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CMS finalizes MRA coverage change

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized a change to its coverage policy for MR angiography (MRA) that moves its reimbursement rules for the technology into its broader guidelines for MRI.

June 3, 2010

Cardinal aids ACRIN trials

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Cardinal Health announced that it is supporting the American College of Radiology Imaging Network's (ACRIN) nationwide clinical trials with PET to determine if radiotracers such as F-18 fluoromisonidazole, F-18 sodium fluoride, and F-18 fluorothymidine can be used to assess the efficacy of cancer treatments.

June 3, 2010

TechniScan registers stock offering

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Breast ultrasound imaging developer TechniScan has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a public equity offering.

June 3, 2010

SIIM speakers describe new frontier of business analytics

By Cynthia E. Keen

MINNEAPOLIS - 2010 is to business analytics as 1990 was to PACS: two technologies with the potential to revolutionize the operations of imaging departments, each poised for takeoff at the beginning of an era, and each being mentored by the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM).

June 3, 2010

Matrox lands U.K. distribution deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Display controller board provider Matrox Graphics has signed a deal with a U.K. firm for distribution of its Matrox Xenia Series boards in that country.

June 3, 2010

Mirada debuts Caseaccess software

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical imaging software developer Mirada Medical is launching a new software application for PET/CT and SPECT/CT image review at this month's SNM meeting in Salt Lake City.

June 3, 2010

Digisonics completes 3 orders

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has received an order for its structured reporting and image management system from the Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago for ob/gyn, vascular, and general ultrasound studies.

June 3, 2010

AMIC moves isotope project forward

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope producer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) has been awarded an exclusive worldwide license for technology designed to generate clinically relevant quantities of radioisotopes, including molybdenum-99.

June 3, 2010

CIVCO introduces new fiducial markers

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Ultrasound and radiotherapy products developer CIVCO Medical Solutions has introduced a new line of implantable markers to identify the location of normal or diseased tissue for future treatments, including image-guided radiation therapy.

June 3, 2010

Delayed contrast reactions are frequent and underreported

By Eric Barnes

Delayed allergic reactions to CT contrast media occur more frequently than previously reported, says a new study in the June issue of Radiology. Radiologists need to keep an eye out for these patients -- who have often already left the facility -- to counsel them and respond appropriately.

June 3, 2010

SIIM opening session highlights advances driving informatics

By Erik L. Ridley

MINNEAPOLIS - The field of imaging informatics has witnessed key advances in business intelligence, advanced visualization, storage, digital radiography, and reporting over the past year, according to presentations in the opening session of the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) annual meeting.

June 2, 2010

Varian installs first RapidArc in Spain

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has installed its RapidArc radiotherapy system at Institut Català d'Oncologia in Barcelona.

June 2, 2010

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