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Philips provides MRI to Afghanistan
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received a contract from the U.S. Naval Medical Logistics Command for two mobile MRI scanners to help diagnose and treat traumatic brain injury in soldiers in Afghanistan.
June 12, 2011
Doppler US may help identify infant allergies to cow's milk
By Cynthia E. Keen
Doppler ultrasound may be a viable screening tool to help diagnose infants with allergies to cow's milk, suggests an article published online in the June issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.
June 12, 2011
FDA gives first nod to PET/MRI system with Siemens clearance
By Wayne Forrest
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced the first regulatory clearance of a hybrid PET/MRI scanner in the U.S., with Siemens Healthcare receiving 510(k) clearance for its Biograph mMR scanner.
June 9, 2011
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Aspyra completes Kan. order
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Healthcare IT firm Aspyra has completed a conversion to its CyberLab 7.2 laboratory information system for a newly acquired facility of Hutchinson Clinic Laboratory.
June 9, 2011
Positron to move operations
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Molecular imaging developer Positron will move its corporate headquarters, research and development, and manufacturing facilities to Noblesville, IN.
June 9, 2011
Feds ask for 12-month delay for stage 2 of meaningful use
By Cynthia E. Keen
The implementation of stage 2 of the U.S. government's "meaningful use" program for healthcare IT stimulus funding should be extended by 12 months, according to a recommendation by the Health IT Policy Committee of the U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT.
June 9, 2011
Toshiba completes cash offer for Vital Images
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Toshiba Medical Systems said it has completed its initial cash tender offer for all outstanding shares of Vital Images common stock.
June 8, 2011
Shine Medical wins funding for isotope project
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Wisconsin startup company Shine Medical has secured an initial $11 million in venture capital funding as part of its effort to develop a manufacturing plant to address the worldwide shortage of molybdenum-99.
June 8, 2011
GE wins FDA nod for AngioViz
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for AngioViz, an application that enables doctors to visualize vascular flow on a single image during interventional radiology procedures.
June 8, 2011
ONC announces health IT initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced a new program designed to accelerate the development of innovations to resolve challenges in healthcare IT.
June 8, 2011
Fla. center to pay $3M to settle false-claims charges
By Kate Madden Yee
A Florida imaging center has agreed to pay $3 million to settle charges that it filed false Medicare claims that violated Stark law prohibitions on physician self-referral, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
June 8, 2011
Indian radiologists act on sex-selective abortions
By Frances Rylands-Monk
Between 4 million and 12 million female fetuses were aborted in India between 1980 and 2010, according to a new study in Lancet. Ultrasound still seems to be used widely to facilitate sex-selective abortions. What do the country's radiologists think?
June 8, 2011
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