April 23, 2007 - RamSoft recently announced the release of its PowerServer PACS version 4.3, an enterprise grade solution for image management, the first release under the company's new Customer Action Initiative (CAI), a program aimed at customer centric software development.

April 20, 2007 - Cambridge Endo, a Massachusetts-based medical device company, announced the development of the first full-line of fully articulating hand-held instruments for laparoscopic surgeons: Autonomy Laparo-Angle Instrumentation. These revolutionary instruments provide seven degrees of freedom and map the motion of the hand holding the instrument. This freedom of movement delivers a new level of access, positioning, and control. The ergonomic handle enables comfortable single-handed use and helps relieve surgeon fatigue.

April 20, 2007 - Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have developed a new technique that uses harmless light instead of X-ray imaging combined with a contrast agent that targets and highlights malignant micro-calcifications in the breast, while disregarding similar micro-calcifications found in benign breast conditions.

When used with a non-invasive imaging that uses harmless light instead of x-rays, researchers have found that the contrast agent could help clinicians diagnose disease within minutes and determine where biopsies are needed.

April 19, 2007 - Amicas Inc. and Technology Partners Inc. announced that Amicas has acquired certain ownership rights to the IMAGINEradiology practice management software platform, which Amicas will combine with its RIS and PACS, extending its portfolio of solutions with a radiology billing solution.