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Safeguard Scientifics' aggregate partner company revenue rises 46% in 2009

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a holding company that builds value in growth-stage life sciences and technology companies, today announced that aggregate revenue of its partner companies for the year was $262 million, up 46% from $179 million in 2008, exceeding the company’s 2009 guidance of $223 million to $243 million, as adjusted to reflect the inclusion of two new partner companies.

11 Mar 2010

Miami Children’s Hospital installs Toshiba InfinixTM CF-i bi-plane system with CAT-880B hybrid catheterization table

In hybrid catheterization procedures it is crucial that the imaging system provides the flexibility to quickly and easily access both the patient and ancillary equipment. To form its new hybrid catheterization suite, Miami Children’s Hospital, a pioneer in hybrid procedures, recently installed Toshiba America Medical Systems’s InfinixTM CF-i bi-plane system with the new CAT-880B hybrid catheterization table.

11 Mar 2010

Senetek closes Security Purchase Agreement with DMRJ

Senetek PLC today announced the closing of a Security Purchase Agreement, a Note and a Warrant Purchase Agreement DMRJ Group, LLC on March 4, 2010. DMRJ Group, LLC is a Delaware limited liability company affiliated with Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund L.P., an accredited institutional investor with its investment manager headquartered in New York, New York.

11 Mar 2010

ADI’s 20-bit DAC enables superior image clarity, resolution, and contrast in medical imaging systems

MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans provide extraordinarily clear images of the human body and are commonly used to diagnose a wide range of illnesses and injuries, such as Alzheimer’s disease, cancerous tumors, and torn ligaments. Analog Devices, Inc., the leading provider of data conversion technology and longtime collaborator with the medical imaging industry, today introduced a breakthrough in data conversion that gives clinicians and radiologists the superior image clarity they need to see smaller anatomical structures and abnormalities, such as breast cancer cells, than ever before.

11 Mar 2010

Primordial, Charlotte Radiology announce partnership

Primordial, a leading vendor of communications, workflow, quality management and analytics applications for the medical imaging market, and Charlotte Radiology, one of the largest radiology groups in the United States, announced today a partnership to deploy and further develop Primordial’s applications for use by Charlotte Radiology physicians across numerous hospitals and imaging centers.

11 Mar 2010

Two different ways of remembering things initiated by entirely different signal paths in brain: Study

Entirely different signal paths and parts of the brain are involved when you try to remember something and when you just happen to remember something, prompted by a smell, a picture, or a word, for instance. This is shown by Kristiina Kompus in her dissertation at Umeå University in Sweden.

11 Mar 2010

CoActiv Medical demonstrates EXAM-VAULT managed archiving services for orthopedic images at AAOS conference

CoActiv Medical showcases its universally accessible, affordable managed archiving services for orthopedic images and related medical data at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons conference.

11 Mar 2010

Extreme or moderate heat may help cure malignant and benign tumors

Aided by ultrasound guidance, treating tumors with extreme heat or moderate heat may provide a possible therapeutic option, according to early research presented at the second AACR Dead Sea International Conference on Advances in Cancer Research: From the Laboratory to the Clinic, held March 7-10, 2010.

11 Mar 2010

Insight Imaging commences operations in partnership with ARA in the Dallas metro-area

InSight Health Services Holdings Corp. announced today that it has commenced operations in partnership with American Radiology Associates, P.A. in the Dallas metro-area. Insight Imaging will manage the partnership, which has acquired ARA’s Willowbend Diagnostic Imaging Center. ARA has also agreed to provide professional services in the coming months at Insight Diagnostic Center – Forest Lane.

11 Mar 2010

NHL stars donate funds to BC Children's Hospital

Vancouver Canucks Daniel and Henrik Sedin, together with their wives Marinette and Johanna, have made a gift of $1.5 million to help build a new BC Children's Hospital.

11 Mar 2010

MedPro Imaging installs GE Logic 9 ultrasound systems at Mount Sinai Hospital

MedPro Imaging announced it has recently installed two GE Logic 9 ultrasound systems at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago. With the acquisition of the systems, this busy, inner city provider of healthcare services will expand its vascular healthcare services at both Mount Sinai Hospital and Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital located across the street.

11 Mar 2010

OrthoScan introduces new Mini C-Arm equipped with flat detector

OrthoScan, Inc., a privately held medical device company based in Scottsdale, Arizona, launched a new version of its Mini C-Arm product with flat detector this week at the Annual Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons meeting in New Orleans.

11 Mar 2010

Cardiologists to highlight capabilities of InfraReDx' LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at ACC.10 and i2 Summit

InfraReDx, Inc., an innovative medical device company focused on developing novel diagnostic imaging technologies to accurately identify and characterize diseased intracoronary tissues, today announced that the Company's LipiScan™ Coronary Imaging System will be highlighted in multiple sessions during the 59th Annual Scientific Session of the American College of Cardiology.

11 Mar 2010

Springer to publish Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

NMMI publishes original research papers, reviews, case reports, editorials and letters to the editor on nuclear medicine and a wide range of related sciences. These include radiochemistry, radiopharmacy, dosimetry and pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of radiopharmaceuticals, nuclear and molecular imaging analysis, nuclear and molecular imaging instrumentation, radiation biology and radionuclide therapy. June-Key Chung, MD, PhD, from the Seoul National University College of Medicine will serve as editor-in-chief. He will be supported by an international editorial board.

10 Mar 2010

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

New preliminary data from a pilot study in the Netherlands indicates that imaging tools may help address the most challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care as identified by the hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and its expert witnesses last week: to treat or not treat, AdMeTech Foundation's President and CEO Dr. Faina Shtern said today.

10 Mar 2010

CRR leveraging InteleOne to interconnect Intelerad Medical Systems' facilities

Intelerad Medical Systems, a recognized leader in medical imaging PACS and workflow solutions, today announced that Carolina Regional Radiology PA will be leveraging InteleOne to interconnect its facilities. CRR is a full-service radiology practice serving a ten-county region in southeastern North Carolina.

10 Mar 2010

First use of prenatal MRI to detect often-misdiagnosed CCD

In a case believed to be a United States first, the radiology team at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital has used prenatal magnetic resonance imaging to detect an often-misdiagnosed genetic disease.

10 Mar 2010

New data for BMS747158 to be featured in oral presentation at ACC Annual Scientific Session 2010

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc., a worldwide leader in diagnostic imaging, today announced that new data for BMS747158, the company’s novel drug candidate in clinical development as a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) perfusion imaging agent, will be featured in an oral presentation at the American College of Cardiology 59th Annual Scientific Session taking place March 14-16, 2010 in Atlanta.

10 Mar 2010

MIT researchers to use Elekta Neuromag system to study neural basis of brain disorders

Researchers at MIT are eagerly anticipating the summer delivery of Elekta Neuromag®, a system that uses magnetoencephalography or MEG to explore brain function. MEG can detect the very weak magnetic fields arising from electrical activity in the brain, and allows researchers to monitor the timing of brain activity with millisecond precision.

From Elekta 10 Mar 2010

ACIST Medical Systems to provide CVi contrast injection system to HealthTrust Purchasing Group

ACIST Medical Systems, Inc., a world-leading provider of contrast-delivery systems for cardiology and radiology imaging, announced today that HealthTrust Purchasing Group, LP (HealthTrust), Brentwood, Tenn., one of the leading health care group purchasing organizations, has awarded the company a three-year contract, effective December 1, 2009, for ACIST cardiovascular injection technology, the ACIST | CVi® Contrast Delivery System.

9 Mar 2010

Imaging News and Research

Safeguard Scientifics' aggregate partner company revenue rises 46% in 2009

Miami Children’s Hospital installs Toshiba InfinixTM CF-i bi-plane system with CAT-880B hybrid catheterization table

Senetek closes Security Purchase Agreement with DMRJ

ADI’s 20-bit DAC enables superior image clarity, resolution, and contrast in medical imaging systems

Primordial, Charlotte Radiology announce partnership

Two different ways of remembering things initiated by entirely different signal paths in brain: Study

CoActiv Medical demonstrates EXAM-VAULT managed archiving services for orthopedic images at AAOS conference

Extreme or moderate heat may help cure malignant and benign tumors

Insight Imaging commences operations in partnership with ARA in the Dallas metro-area

NHL stars donate funds to BC Children's Hospital

MedPro Imaging installs GE Logic 9 ultrasound systems at Mount Sinai Hospital

OrthoScan introduces new Mini C-Arm equipped with flat detector

Cardiologists to highlight capabilities of InfraReDx' LipiScan Coronary Imaging System at ACC.10 and i2 Summit

Springer to publish Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Imaging tools may help address challenging clinical dilemma of prostate cancer care: Study

CRR leveraging InteleOne to interconnect Intelerad Medical Systems' facilities

First use of prenatal MRI to detect often-misdiagnosed CCD

New data for BMS747158 to be featured in oral presentation at ACC Annual Scientific Session 2010

MIT researchers to use Elekta Neuromag system to study neural basis of brain disorders

ACIST Medical Systems to provide CVi contrast injection system to HealthTrust Purchasing Group

Achieving and maintaining ISO 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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