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The nation's leading non-OEM medical imaging solutions provider acquires its largest Molecular Imaging competitor and solidifies their position as the top alternative to OEMs. WEST JORDAN, Utah, June 8, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- BC Technical, the nation's leading non-OEM medical imaging solutions provider, has acquired MEDX, the #2 Molecular Imaging service organization. The acquisition of MEDX follows 5 previous medical imaging acquisitions and affirms BC Technical's position as the top...

CHICAGO, June 7, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Positron Corporation (OTCBB:POSC), a nuclear medicine healthcare company, announces today that it has retained Covington Associates, LLC ("Covington"), as its investment banking advisor in connection with the financing of its 70 MeV cyclotron project. Covington, a specialty investment banking firm dedicated to healthcare and technology companies, will advise the Company on various financing and strategic opportunities related to the $60 million...

Patients Benefit from Positron Emission Mammography (PEM) Technology Tequesta, FL (PRWEB) June 05, 2013 HeartCare Imaging, Inc. (HCI) announced today the launch of “Mobile PEM”, a full-service mobile breast imaging service that makes Positron Emission Mammography Technology available to physicians, hospitals and imaging centers throughout Central and South Florida. The new service demonstrates HCI’s commitment to quality patient care by providing advanced breast imaging services to...

TeamBest Companies will announce a range of new Cyclotrons (Low and High Power with Variable Energy), for research and production of medical isotopes for diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, June 8-12, 2013. Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) June 05, 2013 Best Theratronics Ltd, Best Cyclotron Systems, Inc., Best Medical International, and other members of TeamBest Companies will announce a range of new Cyclotrons...

BERLIN, BOSTON and MUMBAI, India, June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Piramal Imaging announced today that results from four studies evaluating the Company's PET amyloid imaging agent (florbetaben F18(*)) will be presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI 2013) taking place in Vancouver from June 8-12. Additionally, Andrew Stephens, Vice President of Clinical Research and Development at Piramal Imaging will present an update and...

IRVINE, Calif., June 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- MRI Interventions, Inc. (OTCQB: MRIC) announced today that its Chief Executive Officer, Kimble Jenkins, will deliver a presentation at the Brain Tumor Biotech Summit 2013 regarding the application of the company's ClearPoint® Neuro Intervention System as a platform for MRI-guided drug delivery in treatment of brain tumors. Jenkins' talk titled "ClearPoint Technologies for MRI-Guided Therapies" will take place June 7, 2013 during the...

Advanced Radiation Treatment Now Available to Cancer Patients in France SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), announced today the first patient has been treated with its new TomoHDA(TM) System at Centre Oscar Lambret in Lille, France. Building upon the proven TomoTherapy® Hi-Art® and TomoHD(TM) technologies, the TomoHDA System is a fully-integrated radiation therapy system designed to treat the full spectrum of cancer patients....

High demand from Asian OEMs for mammography image enhancement products fuels growth. Boston, MA and Stockholm, Sweden (PRWEB) June 04, 2013 A recent Frost & Sullivan report highlights the growing trend of digitalization in the Asian medical imaging market. As more companies convert from analogue to digital, ContextVision, software imaging partner for the most recognized medical imaging manufacturers worldwide, continues its expansion in Asia with three new mammography contracts....

Medical Imaging Services at Health Network Rates Parsippany, NJ (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 MRIs, CT scans, and other types of medical imaging are expensive. People who do not have health insurance may not be able to afford these tests. Even people who have health insurance may have problems if they have high deductibles, high co-pays or HSA’s. DiagnosticWorks.com solves this problem by providing access to high quality, affordable radiology locations at network prices. President and CEO of...

Scion Medical announces the introduction of Cassi Beacon, a breast biopsy tissue marker which provides excellent and permanent visualization ultrasound and other major imaging modalities. Newton, MA (PRWEB) June 03, 2013 Scion Medical Technologies, LLC announces the introduction of the Cassi™ Beacon™ tissue marker, the company’s newest addition to the Cassi™ breast biopsy product portfolio. The Cassi Beacon tissue marker is a single use marker which is placed into soft tissue...