Industry News: Page 2012

Infinitt and Toshiba create Korean joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Infinitt Korea, the business partner of RIS/PACS vendor Infinitt North America, has created a joint venture with Toshiba Medical Systems for sales of Toshiba products in South Korea.
May 18, 2009
Elekta, Nucletron ink Mosaiq deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radiation oncology firm Nucletron will market and license Mosaiq software from Swedish oncology firm Elekta.
May 18, 2009
AECL shuts down reactor again
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
North America could face another shortage of medical isotopes as soon as this weekend. Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) shut down its nuclear reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, on May 14 after a power outage in parts of eastern Ontario and western Quebec.
May 18, 2009
Siemens installs first Essenza in U.K.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Siemens Healthcare has made the first installation of its Magnetom Essenza MRI scanner in the U.K.
May 18, 2009
Sony launches dye-sub printer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Sony Electronics has launched a new medical-grade dye-sublimation digital printer.
May 18, 2009
Kodak vets found oncology firm
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three executives from Kodak Health Imaging (now Carestream Health) have formed a new company to handle sales and service of a Kodak oncology computed radiography system.
May 18, 2009
Study: X-ray radiation dose to obese may be higher than thought
By Lin Muschlitz
Radiation dose delivered to obese patients during radiography and fluoroscopy procedures may be higher than previously estimated -- and could be reaching levels as high as 28 mSv for an abdominal x-ray exam, according to a new study. But careful patient positioning may be able to help reduce dose in the obese.
May 18, 2009
Audio and visual aids decrease radiation therapy treatment times
By Cynthia E. Keen
Use of respiratory-gating techniques during free breathing reduces healthy tissue exposure to radiation, but has the drawback of longer radiation therapy delivery times. Belgian researchers may have found a solution in an inexpensive, low-tech technique: At their center, visually guided voluntary breath-hold along with audio assistance reduced treatment time duration so that it's comparable to conventional treatment times.
May 18, 2009
GE signs deal with MEI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare has signed an agreement with MEI Development, a subsidiary of MEI Healthcare Group.
May 17, 2009
DR Systems gets Canadian OK
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PACS software developer DR Systems has received regulatory approval in Canada to sell its Unity RIS/PACS software.
May 17, 2009
IsoRay sales drop, loss narrows
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical saw a 23% decline in sales for the firm's third quarter of fiscal 2009, but the company was able to reduce its net loss.
May 17, 2009
InSight's revenues take Q3 hit
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lower revenues in its fixed and mobile operations sunk results for InSight Health Services in its third quarter of fiscal 2009.
May 17, 2009
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