RadNet Purchases Neuroradiology Imaging Center in Delaware.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-29 July 2008-RadNet Purchases Neuroradiology Imaging Center in Delaware(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com RadNet, a provider of diagnostic imaging services through a network of owned and operated outpatient imaging centers reported that it acquired the NeuroSciences Imaging Center in Newark, Delaware. According...

NDS Surgical Imaging Purchases Dome Imaging.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-9 August 2008-NDS Surgical Imaging Purchases Dome Imaging(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) announced the acquisition of Dome Imaging Systems (Dome), the medical business unit of Planar Systems. Dome manufactures medical display products for diagnostic imaging and patient care...

iCardio Services Offers HeartSmartIMTplus Risk Screening to Its Cardiovascular Imaging Services.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-2 October 2008-iCardio Services Offers HeartSmartIMTplus Risk Screening to Its Cardiovascular Imaging Services(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Dr. Joshua Penn, M.D. FACC, managing partner of iCardio Services headquartered in Los Angeles, has added HeartSmartIMTplus risk assessment method to his company's list of diagnostic imaging...

Imaging Diagnostic Systems is Recognized for Its Advanced Engineering in Time-Resolved Techniques by the US Patent Office.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (BULLETIN BOARD: IMDS) a pioneer in laser optical breast imaging systems, is pleased to announce the issuance of its 21st US Patent entitled "Apparatus and Method for Acquiring Time-Resolved Measurements Utilizing Direct Digitization of the Temporal Point Spread...

Confirma and Medrad Link to Advance Patient Care in the European Union.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-3 September 2008-Confirma and Medrad Link to Advance Patient Care in the European Union(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Confirma, a provider of CADstream, a CAD operating system for MRI, and Medrad, a provider of medical devices and services for diagnostic imaging, announced that the...

Advanced Imaging Technologies to Limit Breast and GI Biopsy Procedures.
Growth will continue to occur through 2013, according to Millennium WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group's (MRG's) US Markets for Biopsy Devices 2009 report, the popularity of advanced imaging technologies will restrict the number of gastrointestinal (GI) and breast biopsy procedures performed...

More thyroid cancers are found incidentally: the trend seems to reflect the increase in the use of diagnostic imaging studies for nonthyroid indications.
PHOENIX -- The rate of thyroid cancers identified incidentally during nonthyroid imaging procedures is on the rise, Matthew T. Tallar said at a congress sponsored by the Association for Academic Surgery and the Society of University Surgeons. These incidental thyroid cancers deserve to be taken very seriously...

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 is reported to be "unnecessary," including the cost...

Del Medical Systems Group Inks Pact with NMI to Sell Gemini DR Flat Panels in the Americas.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-30 July 2008-Del Medical Systems Group Inks Pact with NMI to Sell Gemini DR Flat Panels in the Americas(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Del Global Technologies announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with New Medical Imaging (NMI) of Taiwan, ROC, to sell...

Oklahoma Health System Upgrades with Merge Healthcare's Solutions.
HEALTH AND BEAUTY CLOSE-UP-13 August 2008-Oklahoma Health System Upgrades with Merge Healthcare's Solutions(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Merge Healthcare, a medical imaging solutions provider, announced that Saint Francis Health System, a large multi-site, multi-specialty hospital operating throughout Tulsa, Oklahoma, has signed a contract to upgrade from its...