December 13, 2007 – A Canadian nuclear reactor that makes and distributes globally more than two-thirds of the world’s supply of radioisotopes for cancer tests, may reopen by Dec. 20, after being shut down since November.

Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. (ACEL), a government-owned nuclear technology company that operates the reactor, shut it down after technical problems. Pending a push through emergency legislation allowing AECL to use a backup method, the reactor should be back to full production within seven days.

December 12, 2007 - Loma Linda University Medical Center (LLUMC), the first hospital-based proton treatment center in the U.S., has recently launched Protons.com, a Web site designed to help patients understand and explore this treatment option -promoting not only the hospital's advanced offerings, but bringing greater attention to proton therapy itself.

December 12, 2007 - Zimmer Holdings Inc. announced that its Premarket Approval application for the Zimmer NexGen LPS-Flex Mobile Knee has been granted by the FDA.

Zimmer says that a key strength of its mobile bearing system is its ability to be used in a minimally invasive procedure. The LPS-Flex Mobile Knee is compatible with the company's Minimally Invasive Solutions (MIS) Systems and Technologies knee replacement instrumentation.

December 11, 2007 - In order to bridge the training gap between healthcare providers who regularly provide advanced pediatric life support and those who infrequently care for critically ill or injured children, the American Heart Association has created a new intermediate course - Pediatric Emergency Assessment, Recognition, and Stabilization (PEARS).

December 12, 2007 - Omnicell Inc. today said it completed the acquisition of mobile cart technologies company Rioux Vision Inc. under terms of a definitive agreement announced Nov. 30.

Rioux Vision Inc. designs and manufactures mobile cart technology that brings healthcare to the bedside through a point-of-care medication management process.

December 12, 2007 – Electronic medical record provider MediNotes Corp. said today it surpassed 21,000 users of its EMR system, MediNotes e.

The company says the milestone signifies a growing trend and strong demand for EMR systems that complement medical offices' existing technology infrastructure, unlike other EMR systems that force medical offices to abandon their current scheduling or billing systems.

December 12, 2007 – A real-time location system (RTLS) that can read thousands of small, active RFID tags per second through multiple walls with a precision of 12-36 inches, was launched Dec. 5 by Time Domain Corp. – the Precision Location Ultra Wideband System (PLUS).

December 12, 2007 - Planar Systems Inc. unveiled at RSNA its new family of high-resolution grayscale displays, the Planar Dome Zx series, including the Dome Z16, reportedly the world’s first 16-mexapixel, 30-inch single grayscale diagnostic imaging display.

Intended for medical applications requiring the finest precision and image quality, the new Dome Z16 delivers images on a single piece of true 10-bit high-resolution grayscale glass without the split-bezel of a standard dual monitor configuration.

December 12, 2007 – U.S. Electronics Inc. recently introduced model MS51i2, Totoku’s first 21.3-inch monochrome display with a high resolution of 15 mega pixels, created to handle the higher resolution images output of the various modality devices.

The MS51i2's 21.3-inch monitor includes a 750 cd/m2 brightness and a contrast ratio of 800:1.

The new model was exhibited at RSNA 2007 (Radiological Society of North America) in Chicago, from Nov.25 through Nov. 29, 2007. This new product will be available directly from U.S. Electronics, Inc. (USEI) in early 2008.

December 12, 2007 - According to research published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine, PET/CT imaging exhibits significantly higher sensitivity, specificity and accuracy than conventional imaging when it comes to detecting malignant tumors in children, and provides doctors with additional information about cancer in children, possibly sparing young patients from being overtreated.

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