Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from December 2005

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from December 2005

NIH researcher cites virtual colonoscopy's effectiveness.(Radiological Society of North America)(Technical report)
December 1, 2005... CHICAGO -- A large study on computed tomography (CT) colonography with computer-aided detection (CAD)--commonly called virtual colonoscopy (VC)--has shown that the procedure is "highly effective for finding colon polyps," according to the...

Tomosynthesis shows promise in diagnosis of breast cancer.(Radiological Society of North America)(Clinical report)
December 1, 2005... CHICAGO -- Digital tomosynthesis--a technology that is only in the research phase and may be used only for investigational purposes--may be as good as or superior to diagnostic mammography in the majority of patients, according to study results...

Aspect wins Japanese approval for advanced-generation BIS.(International report)
December 1, 2005... Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) and Nihon Kohden (Tokyo) reported that the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor & Welfare (MHLW) has approved Aspect's latest-generation BIS XP monitoring system for marketing in that country. ...

9/11 panel combines forensics, genetics to ID disaster victims.
December 1, 2005... A panel of experts convened from the National Institutes of Health (NIH; Bethesda, Maryland) and other institutions after 9/11 to serve as an advisory panel to develop a process to identify victims using DNA collected at the site of the...

TM closes $9m debt financing; Naviscan in $6.5m 'B' round.(Financings roundup)
December 1, 2005... Tm Bioscience (Toronto) reported that it has closed its previously announced debt financing resulting in the issuance of a secured convertible term note in the aggregate principal amount of $9 million (C$10.7 million) to Laurus Master Fund. ...

New firm, Aspyra, is formed from CCA-StorCOMM merger.(Deals roundup)
December 1, 2005... Aspyra (Calabasas, California) reported that it has been established with completion of the merger between Creative Computer Applications (CCA; Calabasas), a provider of clinical information systems (CIS) for hospital and clinic-based...

Animas files quarterly report.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Animas (West Chester, Pennsylvania) reported the filing of its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the period ended Sept. 30, within the extension period provided. As previously reported, the company's audit committee was conducting an...

Bio-Rad says court denies bid to enforce settlement accord.(Court report)
December 1, 2005... Bio-Rad Laboratories (Hercules, California), a manufacturer of life science research products and clinical diagnostics, reported that it received a "recommended ruling" issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut regarding...

Siemens, Philips, Toshiba in push for attendee attention.(RSNA notebook)(Company overview)(Conference notes)
December 1, 2005... CHICAGO -- Big companies and small, the firms offering products and services to the medical imaging sector have crowded the exhibit floor at the 91st annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak Brook, Illinois) in...

Canon Medical wins contract from Premier for DR systems.(digital radiography)(Grants/contracts)
December 1, 2005... Canon Medical Systems (Lake Success, New York), a division of Canon, said that it has been awarded a contract from Premier (San Diego) to make Canon digital radiography (DR) solutions available to Premier Alliance hospitals and healthcare...

Ubiquitous Echo technology developed in Japan.(International report)
December 1, 2005... Japan's National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST; Tokyo) has reported the development of a portable ultrasound echographic machine (Ubiquitous Echo) through joint research between AIST and the Hiroshima Institute...

Suros gets CE mark for ATEC System.(Automated Tissue Excision and Collection)(International report)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Suros Surgical Systems (Indianapolis) said it has received CE-mark approval for its ATEC (Automated Tissue Excision and Collection) Breast Biopsy and Excision System and ATEC TriMark biopsy site identification system. The company said expects...

Elscint-Elbit merger completed.(International report)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Elscint (Haifa, Israel) reported the closing of the merger by exchange of shares between Elscint and Elbit Medical Imaging (EMI; Tel Aviv), the indirect controlling shareholder of Elscint. Negotiations to form the deal were unveiled earlier...

Guava Technologies (Hayward, California), a developer of cell-analysis systems for life science research, drug discovery, development and clinical diagnostics.(Financings roundup)
December 1, 2005... Guava Technologies (Hayward, California), a developer of cell-analysis systems for life science research, drug discovery, development and clinical diagnostics, reported the closing of a $7 million private venture financing from existing...

Adnavance Technologies (Vancouver, British Columbia), a privately held nanobiotechnology company.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Adnavance Technologies (Vancouver, British Columbia), a privately held nanobiotechnology company, reported that it has completed a Series A round of financing totaling $3.85 million. Combining biotechnology and nanotechnology, Adnavance is...

Cytyc.(Financings roundup)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts), a women's health company, reported that its board of directors terminated the company's existing stock repurchase program and approved a new repurchase program. Under the new program, the company is...

Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology.(People in Places)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Tommy Pope, MD, has signed with Franklin & Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology (Beachwood, Ohio), a radiology interpretation provider, to expand its network of 22 subspecialty experts. Pope is professor of radiology and orthopaedics at the...

Misonix.(newly promoted senior vice president W. Paul Constantine)(People in Places)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Dr. W. Paul Constantine has been promoted to senior vice president, marketing, sales and new product development for the medical device division of Misonix (Farmingdale, New York) and will be responsible for Misonix's expanding platform of...

Toshiba America Medical Systems.(People in Places)
December 1, 2005... Ted Nemetz has been appointed vice president of the Technology Services Business Unit of Toshiba America Medical Systems (Tustin, California). Nemetz will lead Toshiba's service organization, including field operations, service marketing,...

Response achieves flu test targets.(Briefly Noted)
December 1, 2005... Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) reported that it has successfully achieved its analytical sensitivity targets for its Flu A Test. It is intended that the test be commercialized for both human and animal applications. ...

Strategic Diagnostics not in Nasdaq compliance.(Briefly Noted)
December 1, 2005... Strategic Diagnostics (Newark, Delaware), a provider of biotech-based detection solutions for a range of healthcare and scientific applications, said that it has received a letter from Nasdaq stating that it is not in compliance with Nasdaq...

Bayer Diagnostics in agreements with Inverness.(Briefly Noted)
December 1, 2005... The Bayer HealthCare Diagnostics Division (Tarrytown, New York), a member of the Bayer Group (Leverkusen, Germany) and Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts), a manufacturer of diagnostic products, reported signing four...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems.(Product Briefs)
December 1, 2005... Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI; Fort Lauderdale, Florida) said that Schering (Berlin) has completed the evaluation of its new fluorescence dyes with three modified CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) systems from IDSI. Imaging Diagnostic Systems said...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.(Product Briefs)
December 1, 2005... Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) reported the availability of Roche Diagnostics' Cytochrome AmpliChip P450 2D6/2C19 Genotyping and Phenotyping Assay as an enhancement to LabCorp's pharmacogenetics...

Medwave.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... Medwave (Danvers, Massachusetts), a developer of sensor-based, non-invasive blood pressure measuring solutions, said it has submitted a 510(k) application to the FDA for its Primo Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Monitoring System. In conjunction...

StructuRad (Encino, California) and SmartPACS (Irvington, New Jersey) reported the availability of StructuRad reporting technology from the SmartPACS PiViewSTAR PACS worklist.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... StructuRad (Encino, California) and SmartPACS (Irvington, New Jersey) reported the availability of StructuRad reporting technology from the SmartPACS PiViewSTAR PACS worklist. The companies said StructuRad's integration with SmartPACS...

VirtualScopics.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
December 1, 2005... VirtualScopics (Rochester, New York), a provider of advanced medical image analysis services, said that the company co-authored two studies that were presented at the American College of Rheumatology meeting in San Diego. One study explored...

Epix receives FDA 'approvable' letter for Vasovist MRA agent.
December 1, 2005... Schering (Berlin) reported that its development partner, Epix Pharmaceuticals (Cambridge, Massachusetts), received an "approvable" letter from the FDA for Vasovist (gadofosveset trisodium), used in magnetic resonance angiography (MRA). The...

Study says telemammography works, could increase access.(Radiological Society of North America)
December 8, 2005... CHICAGO -- The lead author of a study on telemammography said he has used a system using nothing more than "commonly available" broadband Internet cable to transmit breast images from a remote location 110 miles away to New York Presbyterian...

Johns Hopkins' Brody urges 'investment in radiologists'.(Radiological Society of North America)
December 8, 2005... CHICAGO -- There are many ways to begin a speech to a large audience, but William Brody, MD, PhD, president of Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore), speaking at last week's annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak...

FDA okays Gen-Probe blood screen assay for West Nile.
December 8, 2005... Gen-Probe (San Diego), which is focused on making nucleic acid tests (NATs) that are used primarily to diagnose human diseases and screen donated human blood, reported last Thursday that the FDA had granted marketing approval to use the...

Sourcebook offers overview of cardiovascular tech sector.
December 8, 2005... Advances in Cardiovascular Technology: State of the Industry and Emerging Markets, Vol. 3, is now available from the publishers of Diagnostics & Imaging Week, Medical Device Daily, Cardiovascular Device Update and The BBI Newsletter. This...

Tm Bioscience in bought deal; VirtualScopics closes on $7M.(Financings roundup)(brief)
December 8, 2005... Tm Bioscience (Toronto), a commercial genetic testing provider, reported that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Capital and including Versant Partners and Westwind Partners under which the...

Gene-IT.(Financings news)
December 8, 2005... Gene-IT (Worcester, Massachusetts), a provider of sequence search software for the life sciences, reported securing a $4.1 million Series A financing led by Cross Atlantic Partners and Milestone Venture Partners (both New York), with...

Spectrum Laboratories.(Financings news)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Spectrum Laboratories (Rancho Dominguez, California) reported that it has filed a certificate of amendment to its certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of the state of Delaware to consummate a 1-for-25,000 reverse split of...

HIFU provider introducing it in South Africa, Costa Rica.(International report)
December 8, 2005... S.A. HIFU Ltd., the South African subsidiary of U.S. HIFU (Charlotte, North Carolina), said it has entered into an agreement with STAAR Pty Ltd. to introduce high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) therapy with the Sonablate 500 for prostate...

Genekam develops avian flu test.(International report)
December 8, 2005... Molecular medicine company Genekam Biotechnology AG (Duisburg, Germany) said it has developed a reliable and accurate DNA-based test that is able to detect the avian influenza virus H5N1, along with the H9 virus in a short time under field...

OraQuick test launched in Mexico.(International report)
December 8, 2005... OraSure Technologies (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania) has launched its OraQuick Advance Rapid HIV-1/2 Antibody test in Mexico. The company said the OraQuick Advance is the only FDA-approved and CLIA-waived oral fluid rapid HIV-1/2 test currently...

Harlan, Biomedical Diagnostics in accord.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... Genesis Bioventures (New York) said that its wholly owned subsidiary, Biomedical Diagnostics (Ann Arbor, Michigan), has signed a development agreement with Harlan Bioproducts for Science (Indianapolis). Harlan will assist Biomedical in the...

Siemens, EMC enter reseller pact for lifecycle products.(Agreements roundup)
December 8, 2005... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania), a developer of medical equipment and information technology (IT) solutions, and EMC (Hopkinton, Massachusetts), a provider of information management and storage, have signed a reseller...

Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) and the Brain Resource Co. (BRC; Sydney, Australia) have agreed to collaborate in a multi-year clinical study that will evaluate brain electrical activity in patients identified with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).(Agreements roundup)(Clinical report)
December 8, 2005... Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) and the Brain Resource Co. (BRC; Sydney, Australia) have agreed to collaborate in a multi-year clinical study that will evaluate brain electrical activity in patients identified with mild cognitive...

Emageon (Birmingham, Alabama), a provider of enterprise visual medical systems to hospitals and healthcare networks.(Agreements roundup)
December 8, 2005... Emageon (Birmingham, Alabama), a provider of enterprise visual medical systems to hospitals and healthcare networks, reported that it has entered into a digital healthcare information management agreement with Meridian Health, an integrated...

Optio Software (Alpharetta, Georgia) reported that it is partnering with HomeTown Health, an organization of 48 Georgia rural hospitals.(Agreements roundup)
December 8, 2005... Optio Software (Alpharetta, Georgia) reported that it is partnering with HomeTown Health, an organization of 48 Georgia rural hospitals, to deliver electronic health record (EHR) and forms automation software solutions to Georgia's community...

Lifestream Technologies (Post Falls, Idaho), a supplier of cholesterol monitors, said that it has entered an agreement with GenExel-Sein (Seoul, South Korea) for the production of the new Lifestream Three-In-One Blood Pressure monitor.(Agreements roundup)
December 8, 2005... Lifestream Technologies (Post Falls, Idaho), a supplier of cholesterol monitors, said that it has entered an agreement with GenExel-Sein (Seoul, South Korea) for the production of the new Lifestream Three-In-One Blood Pressure monitor. The...

Spire gets $750,000 SBIR award for Homeland Security project.(Grants/contracts)(Small Business Innovative Research)
December 8, 2005... Spire (Bedford, Massachusetts) has been awarded a $750,000 Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) project from the Department of Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) to develop a terahertz-based standoff...

Judge dismisses 2 of 7 claims vs. Scrushy brought by SEC.(Court report)(Securities and Exchange Commission)
December 8, 2005... The judge in the civil lawsuit brought by the federal government against Richard Scrushy, former CEO of HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama), has thrown out two claims of fraud against him. But she allowed five non-fraud claims relating to the...

GE Healthcare rolls out usual wide array of new products.(RSNA notebook)
December 8, 2005... As it often does at such gatherings, GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) has highlighted its presence at last week's annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA; Oak Brook, Illinois) with a wave of product introductions...

Biophan to get minority piece of Myotech, eyes future buy.(Deals roundup)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Biophan Technologies (West Henrietta, New York) reported that it has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire a substantial minority interest in Myotech (Dedham, Massachusetts), developer of the MYO-VAD cardiac assist device. Biophan,...

Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) said it has appointed LXU Healthcare (West Boylston, Massachusetts), formerly known as Primesource Healthcare.(Agreements roundup)
December 8, 2005... Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) said it has appointed LXU Healthcare (West Boylston, Massachusetts), formerly known as Primesource Healthcare, a provider of medical equipment and specialty devices, as the exclusive distributor...

Confirma (Kirkland, Washington) reported the addition of new features to its CADstream system, which it referred to as "the standard in CAD [computer-aided detection] for breast MRI.".(RSNA notebook)
December 8, 2005... Confirma (Kirkland, Washington) reported the addition of new features to its CADstream system, which it referred to as "the standard in CAD [computer-aided detection] for breast MRI." An expanded version of SureLoc, CADstream's...

Connect Imaging.(RSNA notebook)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Connect Imaging (Honolulu), a provider of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS) for small-and medium-sized hospitals and imaging centers, is displaying two product enhancements at its booth on the McCormick Place exhibit floor. ...

Terason (Burlington, Massachusetts), a producer of high-performance Laptop Ultrasound imaging systems, reported the launch of the Terason t3000 Ultrasound System.(RSNA notebook)
December 8, 2005... Terason (Burlington, Massachusetts), a producer of high-performance Laptop Ultrasound imaging systems, reported the launch of the Terason t3000 Ultrasound System. The company said that unlike solutions that rely on modified off-the-shelf...

Toshiba America Medical Systems.(RSNA notebook)
December 8, 2005... Toshiba America Medical Systems (TAMS; Tustin, California) introduced two new coils, one designed for long bones such as the humerus and femur, the other a 32-channel head/spine coil designed for brain, cervical, thoracic and lumbar imaging in...

Zonare Medical Systems.(RSNA notebook)
December 8, 2005... Zonare Medical Systems (Mountain View, California) reported new upgrades to the company's z.one ultrasound system. The upgrades include two new transducers, calculation packages and a program for automatically recognizing and adjusting for the...

Applied Imaging notified of non-compliance.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... Applied Imaging (San Jose, California) reported that it had received a notice from the Nasdaq Stock Market that it does not comply with a marketplace rule that requires it to have a minimum of $2.5 million in stockholders' equity as of Sept. 30...

3TP Imaging becomes CAD Sciences.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... 3TP Imaging Sciences (White Plains, New York) reported the change of its name to CAD Sciences. The company said the change more accurately reflects its products and services in computer-assisted diagnosis for breast and prostate MRI.

Alliance Imaging.(People in Places)(Howard Aihara)(Nicholas Poan)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Howard Aihara has been promoted to executive vice president and CFO of Alliance Imaging (Anaheim, California). Aihara joined Alliance in September 2000 as vice president, corporate controller, and has served as interim CFO for the last month....

Analogic.(People in Places)(Edmund Becker Jr.)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Dr. Edmund Becker Jr. has been named executive vice president and chief operating officer of Analogic (Peabody, Massachusetts). Becker has been an employee of Analogic since 1977. Serving many years as vice president and general manager of the...

Baxter International.(People in Places)(Robert Armstrong)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Robert Armstrong has been named to the newly created position of vice president, R&D, medical devices and adjacent disposables for Baxter International (Deerfield, Illinois). Before joining Baxter, Armstrong spent more than 20 years with GE...

Biosensors International.(People in Places)
December 8, 2005... R. Chato Abad has been named CFO of Biosensors International (Newport Beach, California), a manufacturer of devices for interventional cardiology and critical care procedures. Prior to joining Biosensors, Abad served as interim CFO at the U.S....

ChondroGene.(People in Places)(Dr. Daniel Farkas, joined as vice president)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Dr. Daniel Farkas has joined ChondroGene (Toronto) as vice president, clinical diagnostics. Most recently, Farkas was director of molecular pathology at the Methodist Hospital (TMH) in Houston, where he established his third hospital-based...

Compressus.(People in Places)(Janine Broda joined as vice president)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Janine Broda has joined software developer Compressus (Washington) as vice president and general manager of its Medical Imaging Solutions business. Broda most recently was vice president of professional services and director of sales for...

Guava Technologies.(People in Places)(Todd Christian joined as vice president)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Todd Christian has joined Guava Technologies (Hayward, California) as vice president, commercial operations and Lalit Dhir as vice president, corporate development and strategic marketing. Most recently, Christian held various leadership...

IRIS International.(People in Places)(John Yi and Dr. Dale Capewell promoted)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... IRIS International (Chatsworth, California), a manufacturer of automated IVD urinalysis systems and medical devices, reported the promotion of two executives. John Yi has been named corporate vice president of operations and Dr. Dale Capewell...

Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings.(People in Places)
December 8, 2005... Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LabCorp; Burlington, North Carolina) said that Chief Operating Officer Richard Novak has decided to retire on Dec. 31, 2006. He will step down as COO effective Dec. 1 of this year. Until his...

Nikon Instruments in collaboration on facility.(Briefly Noted)(California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Nikon Instruments (Melville, New York), which focuses on the development of advanced optical technology, the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) have joined...

ART Advanced Research Technologies.(Product Briefs)(Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... ART Advanced Research Technologies (Saint-Laurent, Quebec) said Central Alberta Medical Imaging Services (CAMIS; Red Lodge, Alberta) has joined in the North American pivotal study for the company's SoftScan optical breast imaging system....

Avitar.(Product Briefs)
December 8, 2005... Avitar (Canton, Massachusetts) has introduced ORALscreenLAB, a comprehensive array of laboratory-based oral fluid drug screens. Peter Phildius, chairman and CEO, said, "Random drug screening is an extremely effective deterrent to drug abuse;...

Biophan Technologies.(Product Briefs)(cardiac electrode termination pair )(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Biophan Technologies (West Henrietta, New York), a developer of next-generation biomedical technology, reported the issuance of two new patents, bringing the number of issued patents to a total of 45. U.S. patent No. 6,968,236 covers a cardiac...

Direct Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)
December 8, 2005... Direct Medical Systems (San Ramon, California) has submitted an application to the FDA for clearance to market its M3000 Mammography system. The company said this is one of several applications it plans to submit over the next few months. DMS...

Glucon.(Product Briefs)
December 8, 2005... Glucon (Boulder, Colorado) reported recent trial results of its flagship product, Aprise, a continuous, noninvasive, glucose monitoring device. The data was presented by Dr. Benny Pesach, vice president of research and development, during the...

3M.(Product Briefs)(Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3000)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... 3M (St. Paul, Minnesota) reported the launch of the Littmann Electronic Stethoscope Model 3000 featuring amplification and ambient noise reduction technology. The Littmann Model 3000 has been proven to reduce ambient noise by an average of 75%...

Health Discovery.(Product Briefs)(patent protection of biomarkers)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Health Discovery (HDC; Savannah, Georgia), which is focused on personalized medicine, said that it has filed patent applications in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in the U.S. Receiving Office for the Patent Cooperation Treaty for U.S....

Sontra fails to maintain minimum bid.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... Sontra Medical (Franklin, Massachusetts) reported that it recently received a deficiency letter from Nasdaq indicating that it is not in compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Capital Market. The bid price for the...

Naviscan relocates to San Diego.(Briefly Noted)(Naviscan PET Systems)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Naviscan PET Systems (San Diego) a privately held company that makes high-resolution positron emission tomography (PET) scanners, reported that it will relocate its headquarters and commercialization efforts to San Diego from Rockville,...

Pennsylvania law offers free mammograms.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell has signed a bill that provides free mammography to some women in the state. "By signing House Bill 1606, free mammograms will now be available for uninsured or underinsured women between the ages of 40 and...

Clarient, Health Discovery in pact.(Briefly Noted)
December 8, 2005... Clarient (San Juan Capistrano, California), a technology and services resource for pathologists, oncologists and the pharmaceutical industry, and Health Discovery (Savannah, Georgia), which focuses on the pattern recognition field, reported...

i3ARCHIVE.(Products Briefs)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... i3ARCHIVE (Berwyn, Pennsylvania) said that it has extended the capabilities of its GRID-based medical imaging architecture known as the National Digital Medical Archive (NDMA) to service the needs of business continuity and disaster recovery...

Merge eMed.(Products Briefs)(Brief article)
December 8, 2005... Merge eMed (Milwaukee), a Merge Healthcare company and provider of medical imaging software and services, reported the release of Fusion RIS (radiology information system) and RIS/PACS (picture archiving and communication system) Version 3.0....

Medical Tactile introduces SureTouch breast mapping.(San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium)
December 15, 2005... Medical Tactile (Los Angeles) is launching its Sure-Touch Visual Mapping System, a sensing device currently cleared only for documentation of clinical breast exam results, but that in about a year CEO Steve Weiss hopes ultimately will be...

Advanced analysis techniques from MRIs boost MS research.
December 15, 2005... Advanced image analysis techniques, when applied to MRI data, are helping researchers gain a better understanding of neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis (MS). Involved in early-stage research in this area is Christopher...

Given Imaging gets FDA nod for Rapid 4 software release.(International report)
December 15, 2005... Given Imaging (Yokneam, Israel) said last week that it has received U.S. FDA clearance to market the latest release of its Rapid software, Rapid 4, for use with the PillCam capsule endoscopy platform. New features include smoother video image...

Roche Diagnostics gets OK for another osteoporosis test.
December 15, 2005... A new blood test by Roche Diagnostics (Indianapolis), designed to help physicians manage their patients' postmenopausal osteoporosis, has received clearance from the FDA. The test, called the Elecsys N-MID Osteocalcin test, determines the...

Oculir gets $7.3m in 'A' round; LabCorp prices $250m in notes.(Financings roundup)
December 15, 2005... Oculir (San Diego), which is developing what it said is the first true non-invasive glucose testing system for people with diabetes, said it has raised $7.3 million in a Series A preferred financing. This first round of venture capital...