November 15, 2010 — With regard to its molecular imaging business, GE Healthcare announced an agreement to acquire the assets of OMS, a subsidiary of Orbotech, a publicly held company based in Yavne, Israel. OMS manufactures cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector technology, a key component of GE Healthcare’s Alcyone nuclear medicine platform.

November 15, 2010 - A catheter procedure that closes a hole in patients’ hearts appears to be no more effective than drug therapy in preventing recurrent strokes, according to trial results presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions.

November 15, 2010 – Data from the RAFT clinical trial show that cardiac resynchronization therapy-defibrillators (CRT-Ds) significantly reduced mortality for mildly symptomatic heart failure patients. The trial looked at Medtronic CRT-Ds.

November 15, 2010 – The registry for a study designed to test the effectiveness of coronary computed tomographic angiography (CCTA) for diagnosing coronary artery disease (CAD) was announced at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Session. The CONFIRM study spans six countries and will look at more than 27,000 patients.

Aquarius iNtuition 3-D software enhances workflow with fully scalable client-server technology, delivering a wide range of visualization capabilities to any computer. At RSNA 2010, TeraRecon is moving iNtuition into the cloud as a browser-accessible, Internet-hosted subscription service.

November 10, 2010 – Several enhancements for an MRI video entertainment and functional MRI (fMRI) system will be on display at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago.

November 10, 2010 – During RSNA 2010, GE Healthcare will announce the availability of the Discovery NM/CT 670, an advanced hybrid imaging platform designed to improve workflow, dose management and overall image quality.

November 10, 2010 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has concluded that radiation over-exposure during computed tomography (CT) scans was due to user error, not the scanner manufacturers. The finding comes after the FDA investigated more than 300 reports of over-exposure during brain perfusion scans.

November 10, 2010 – New 4-D functional analytic advanced visualization software will be introduced at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago. PhyZiodynamic, by Ziosoft, is based upon a supercomputing foundation and provides cutting-edge algorithms for functional imaging analysis across multiple dimensions.

November 10, 2010 – Software for a mobile C-arm X-ray system will be on display at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago. SmartVascular, by Ziehm Imaging, is designed to speed the surgeon’s workflow during vascular procedures.

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