ACIST CVi Contrast Injection System Added to the Novation Purchasing Pact.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 December 2008-ACIST CVi Contrast Injection System Added to the Novation Purchasing Pact(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com ACIST Medical Systems (a Bracco Group Company), a provider of contrast delivery systems for diagnostic and therapeutic imaging in cardiology and radiology, and Novation, a health care...

Paying for advanced medical imaging.
Advances in imaging technology can promote earlier, safer, and more precise detection of disease. More than 80 million medical imaging tests are performed annually in the United States at a cost of more than $100 billion. About 15% of that testing, at a cost of $15 billion per year,...

MedQuist and Clario Form Partnership to Integrate zVision Radiology Practice Management Software with SpeechQ for Radiology.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J., Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- MedQuist Inc. , the leading provider of clinical documentation workflow technology and services, and Clario Medical Imaging Inc. announced today they have agreed to integrate Clario's zVision(TM) software with MedQuist's SpeechQ for Radiology(TM) speech recognition solution. This integration provides a single access...

Varian Medical Systems to Exhibit the Latest X-Ray Image Detectors, X-Ray Tubes, and Cancer Treatment Technologies at RSNA This Year.
CHICAGO, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- RSNA Booth # 6221 -- Varian Medical Systems, Inc. will exhibit its X-ray tubes and flat-panel digital detectors for filmless X-ray imaging in a new, expanded booth at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting in Chicago from November 30 -- December 3,...

Smokers Can Kick the Habit, Breathe Easier With Help of CT Lung Scan.
EBT Heart & Body Imaging gives smokers a reason to quit during Lung Cancer Awareness Month SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- A CT lung scan might be just what the doctor ordered when it comes to quitting smoking. Studies show that people who get a lung...

VasoLux Receives JumpStart Investment.
CLEVELAND, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- JumpStart Inc., the Northeast Ohio venture development organization that accelerates the growth of innovative early-stage businesses and ideas, today announced the close of an equity investment commitment of $380,000 in VasoLux MicroSystems, LLC, a company developing a minimally invasive device that measures the quality...

MEDRAD Builds on Success of P3T Cardiac CT Injection Software.
WARRENDALE, Pa., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Encouraged by successful results from use of its patented personalized patient protocol software P3T(TM) Cardiac, MEDRAD, Inc. is working on advancing the P3T family of products for clinical applications beyond Cardiac CT. MEDRAD will demonstrate some of these potential advances at its RSNA...

Activity Against MRSA is the Most Important Attribute Influencing Physicians' Antibiotic Selection for the Treatment of Skin and Skin Structure Infections.
Success of Zyvox and Cubicin is Driven Strongly by Agents' Excellent Activity Against MRSA, According to a New Report from AMR and Decision Resources MALVERN, Pa. and WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources (AMR) and Decision Resources find that with the rising incidence of...