January 29, 2008 - EMC Corp. released all-time record fourth-quarter and full-year revenue and year-over-year growth in profit, earnings per share and operating cash flow, with its 18th consecutive quarter of double-digit year-over-year revenue growth highlighted by balanced, double-digit revenue growth across the company’s Information Storage, Content Management & Archiving, RSA Information Security and VMware Virtual Infrastructure business lines.

January 29, 2008 - Digital mammography may be a better screening option than film mammography for some women, according to newly published results from the Digital Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial (DMIST), finding that digital mammography performed better than film mammography for pre- and perimenopausal women under age 50 with dense breasts.

The study, appearing in the February issue of Radiology, enrolled 49,528 women at 33 centers in the U.S. and Canada. The women underwent both digital and film mammography. Breast cancer status was determined for 42,760 women.

January 29, 2008 - Amicas signed more than 60 new contracts in 2007, including seven for Vision Series Financials, AMICAS' next generation radiology management and billing software system, designed to automate revenue cycle management for radiology groups, imaging centers, multispecialty practices and billing services.

January 29, 2008 - The PEM/PET system, a new medical imager for detecting and guiding the biopsy of suspicious breast cancer lesions, is capable of spotting tumors that are half the size of the smallest ones detected by standard imaging systems, according to a new study.

January 29, 2008 - Matrox Graphics Inc. and The Linden Group will combine Matrox MED Series display controller boards with its MDM 3 MP and MDM 5 MP grayscale medical displays, in order to produce a high-functionality bundle aimed at radiologists' needs.

January 29, 2008 – The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) announced MediNotes version 5.2 Electronic Medical Record (EMR) is pre-market, conditionally CCHIT certified, and meets the commission’s ambulatory EHR criteria.

NEC Electronics America Inc. introduced two new color, 21.3-inch diagonal amorphous-silicon thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) modules for medical imaging applications.

Dale Medical Products has introduced a post-surgical bra that reportedly securely and comfortably holds dressings and makes it easier to be examined and receive treatments for a variety of procedures such as mastectomy, lumpectomy, biopsy, reduction and reconstruction.

Mitchell Sheinkop, M.D., will be the first in the U.S. to surgically implant the just-approved Nex Gen LPS-Flex mobile bearing knee at the Neurologic and Orthopedic Hospital of Chicago.

The FDA approved the Zimmer Holdings knee, which the company says is the next generation of knee prostheses for active adults, especially amateur and professional athletes.

Dr. Sheinkop was one of eight physician investigators in the U.S. who participated in the clinical trial proceeding FDA approval.

January 28, 2008 - SenoRx Inc. recently launched the Contura Multi-Lumen Balloon (MLB) Catheter for delivering brachytherapy to the surgical margins following lumpectomy for breast cancer.

Contura is one of a new class of devices designed to reduce radiation treatment time from six to eight weeks to five days in patients eligible for the treatment. SenoRx believes that the Contura MLB can play an important role in the shift from traditional whole breast radiation therapy to localized partial breast radiation therapy.

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