November 19, 2007 - American Medical Sales Inc. will highlight at RSNA 2007 its alternative solution for full-diagnostic mammography workstations, MammoVue, hardware/software solution that allows users to view full-sized breast images and perform nondiagnostic tasks, reportedly at a fraction of the price of a full function mammography diagnostic workstation.

November 19, 2007 - Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. has installed its Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System, reportedly the only FDA-cleared dedicated breast MRI system designed for the detection and diagnosis of breast cancer, in Ohio’s Toledo Hospital Breast Care Center as part of a joint venture with Toledo Radiological Associates .

November 19, 2007 – Covidien Imaging Solutions, a subsidiary of Covidien Ltd., signed a multi-year deal to supply X-ray contrast imaging agents to customers of MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a St. Louis-based group purchasing organization, as part of Covidien's plan to broaden its distribution channels for its imaging agents.

November 19, 2007 - At RSNA 2007, Cleveland Clinic and Riverain Medical will announce the details of a newly established ongoing program to determine whether chest X-ray CAD (computer-aided detection) can improve practical early detection of lung cancer by identifying hard to detect lung cancers at an early stage when they are most treatable leading to improved patient survival rates.

November 19, 2007 - IMIX Americas Inc., a provider of digital radiography products, will feature the IMIX insight line of full-featured digital radiography products for a variety of imaging applications at RSNA 2007.

November 19, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced SOMATOM Definition AS, an adaptive scanner created for strokes, cardiac conditions and cancer, designed to expand CT's role from just imaging to managing patient outcome.

American Medical Sales Inc.'s alternative solution for full-diagnostic mammography workstations, MammoVue, hardware/software solution that allows users to view full-sized breast images and perform nondiagnostic tasks, reportedly at a fraction of the price of a full function mammography diagnostic workstation.

Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced SOMATOM Definition AS, reportedly the first adaptive scanner created for strokes, cardiac conditions and cancer, designed to expand CT's role from just imaging to managing patient outcomes.

IMIX Americas Inc., a provider of digital radiography products, will feature the IMIX insight line of full-featured digital radiography products for a variety of imaging applications at RSNA 2007.

November 16, 2007 - Pancreatic cancer, the fourth-leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. doesn't normally show signs or symptoms until it is advanced, and an estimated 37,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed in 2007.

Symptoms include jaundice, unexplained weight loss, and pain in the upper or middle abdomen and back, often these signs are confused with many other illnesses.

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