June 12, 2007 — Dr. Ronald M. Fairman, principal investigator for the VALOR clinical study evaluating the Talent Thoracic Stent Graft System, today presented positive 12-month results at a late-breaking session during the annual meeting of the Society for Vascular Surgery in Baltimore.

June 8, 2007 — Haemoscope Corporation has developed PlateletMapping assays, combining automated platelet aggregation with the company’s proprietary TEG 5000 (Thrombelastograph) Hemostasis System.

The assays measure inhibited platelet function against maximum platelet function for optimal antiplatelet therapy and demonstrate the degree of inhibition by different platelet inhibitors as well as providing maximum platelet function, which can be used as a reference point for determining an anti-platelet regimen.

June 7, 2007 — NASA space technology is helping doctors diagnose and monitor treatments for hardening of the arteries in its early stages, before it causes heart attacks and strokes.

Hospitals and doctors around the country are using ArterioVision software initially developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) along with a standardized, painless, non-invasive ultrasound examination of the carotid artery, which carries blood from the heart to the brain.

June 5, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions Molecular Imaging division demonstrated three new syngo software packages, TrueD, Circulation and Scenium for improved workflows in radiology, neurology, radiation oncology and general molecular imaging departments.

June 5, 2007 - GE Healthcare introduced at SNM a new version of the company’s Discovery Dimension designed to help clinicians advance towards the goal of motion free PET/CT imaging, addressing the PET and CT imaging mismatches related to respiratory and cardiac motion. These include motion correction techniques that effectively improve clinical results and minimize blur caused by motion.