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Riverain gets FDA nod for x-ray software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Computer-aided detection software developer Riverain Technologies has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Temporal Comparison software.
January 10, 2012
USARad.com division lands Guyana deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Teleradiology services provider USARad.com's international division, WorldRad.com, has received a reading contract from Guyana Imaging Providers.
January 10, 2012
Varian builds presence in Japan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has established a radiotherapy education center and a clinical contact center in Tokyo.
January 10, 2012
Siemens rolls out new Acuson SC2000 release
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for release 2.0 of its Acuson SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system.
January 10, 2012
Abbott, CARO reach 10-year milestone
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Pharmaceutical and healthcare company Abbott Laboratories and the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO) have reached a $2 million milestone with their partnership of providing prostate cancer research grants.
January 10, 2012
FDA OKs Varian planning software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance for its Smart Segmentation knowledge-based contouring radiotherapy software.
January 10, 2012
CMS tops $2.5B in 2011 meaningful use incentives
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
As of the end of 2011, the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) had paid $2.534 billion in federal incentive payments to hospitals and physicians who have met stage 1 meaningful use criteria in the adoption of electronic health records.
January 9, 2012
Response: Canadian breast cancer guidelines rely on faulty data
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New guidelines for breast cancer screening that recommend women avoid routine mammography until age 50 are based on faulty methodology and will result in an "untold number of lives lost" if implemented across Canada, according to a response article published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
January 9, 2012
U.S. health spending growth in 2010 remained slow
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
U.S. healthcare spending experienced historically low rates of growth in 2009 and 2010, according to the annual report of national health expenditures published in the January issue of Health Affairs.
January 8, 2012
3D Systems wraps up Vidar purchase
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Printing technology firm 3D Systems has closed on its acquisition of film digitizer vendor Vidar Systems and Z Corporation from Contex Group.
January 8, 2012
Feds file $150M fraud case against Mich. imaging firm
By Kate Madden Yee
The U.S. government has filed a $150 million complaint against a Michigan imaging company, charging it with allegedly violating federal Medicare rules requiring physician supervision of diagnostic tests, and with paying kickbacks to physicians for referrals.
January 8, 2012
IBA spins out radiopharma division
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has spun off its radiopharmaceutical business into a standalone firm, with a majority interest in the company controlled by SK Capital Partners, a New York City-based private investment firm. The firms are renaming the new company as IBA Molecular Imaging.
January 8, 2012
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