eight-slice CT scanner acquires 1.25-millimeter slices per rotation and is capable of performing NeCT, CT Perfusion, Xenon Perfusion and CT Angiography. According to the company, it is also optimal for use in the emergency room, intensive care unit and operating room because of its portability.

IsoRay Medical Inc.’s Proxcelan is a seed used in low dose radiation (LDR) permanent brachytherapy for prostate cancer. The reportedly fast-acting, high-energy medical isotope has demonstrated strong clinical results and is being heralded as the first leap forward in seed brachytherapy in 20 years.

June 4, 2008 - AdvanDx this week submitted for FDA 510(k) review its Yeast Traffic Light PNA FISH for detection of Candida yeast species from positive blood cultures.

June 4, 2008 - Scientists in the environmental healthcare unit at the University of Southampton in the U.K. found that infectious bacterium Clostridium difficile is killed when exposed to surfaces made of copper and its alloys, brass and bronze.

The results of the study have been published in the February 2008 issue of the Journal of Hospital Infection.

C. difficile is a leading cause of hospital infection in both the U.K. and the U.S. The spores can live in the environment for a long time and are resistant to a range of disinfectants, including alcohol gel.

June 4, 2008 - Vision-Sciences Inc. received approval from Underwriters Laboratories Inc. to affix the CE Mark to its new line of advanced digital, video-based flexible endoscopes, which come with an built-in light source, eliminating the need for a separate camera head, light cable and optical coupler.

Radiation oncologists know that one of the major challenges in their field today involves accurate dose delivery. Despite years of advancement in diagnosis and treatment in cancer, particularly the tough-to-reach cancers of the head and neck, lungs, prostate and more, significant room for improvement exists.

June 4, 2008 – Philips was selected for a 33-month contract by Premier Purchasing Partners, in order to provide Premier’s 1,600 member hospitals and 51,000 additional healthcare sites with access to contracts for Philips Xcelera PACS for Cardiology and Philips iSite PACS for Radiology.

June 4, 2008 - The gene MagA could become a valuable tool for tracking cells' movement through the body via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), according to findings published in the June issue of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

June 4, 2008 – For the first time, the annual Breast Imaging Conference will host full-day, dedicated self-assessment workshops in digital mammography training and MRI: A Hands-on Experience in MRI Biopsy, as well as offer its 250 radiologists, technologists, administrators and allied healthcare professionals a full program filled with educational components, hands-on workshops and special focus sessions, Sept. 3-6, 2008, in Nashville, TN.

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