May 4, 2007 - Draeger Medical has introduced the Carinahome, an invasive and noninvasive ventilator designed to support a patient's ongoing condition away from clinical settings.

The full-access interface shows both pressure and flow curves while a monitoring screen reportedly enables patients to adjust predetermined settings according to their personal needs.

The Carinahome features low noise levels during operation, an auto-dimming screen and energy-saving capabilities. Optional accessories, such as a DC input allow the ventilator to be used in the car.

May 4, 2007 - Hospital employment climbed to 4.5 million workers in April, a one-month increase of about 0.1 percent, or 6,600 employees, according to seasonally adjusted, preliminary figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the year ended in April, hospital payrolls rose by roughly 2.2 percent, or 95,700 workers.

Physician-office employment increased to 2.21 million workers in April, a bump of around 0.3 percent, or 7,100 employees. For the 12 months ended in April, physician-office employment climbed about 3.5 percent, or 74,000 workers.

May 4, 2007 - Acusphere Inc. announced that in a test on Imagify, its ultrasound contrast agent, all three of the ultrasound-blinded readers had superior sensitivity and non-inferior accuracy to nuclear stress, the most frequently used imaging procedure for the assessment of coronary artery disease.

May 3, 2007 - CMS, Inc., is currently testing and set to release Monaco, its next-generation Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy Treatment (IMRT) planning system, which in addition to a conventional dose-based optimization platform, will offer a biological model for more accurate and precise planning to account for tissue and volume-specific dose tolerances.

May 3, 2007 - Researchers will introduce a new type of laser designed for providing high-resolution 3-D images of the retina, the part of the eye that converts light to electrical signals that travel to the brain, at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and the Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS) in Baltimore, May 6-11.

May 3, 2007 - NeuroLogica Corporation, a neuroscience-based medical imaging company, today announced that it will be provide its CereTom CT system as part of the emergency response team for the high-profile Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather, Jr. boxing match, set to happen at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV, on May 5.

May 3, 2007 — Hologic, Inc., a provider of diagnostic and digital imaging systems directed toward women’s health, announced that revenues for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 marked a record $181.1 million and earnings reached $21.6 million. An unprecedented 282 Selenia full field digital mammography systems installed in the period accounted for the spike in revenue, plus a line of credit reduced to zero resulted in cash balance increases to over $50 million.

May 1, 2007 - TeraRecon Inc., a developer of advanced image processing technology and solutions, announced the availability of time-intensity analysis tools for Breast MRI studies as a standard feature on its industry-leading AquariusNET thin-client server, with advanced pre-processing options available for the recently introduced AquariusAPS server.

May 2, 2007 – OTN, a physician services company and Oncology Molecular imaging, LLC (OMI), an oncology-focused ancillary services company, recently announced that they have entered into an exclusive strategic alliance agreement where OTN will provide its customers with information and access to OMI's radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging services.

May 2, 2007 – OTN, a physician services company and Oncology Molecular imaging, LLC (OMI), an oncology-focused ancillary services company, recently announced that they have entered into an exclusive strategic alliance agreement where OTN will provide its customers with information and access to OMI's radiation therapy and diagnostic imaging services.

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