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Nuclear medicine pioneer Hal Anger dies

The father of the Anger gamma camera, Hal O. Anger, died October 31 at his home in Berkeley, CA, at the age of 85.

November 15, 2005

Rad shortage drives locum tenens growth

November 14, 2005

Thermo USCS, MedAssets extend contract

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Equipment asset management firm Thermo USCS of Brookfield, WI, has renewed its 20-year contract for three-year more years with MedAssets Supply Chain Systems to provide its Lifecycle program to the Atlanta firm's customers.

November 14, 2005

Radiologists in growing demand as locum tenens

Driven by the national physician shortage in the U.S. and changing practice patterns among doctors, more hospitals, medical groups, and other providers are relying on the services of temporary -- or locum tenens -- physicians. Radiologists, in particular, are in demand as interim physicians in most parts of the U.S.

November 14, 2005

Swissray announces promotions

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digital radiography developer Swissray International has promoted three people in its U.S. organization.

November 10, 2005

VSM hikes revenue in Q3

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, posted upbeat results for its third quarter (end-September 30).

November 10, 2005

Bone densitometry stays strong with new advances

By Shalmali Pal

BURLINGAME, CA - There's more to bone strength than its name would imply, and future measurement techniques will take a more holistic approach to bone health, according to a presentation last week at the California Society of Radiologic Technologists (CSRT) meeting.

November 10, 2005

PACS pioneer Bauman passes away

Dr. Roger Bauman, one of the first class of seven elected as fellows of the Society of Computer Applications in Radiology (SCAR) in May of 2000, died on November 1.

November 9, 2005

VSM MedTech awarded MEG contract in China

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

VSM MedTech of Vancouver, British Columbia, has received a contract for the sale of a magnetoencephalography (MEG) system for Xinan Hospital in Chongqing, China.

November 8, 2005

VirtuRad names sales and marketing VP

VirtuRad has hired Douglas George as vice president for sales and marketing.

November 8, 2005

Del Medical names Japp as new president

Del Global Technologies has appointed Christopher Japp as president of the Valhalla, NY-based company's Del Medical Systems Group.

November 8, 2005

Shimadzu, Mikron team on sales

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiology equipment distributor Mikron Digital Imaging, of Livonia, MI, joined with Shimadzu Medical Systems to sell four of the Torrance, CA-based company's MobileDaRt digital radiography systems to the University of Michigan, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.

November 7, 2005

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