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GE nets FDA OK for mobile x-ray line
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received 501(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its Optima XR220amx, Optima XR200amx, and Brivo XR285amx mobile x-ray systems.
June 23, 2011
Digisonics completes OBLink orders
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound image management firm Digisonics has completed orders for its OBLink interfaces to St. John's Mercy Health Care in St. Louis and St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka, IN.
June 23, 2011
RTI Electronics unveils Cobia Smart
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
RTI Electronics has released its Cobia Smart device for calculating the output from an x-ray tube.
June 23, 2011
Congress bucks MedPAC's proposed cuts
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
A bipartisan group of 61 members of Congress has signed and circulated a letter to the members' colleagues expressing concern over imaging cuts recommended by the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC).
June 23, 2011
CARS: Flawed methodology invalidates many breast CAD studies
By Eric Barnes
BERLIN - For decades researchers have been evaluating computer-aided detection (CAD) software to see if it can find more breast cancers. But most of these studies are invalid, charged a U.S. researcher in a presentation at the 2011 Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) congress.
June 23, 2011
Ill. attorney general files lawsuit against CT scanning chain
By Brian Casey
The Illinois attorney general has filed a lawsuit against whole-body CT scanning chain Heart Check America, charging the company with deceptive marketing practices in pitching "preventive" CT scans to otherwise healthy Illinois residents.
June 22, 2011
Agfa takes Ill. x-ray order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Agfa HealthCare has been awarded a contract for its DX-D 500n digital radiography x-ray suite from Illinois-based KishHealth System.
June 22, 2011
NorthStar picks isotope facility site
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes has chosen Beloit, WI, as the location to build a $194 million facility to produce medical isotopes from molybdenum-99.
June 22, 2011
Cardium chooses Cedars-Sinai for ASPIRE
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Cardium Therapeutics has chosen Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Nuclear Cardiology Core Laboratory in Los Angeles to serve as the central core lab for its Generx ASPIRE clinical study.
June 22, 2011
eHealth adds to data retrieval technology
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical record services provider eHealth Global Technologies has upgraded its eHealth Access record retrieval service to feature real-time detailed online status for all record retrieval requests, as well as the ability to integrate with a healthcare institution's internal scheduling system.
June 22, 2011
Ultrasonix adds to executive lineup
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Ultrasound vendor Ultrasonix Medical has named Jim Branman as vice president of sales, USA; Joe Bjorklund as vice president of business development; and Greig Hyland as vice president of sales, Canada.
June 22, 2011
MinXray helps with Haiti relief
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Portable x-ray equipment developer MinXray said that it recently provided training and system support for its digital and computed radiography systems in Haiti.
June 22, 2011
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