May 7, 2008 - InnerSpace added six preconfigured carts to the Harmony line including larger versions of their Crash, Anesthesia and Isolation carts, a Pediatric Emergency cart, a Suture cart and a Line cart.

May 7, 2008 - GE Healthcare signed a nonexclusive agreement with Merck and Co. to provide spin signal technology (SST) for imaging of the lungs to help to advance respiratory treatment development, as part of GE Healthcare’s strategy to accelerate the development of new therapeutics.

GE Healthcare’s drug development strategy includes giving pharmaceutical companies access to novel molecular imaging agents to assess the impact of potential drugs in animal models and, when appropriate, human subjects.

May 7, 2008 - Intelerad Medical Systems entered into a partnership with SENCOR to provide its patented PACStacks disc burner appliance, which automates the creation of DICOM CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray discs, aiming to simplify medical image distribution as well as long term disaster recovery protection.

May 7, 2008 - Connect Imaging will introduce a new version of its Mammo ViewBox software to support a super high-resolution mammography display from Totoku Electric, reportedly the first to support the ISD technology of Totoku’s MS51i2 digital mammography display.

May 7, 2008 - Leake Memorial Hospital in Carthage, MS, selected NovaRad’s NovaRIS and NovaPACS technologies for its hospital, aiming for enhanced patient service and streamlined image reading and reporting.

NovaPACS provides screen viewing and mouse-based functions, giving users access to images and reports from any computer, according to the company. Developed from the same platform as NovaPACS, NovaRIS, a Web-based, open standards RIS, generates reports, analyzes exams, measures profitability and facilitates paperless management of patient records.

May 7, 2008 - GE Healthcare signed a nonexclusive agreement with Merck & Co. to share technology on imaging of the lungs that may help to advance respiratory treatment development, granting Merck access to Spin Signal Technology (SST) utilizing hyperpolarized Xenon 129 gas, a molecular imaging agent that is under investigation by GE to provide high speed, quantitative imaging of the lung using MRI.

May 7, 2008 - eHealth Global Technologies released its first quarter 2008 results, marking a growth in sales and revenue with triple-digit percent increases, with 114 percent increase in revenue for first quarter 2008 compared to fourth quarter 2007, and a 978 percent increase in revenue for first quarter 2008 compared to same quarter in 2007.

May 7, 2008 – The FDA cleared a new imaging device, ei•Nav/Artemis, that uses 3D/4D imaging to allow urologists to virtually see inside the prostate in real time during biopsy, guiding them with 4D needle navigation during the procedure, mapping biopsy locations and generating an image of 3D biopsy coordinates for future reference.

May 7, 2008 - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System is the first medical center in the U.S. to begin treating cancer patients with RapidArc radiotherapy, reportedly delivering advanced image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

The new MS51i2, Totoku’s first 21.3-inch monochrome display has a high resolution of 15 mega sub pixels. This model will reportedly easily handle the higher resolution images output of the various modality devices.

The new Engineering model was exhibited at the 17th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Breast Cancer Screening held in Pacifico Yokohama from Nov. 21-22, and at RSNA 2007 (Radiological Society of North America) in Chicago.

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