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DOBI lands financing
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Optical imaging developer DOBI Medical International has secured more than $6 million in financing via a securities purchase agreement with institutional investors.
April 30, 2006
House Democrats file suit against DRA
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, which among other provisions would cut $2.8 billion in Medicare payments for imaging services performed outside hospitals.
April 30, 2006
Lab model may be most efficient for advanced image processing
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
AUSTIN, TX - As the number of images to be interpreted on a daily basis has increased, the radiology community has begun to evolve strategies for handling the workflow, among them the use of 3D imaging and dedicated processing labs, according to a presentation at the Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) annual meeting.
April 29, 2006
SNM offers research grant for cardio molecular imaging agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) is accepting applications for a $35,000 fellowship in cardiovascular molecular imaging. The grant is co-sponsored by Bracco of Milan, Italy.
April 27, 2006
Comp-Ray names new executives
X-ray equipment distributor Comp-Ray has appointed a new president and vice president.
April 27, 2006
VirtualScopics hires Markin
Biomarker developer VirtualScopics of Rochester, NY, has hired Jeffrey Markin, a 26-year veteran of Eastman Kodak, as its chief operating officer.
April 27, 2006
SCAR adopts new moniker
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society for Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) has changed its name to the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), the organization's leaders announced today at their annual meeting in Austin, TX.
April 26, 2006
ACR and ACRIN to launch PET registry in May
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
After years of struggling to secure Medicare reimbursement for positron emission tomography (PET) scans, advocates of the technology are seeing light at the end of the tunnel with the upcoming May 8 launch of the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR).
April 26, 2006
Imaging centers ponder future under DRA
By Brian Casey
April 26, 2006
California bill targets imaging lease arrangements
By Brian Casey
A bill has been introduced in the California state legislature that would ban an increasingly popular type of equipment leasing arrangement that some industry experts believe is a new form of physician self-referral.
April 26, 2006
SonoSite posts first-quarter loss
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Handheld-ultrasound developer SonoSite reported a net loss of $363,000 for the first quarter of 2006, compared with a net income of $725,000 during the same period last year.
April 26, 2006
DRA 2005 in practice: Where the rubber meets the road
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) of 2005 maps out a very bleak road ahead for outpatient imaging practices with its estimated $2.8 billion in Medicare reimbursement cuts. Some imaging centers have already begun preparing contingency plans to deal with the drastic decrease in revenue.
April 26, 2006
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