July 27, 2007 – The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology encourages radiation oncologists to participate in the Physician Quality Reporting Initiative (PQRI), which runs from July 1 – Dec. 31, 2007.

July 27, 2007 — eHealth Global Technologies Inc. has entered into a cooperative marketing agreement with Carestream Health Inc. in order to explore unique opportunities to jointly provide health information exchange services, and to promote each other’s products and solutions.
eHealth Global Technologies will provide service-based solutions that are complementary to Carestream Health’s product and service portfolio. The companies are also exploring ways to further leverage Carestream Health’s offerings into eHealth Global’s services.

July 27, 2007 - Guardian Technologies International Inc. has announced the successful completion of a clinical study involving the evaluation of its Signature Mapping software solution product to a clearly defined online database of mammographic X-ray exams known as the DDSM Project.

July 27, 2007 - Advanced Image Enhancement Inc., a provider of optimized image enhancement solutions for digital radiology, announced that the firm has entered into a licensing agreement with Hologic, agreeing that AIE will provide its image enhancement software for Hologic's SecureView diagnostic mammography workstations.

AIE's proprietary image enhancement software, which leverages signal processing technology originally developed from Navy research to locate undersea mines, reportedly enables physicians to extract more information from medical images.

July 27, 2007 - Duke University Medical Center's Multi-Modality Imaging Lab (MMIL) recently announced that it is combining SPECT and CT technologies into one device for 3D volumetric breast imaging to reach both functional and anatomical information in a single exam.

For more information: medschool.duke.edu

July 27, 2007 – GE Healthcare recently announced that it has entered an agreement with Canada based Medipattern Corp. to develop and customize Medipattern's computer-aided detection (CAD) product line for GE's ultrasound imaging systems and allow GE to resell Medipattern's B-CAD product.

For more information, www.gehealthcare.com, www.medipattern.com

July 27, 2007 - Merge Healthcare recently introduced Merge Ortho, a digital workstation solution that reportedly helps orthopaedic specialists save time and improve clinical effectiveness in orthopaedic planning and diagnosis.

The adoption rate for Accuray’s Xsight Lung Tracking System, a system designed for the noninvasive treatment of lung tumors, is exceeding 97 percent, the company announced. Xsight Lung is designed for use with the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System.

Top performing facilities, such as Central Arkansas Radiation Therapy Institute (CARTI), are employing the ExacTrac X-Ray 6D image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) system, enabling doctors to pinpoint tumors with increased accuracy and treat a wider variety of indications. CARTI treats up to 215 cancer patients weekly with the positioning system and other facilities are reportedly averaging 90 –100 fractions a week, in comparison to 2006 where an average of 65 fractions per week could be administered.

CMS Inc. has completed internal and external validation testing for its new Monaco IMRT planning system. The system, which is CE marked for distribution in Europe, is now pending U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance.

Monaco, according to the company, represents a fundamentally new approach to IMRT planning — the concepts represent a unique and sophisticated set of tools to make the radiotherapy planning process easier, more straightforward and clinically reliable.

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