Diagnostics & Imaging Week articles from June 2006

Diagnostics & Imaging Week archives from June 2006

Radiological devices panel gives nod to FFDM reclassification.
June 1, 2006... GAITHERSBURG, Maryland -- Makers of full-field digital mammography systems (FFDMs) probably did not expect a great deal of difficulty in their efforts to get their machines reclassified from Class III to Class II devices given the results of...

Applied Biosystems taking over Agencourt Bioscience for $120M.(Deals roundup)
June 1, 2006... Continuing a busy year, Applied Biosystems Group (AB; Foster City, California) entered a deal to buy out Agencourt Personal Genomics (APG; Beverly, Massachusetts) for about $120 million in cash, gaining high-throughput analysis of DNA and RNA...

Results are favorable in study of Boston Scientific's SpyGlass.(Digestive Disease Week meeting)(Disease/Disorder overview)
June 1, 2006... Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts), at the recent Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting in Los Angeles, reported on favorable results from an investigator-initiated first-human-use experience and bench simulation study of its SpyGlass...

Matritech bladder cancer test provides info about stage, grade.
June 1, 2006... ATLANTA -- A new analysis has demonstrated that the Matritech (Newton, Massachusetts) NMP22 BladderChek test, combined with cystoscopy, a visual examination of the bladder with a lighted scope, provides information about the stage and grade of...

bioMerieux agrees to sell its hemostasis products to Trinity.(International report)
June 1, 2006... In vitro diagnostics firm bioMerieux (Marcy-L'Etoile, France), said it has signed an agreement to sell its hemostasis range of products to Trinity Biotech (Dublin, Ireland). The line includes the MDA, MTX and Thrombolyzer platforms, as well...

Inverness adds China facility.(Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. acquires manufacturing facility of ACON Laboratories in China)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Diagnostics manufacturer Inverness Medical Innovations (Waltham, Massachusetts) said it has acquired a newly constructed manufacturing facility in Hangzhou, China, as part of its acquisition of ACON Laboratories' (San Diego) business of...

MedMira HIV test okayed in China.(International report)
June 1, 2006... MedMira (Halifax, Nova Scotia), a maker of rapid diagnostic solutions, said it has received approval from the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) in China for its MiraWell Rapid HIV Test (MiraWell HIV) for use with wholeblood specimens....

Combined tech to allow use of MRI software in lung lesion CT.(Agreements roundup)
June 1, 2006... CAD Sciences (White Plains, New York), a provider of computer-assisted diagnosis (CAD) software, reported a collaborative effort with Sapheneia (Jackson, Mississippi) to develop a product for analyzing suspicious lesions in the lung combining...

Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) and Ingalls Health System (Harvey, Illinois) reported signing an agreement through which Siemens will provide Ingalls with a long-term information technology- (IT) managed services solution.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Siemens Medical Solutions (Malvern, Pennsylvania) and Ingalls Health System (Harvey, Illinois) reported signing an agreement through which Siemens will provide Ingalls with a long-term information technology- (IT) managed services solution. The...

GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) has selected Fusion Sales Partners (Baltimore) as its exclusive sales partner for the new Senographe Essential Mammography System.(Agreements roundup)
June 1, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) has selected Fusion Sales Partners (Baltimore) as its exclusive sales partner for the new Senographe Essential Mammography System. The Senographe Essential, recently approved by FDA, is the next generation of...

PSMA expression show as key to detecting cancer of kidney.(AUA notebook)
June 1, 2006... ATLANTA -- Cytogen (Princeton, New Jersey), at the annual American Urological Association (Linthicum, Maryland) meeting here, made a presentation of data demonstrating the expression of prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) in cancer of the...

Visicu IPO gathers in $110.4m, company focuses on critical care.(Financings roundup)
June 1, 2006... Healthcare monitoring firm Visicu (Baltimore) reported completing its initial public offering (IPO). The company sold a total of 6.9 million shares--900,000 of which were for over-allotments--of its common stock in the IPO at a price of...

FDA and CDRH, via MDII, keep up improvements drumbeat.(News analysis)
June 1, 2006... WASHINGTON -- As the FDA struggles to keep pace with the growth of the medical device and pharmaceutical industries, and growing sophistication and complexities of new products, it says it is continuing to speed its current review procedures...

Suros wins SenoRx compliance; TCC wins trademark settlement.(Court report)
June 1, 2006... Suros Surgical Systems (Indianapolis), maker of the ATEC (Automated Tissue Excision and Collection) Breast Biopsy and Excision System, said that it has agreed to dismiss, without prejudice, a patent infringement lawsuit against SenoRx (Aliso...

Acacia's CombiMatrix group in bio-threat sensor development.(Grants/contracts)
June 1, 2006... Acacia Research (Newport Beach, California) reported that its CombiMatrix group has signed a subcontract with Northrop Grumman (Los Angeles) to develop technology and components for the Handheld Isothermal Silver Standard Sensor (HISSS)...

South Korean cancer diagnostic accord.(International report)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Oncotech (Tustin, California), a provider of cellular and genomic information to oncologists to individualize chemotherapy, reported an agreement with Innocell, a cancer diagnostics and immunotherapy company in South Korea. Under the agreement,...

Kumars leads Applied Biosystems in Asia Pacific.(International report)
June 1, 2006... Applied Biosystems (Foster City, California) has appointed TLV Kumar president for its Asia Pacific operations, based in Hong Kong. An executive with experience throughout the Asia Pacific region, Kumar joins Applied Biosystems from Philips...

Reductions in glucose monitor offerings threaten UK diabetics.
June 1, 2006... In Britain, those with diabetes currently are fearing the loss of affordable access to blood glucose monitors, according to a recent report in The Times of London. Charities focused on the diabetes sector have issued warnings that...

Exact Sciences.(Digestive Disease Week meeting)
June 1, 2006... Exact Sciences (Marlborough, Massachusetts) reported results of a study regarding a potential new application of its stool DNA testing technologies at the "Biomarkers and GI Cancers Research Forum." The study, discussed in a presentation...

E-Z-EM.(Carbon-dioxide Efficient Endoscopic Insufflators from E-Z-EM)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... E-Z-EM (Lake Success, New York), a manufacturer of contrast agents for gastrointestinal radiology, reported the launch of the C[O.sub.2]Efficient Endoscopic Insufflator, a new device for insufflating the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract...

Focus Surgery.(Product Briefs)
June 1, 2006... Focus Surgery (Indianapolis) reported that a clinical study for locally recurrent prostate cancer following radiation failure with High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) using the Sonablate 500 is now enrolling patients at the London Health...

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.(People in Places)
June 1, 2006... The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE; Oak Brook, Illinois) has named Gary Falk, MD, as its '06-'07 president. Falk is professor of medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve...

CardioMag Imaging.(People in Places)
June 1, 2006... Afshin Abedi, PhD, has been appointed vice president of CardioMag Imaging (Schenectady, New York), responsible for the company's clinical and regulatory activities. CardioMag makes cardiac diagnostic devices called MagnetoCardioGraphs, which...

Commonwealth Biotechnologies.(People in Places)
June 1, 2006... Dr. Joseph Chimera will be joining Commonwealth Biotechnologies (Richmond, Virginia) as senior vice president, sales, marketing, and business development. Chimera brings more than 20 years experience in the life sciences services area, with an...

Atherotech CMO now certified lipidologist.(Briefly Noted)(Brief article)
June 1, 2006... Atherotech (Birmingham, Alabama), which focuses on cardiodiagnostic technology, reported that Paul Ziajka, MD, PhD, the company's chief medical officer, now is one of only 180 physicians in the U.S. to become a board-certified lipidologist. ...

Nasdaq notifies Sequenom of added deficiency.(Briefly Noted)
June 1, 2006... Sequenom (San Diego), a developer of genetic analysis products, said that it received a letter from the listing qualifications staff of the Nasdaq Stock Market notifying the company that its stockholders' equity of $8,329,000, as reported in...

Cytyc chief knew that ThinPrep test had 'home run' potential.(Celebrating 10 years)
June 8, 2006... This past month Cytyc (Marlborough, Massachusetts) celebrated the 10-year anniversary of winning FDA approval of its highly successful ThinPrep Pap Test. But the company's chief executive says neither he nor the company is resting on any...

Founder of Salick cancer centers sets sights on cardiovascular care.
June 8, 2006... Building on his previous success with outpatient cancer centers, Bernard Salick, MD, a California nephrologist and entrepreneur, is now in the process of launching Salick Cardiovascular Centers, where the emphasis will be on early diagnosis of...

Breast cancer test tech IDs advanced colon cancer genes.(ASCO notebook)(Clinical report)
June 8, 2006... The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP; Pittsburgh) and Genomic Health (Redwood, California) reported positive results of a study that identified genes associated with prognosis in patients with Stage II and III colon...

Colorectal cancer awareness driving colonoscopy advances.(Digestive Disease Week)
June 8, 2006... LOS ANGELES -- The convergence of four separate societies all focused on treatments for alimentary tract conditions--the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Oak Brook, Illinois), the American Gastroenterological Association...

Vision BisoSystems in four-year payment to buy ImmunoVision.(Deals roundup)(Vision BioSystems Inc deal with ImmunoVision Technologies, Co.)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Vision BioSystems (VB; Melbourne, Australia) has acquired the business and assets of privately held ImmunoVision Technologies (Springdale, Arkansas) in a cash transaction payable by installments over four years. The present value of the...

Fujirebio Diagnostics (Malvern, Pennsylvania), which focuses on in vitro diagnostics, reported that it has acquired 100% of the shares and equity-related instruments of Swedish biotechnology company, CanAg Diagnostics (Gothenburg, Sweden).(Deals roundup)
June 8, 2006... Fujirebio Diagnostics (Malvern, Pennsylvania), which focuses on in vitro diagnostics, reported that it has acquired 100% of the shares and equity-related instruments of Swedish biotechnology company, CanAg Diagnostics (Gothenburg, Sweden)....

Combined chest, leg CT scans more effective to diagnose PE.(Clinical report)
June 8, 2006... Physicians could improve their ability to accurately diagnose pulmonary embolism, which kills about 600,000 Americans a year, if they would extend the commonly used chest computed tomography (CT) to the legs and combine it with the physician's...

F&S report: Rapid diag market expanding in Latin America.(International report)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... With the introduction of new players in the competitive landscape and accuracy levels improving, rapid tests are beginning to overcome initial resistance. These emerging players have the ability to potentially increase the addressable market...

IDSI presents at Sao Paulo meeting.(International report)(Conference news)
June 8, 2006... Imaging Diagnostic Systems (IDSI; Fort Lauderdale, Florida) displayed CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) clinical cases from international partner sites at the 36th annual meeting of the Sao Paulo Society of Radiology (Sao Paulo, Brazil) as part of...

Applied Imaging a partner in study.(International report)(Applied Imaging International)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Applied Imaging (San Jose, California) said its wholly owned subsidiary, Applied Imaging International, is one of three partners accepted as a collaborator in the DISMAL(1)-project, a European-based, three-year biomarker study directed toward...

TomTec unveils RV function software.(International report)
June 8, 2006... TomTec Imaging Systems (Munich, Germany) has introduced its 4D RV-Function software, for right ventricular function analysis. The software enables fast measurements of RV functional parameters basing on 3-D echocardiographic datasets. The...

Luna lowers IPO price to $32m; Asuragen gathers in 'A' $49m.(Financings roundup)
June 8, 2006... Luna Innovations (Roanoke, Virginia), which develops molecular and sensing technologies, has amended its previously disclosed initial public offering (IPO) reducing the deals value by about 27% to $32 million. The IPO will now consist of 4...

Xilas to distribute TempTouch in Texas via $1 million award.(Grants/contracts)(Xilas Medical Inc.)
June 8, 2006... Xilas Medical (San Antonio) reported that it has been selected by the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (Houston) to receive a $1 million grant award. Xilas agrees to expedite the commercialization of its family of medical device products for...

DOBI Medical and officers receive subpoenas from SEC.(Court report)(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Dobi Medical International, Inc.)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... DOBI Medical International (Mahwah, New Jersey) reported that, about May 30, it and certain current and former officers and directors of the company received subpoenas from the SEC dated May 26 indicating that the SEC is conducting a formal...

Ciphergen notified of Nasdaq non-compliance.(Briefly Noted)
June 8, 2006... Ciphergen Biosystems (Fremont, California) reported that it has received notification that it has failed to comply with Nasdaq National Market requirements for continuing listing because the market value of its listed securities has fallen...

Telzuit launches new Statpatch campaign.(Briefly Noted)(Telzuit Medical Technologies, Inc.)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Telzuit Medical Technologies (Orlando, Florida), focused on providing advanced mobile medicine, reported a new branding campaign for its Statpatch wireless heart monitor. "Statpatch" represents the new brand name of the company's flagship...

Bayer HealthCare, a member of the Bayer Group (Leverkusen, Germany).(ASCO notebook)
June 8, 2006... Bayer HealthCare, a member of the Bayer Group (Leverkusen, Germany), reported study findings using Bayer Diagnostics' Serum HER-2/neu test that demonstrated metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients whose serum HER-2/neu levels decreased by less...

MacroArray Technologies (Atlanta) and GTx (Memphis, Tennessee) reported that MacroArray presented data from its development of a diagnostic test for prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) in a general poster session.(ASCO notebook)
June 8, 2006... MacroArray Technologies (Atlanta) and GTx (Memphis, Tennessee) reported that MacroArray presented data from its development of a diagnostic test for prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (PIN) in a general poster session. The poster provides...

MSI cites Ukraine test results.(International report)
June 8, 2006... Medical Services International (MSI; Edmonton, Alberta), which has been approved to sell VScan HIV test kits in Ukraine since June 2005, said it has just received the official report related to the testing that was completed by health...

1st Niris system shipped to Australia.(International report)
June 8, 2006... Imalux (Cleveland) reported that it has shipped its first Niris imaging system to the Australian market via its exclusive distributor, Device Technologies Australia. The company said the milestone is a key achievement in its market development...

Philips donates ultrasound systems.(International report)
June 8, 2006... Royal Philips Electronics (Andover, Massachusetts) reported that it has agreed to donate 50 ultrasound systems, valued at an estimated $2.6 million, to the Global Ultrasound Equipment Donation Foundation (GUEDF), a not-for-profit organization...

American Bio Medica.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... American Bio Medica (Kinderhook, New York), a manufacturer of immunoassay diagnostic test kits, said that the FDA has granted the company 510(k) clearance on its Rapid TOX, a drug screen in a horizontal cassette platform that simultaneously...

Aspect Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Aspect Medical Systems (Newton, Massachusetts) said that findings from two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association document the capability of its EEG-based research technology to predict an individual's...

CardioDynamics.(Product Briefs)(CardioDynamics International Corp.'s launch of impedance cardiography test)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... CardioDynamics (San Diego), a provider of impedance cardiography (ICG) technology, reported publication of the company's PREDICT (Prospective Evaluation and Identification of Decompensation by ICG Test) study, demonstrating a significant...

DiaDexus.(Product Briefs)(patent for susceptibility test)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... DiaDexus (South San Francisco, California) said that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued U.S. patent No. 7,052,862, covering methods of diagnosing a patient's susceptibility for developing an atherosclerotic disease, including...

Draeger Medical.(Product Briefs)(Brief article)
June 8, 2006... Draeger Medical (Telford, Pennsylvania), the medical equipment manufacturing division of Draegerwerk, said that it has submitted a 510(k) premarket notification to the FDA for its patient-worn monitoring system, Infinity TeleSmart. The Infinity...

Identa.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Identa (Jerusalem, Israel), a provider of on-site drug detection kits, said that it has begun production and delivery of a new product for the detection of amphetamines. The announcement comes after a recent series of successful tests with law...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Imaging Diagnostic Systems (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) reported that the CT Laser Mammography (CTLM) system was recently featured in two European publications. An article appearing in a special edition of the European Congress of Radiology...

Impac Medical Systems.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Impac Medical Systems (Mountain View, California), an Elekta company and provider of oncology information technology solutions, reported the release of Mosaiq, its image-enabled oncology electronic medical record (EMR) that features a new user...

GE Healthcare.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported the introduction of Logiq e, the newest member of GE's Compact Series of ultrasound systems, designed to support real-time clinical decisions in emergency settings. GE debuted Logiq e at the Society...

Royal Philips Electronics.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Royal Philips Electronics (Andover, Massachusetts) said it introduced new products at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, which ends today in San Diego. Philips said its Gemini TF is the first PET/CT system to market that features...

Waters.(Product Briefs)
June 8, 2006... Waters (Seattle) said it introduced new products aimed at improving productivity in analytical and research laboratories at the recent 54th American Society of Mass Spectrometry conference. Waters introduced new mass spectrometry (MS)...

Scout said by VeraLight able to seek diabetes risk via skin.(American Diabetes Association)
June 15, 2006... In the continuing evolution of the use of biological markers for diagnosing disease, a New Mexico company has developed a prototype device that it says is able to determine the presence of diabetes, or even pre-diabetes, simply by shining a...

GE begins first-in-man study of PET molecular imaging agent.
June 15, 2006... GE Healthcare (Chalfont St. Giles, UK) reported earlier this month that it has initiated a "first-in-man" clinical study of a new molecular imaging agent to be used with positron emission tomography (PET), the study designed to validate the...

Agendia closes on 3rd round for diagnostic cancer arrays.(International report)
June 15, 2006... Agendia (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has closed a third funding round to advance development and marketing of its microarray-based cancer diagnostics. Total investment was not disclosed, but company CEO Bernhard Sixt said it was more than $10...

Study to detect atherosclerosis using PET called 'revolutionary'.(Society of Nuclear Medicine)
June 15, 2006... Using positron emission tomography (PET), the medical isotope 150-water and cold pressor tests, Japanese researchers reported at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's (SNM; Reston, Virginia) 53rd annual meeting in San Diego last week that they were...

Sequenom gets $33m privately for prenatal diagnostics push.(Financings roundup)
June 15, 2006... Sequenom (San Diego), a developer of genetic analysis systems, reported closing its $33 million private placement financing with four institutional investors. The investment included the sale and issuance of about 20 million shares of common...

HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama) reported that it has priced a private offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, which includes $375 million in aggregate principal amount of its floating rate senior notes due 2014 at par and $625 million aggregate principal amount of its 10.750% senior notes due 2016 at 98.505% of par.(Financings roundup)
June 15, 2006... * HealthSouth (Birmingham, Alabama) reported that it has priced a private offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of its senior notes, which includes $375 million in aggregate principal amount of its floating rate senior notes due...

Elbit Medical Imaging (Tel Aviv, Israel) said it has agreed with Israeli investors to issue about NIS 68 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured non-convertible Series A debentures to investors in Israel.(Financings roundup)
June 15, 2006... * Elbit Medical Imaging (Tel Aviv, Israel) said it has agreed with Israeli investors to issue about NIS 68 million aggregate principal amount of unsecured non-convertible Series A debentures to investors in Israel. These debentures would be in...

Spectral Diagnostics (Toronto), a developer of rapid diagnostic technologies, has signed an agreement with security holders of IDx to settle $10 million of outstanding convertible notes payable.(Brief article)
June 15, 2006... * Spectral Diagnostics (Toronto), a developer of rapid diagnostic technologies, has signed an agreement with security holders of IDx to settle $10 million of outstanding convertible notes payable. The company will issue 4,251,258 common...

StatSure Diagnostic Systems (Framingham, Massachusetts) reported that it has completed the sale of $2.15 million of its Series 2006 A 8% convertible preferred stock to institutional investors.(Financings roundup)
June 15, 2006... * StatSure Diagnostic Systems (Framingham, Massachusetts) reported that it has completed the sale of $2.15 million of its Series 2006 A 8% convertible preferred stock to institutional investors. Chardan Capital Markets was the company's...

Crescent Diagnostics (London), a company developing a new test for bone health, reported the completion of a EUR 800,000 ($1 million) funding round.(Financings roundup)
June 15, 2006... * Crescent Diagnostics (London), a company developing a new test for bone health, reported the completion of a EUR 800,000 ($1 million) funding round. Seroba BioVentures (Dublin, Ireland), a specialist life science venture capital firm led...

Isonics in accord with Iscon; Positron buys Cadenza rights.(Deals roundup)
June 15, 2006... Isonics (Golden, Colorado), a provider of solutions for the homeland security and semiconductor markets, reported that its Homeland Security and Defense (HSDC) subsidiary has entered into a definitive agreement with privately held Iscon Video...

NCI researchers push forward lymphoma test development.
June 15, 2006... The microscope was a huge step forward in distinguishing between the morphological distinctions between similar disease states. Today, genetic analysis is pushing this critical ability into an even larger realm of precision. The National...

Source MDx, Colorado center in skin disease blood test pact.(Agreements roundup)
June 15, 2006... University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center (UCDHSC; Aurora) and Source MDx (Boulder, Colorado) have entered into a research collaboration focused on developing molecular diagnostic tests for early detection and prognosis of...

Arrhythmia Research Technology (ART; Fitchburg, Massachusetts) reported entering into a research agreement with the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) to participate in a National Institutes for Health.(Agreements roundup)
June 15, 2006... Arrhythmia Research Technology (ART; Fitchburg, Massachusetts) reported entering into a research agreement with the University of Rochester (Rochester, New York) to participate in a National Institutes for Health- (NIH) funded investigation...

Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) reported signing a multi-source agreement with Novation (Irving, Texas), making Kodak's computed radiography (CR) systems available to more than 3,000 VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium members and facilities.(Agreements roundup)
June 15, 2006... Eastman Kodak (Rochester, New York) reported signing a multi-source agreement with Novation (Irving, Texas), making Kodak's computed radiography (CR) systems available to more than 3,000 VHA and University HealthSystem Consortium members and...

USAID, CDC contribute to effort to track wild birds, avian flu.(Grants/contracts)
June 15, 2006... The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID; Washington) reported a $5 million award to support the development of a global network to track avian influenza, with the aim of monitoring the role of migratory birds. The Global Avian...

AMI Semiconductor (AMIS; Pocatello, Idaho), a designer and manufacturer of integrated mixed-signal and structured digital products for the automotive, medical and industrial sectors, and Sphere Medical (Cambridge, UK), a developer of critical care patient monitoring systems.(Grants/contracts)
June 15, 2006... In other grants/contracts news, AMI Semiconductor (AMIS; Pocatello, Idaho), a designer and manufacturer of integrated mixed-signal and structured digital products for the automotive, medical and industrial sectors, and Sphere Medical...

Neoprobe (Dublin, Ohio), a developer of oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic products.(Agreements roundup)(Brief article)
June 15, 2006... Neoprobe (Dublin, Ohio), a developer of oncology and cardiovascular surgical and diagnostic products, said that it has entered into a national distribution agreement with Estech (San Ramon, California) for distribution in the U.S. of the...

GE Healthcare.(Society of Nuclear Medicine)
June 15, 2006... GE Healthcare (Waukesha, Wisconsin) reported the introduction of Xeleris 2, an advanced nuclear medicine review workstation. According to the company, a highlight of the new system is XFL (Xeleris Floating License), which allows in nuclear...

Digirad.(Digirad Corp. intoduces Cardius 3 XPO triple-head cardiac gamma camera)(Brief article)
June 15, 2006... Digirad (Poway, California), a provider of cardiovascular imaging services and solid-state nuclear medicine imaging products to physician offices, hospitals and imaging centers, reported the release of its new Cardius 3 XPO triple-head cardiac...

Intact's BLES to get higher reimbursement.(Intact Breast Lesion Excision System )(Brief article)
June 15, 2006... Intact Medical (Natick, Massachusetts), a developer of minimally invasive systems for the diagnosis of breast cancer, reported that the use of the Intact Breast Lesion Excision System (BLES) to biopsy high-risk breast lesions for...

COPD patients need spirometry testing.(Briefly Noted)
June 15, 2006... At least two-thirds of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) do not receive lung function testing that is recommended for the accurate diagnosis and effective management of the disease, suggesting that the majority of...

New Asian offices opened by Battelle.(International report)
June 15, 2006... Battelle (Columbus, Ohio), a provider of contract R&D, technology commercialization and laboratory management services, has taken another step toward broadening its presence in the international marketplace by opening offices in Japan and South...

BioMag finalizes Thailand agreement.(International report)(Brief article)
June 15, 2006... BioMag (Orangeville, California) said it has finalized an agreement with Bangkok RIA Group, a laboratory, manufacturer and distributor of diagnostic services in Thailand. The companies last week reported signing a memorandum of understanding...

TomTec unveils new imaging software.(International report)
June 15, 2006... TomTec Imaging Systems (Munich, Germany) reported the introduction of its 4D RV-Function software for right ventricular function analysis. The company said the software is easy to use and enables fast and reliable measurements of RV functional...

CardiArc.(People in Places)
June 15, 2006... CardiArc (Lubbock, Texas) has appointed John Heinrich, PhD, as chief operating officer. Heinrich has served as vice president of MR Products at Technicare, president and COO of Technomed International USA, president and COO of Summit World...