Sixty-five candidates are now certified imaging informatics professionals (CIIP) after passing the American Board of Imaging Informatics (ABII) exam in September.

GE Healthcare has entered into an agreement to purchase certain assets of the Wilmington, Mass.-based musculoskeletal MRI developer ONI Medical Systems.

Due to stronger sales, Boston Scientific has booked large (unaudited) net gains in the 2009 third quarter, which ended Sept. 30.

Supported by grants from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Homeland Security, informatics and healthcare research organization Regenstrief Institute has extended the use of EMRs to the ambulance setting in Indiana.

As healthcare reform and meaningful use put the focus on EMRs, many hospitals are looking to document management and imaging (DMI) solutions to ease the transition from paper records to electronic, according to a report from market research firm KLAS.

The University of Virginia (UVA) Health System has opened a new MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) facility on the university's Charlottesville, Va., campus, which will be used for research, education and delivery of MRgFUS.

Following the switch from gadodiamide to gadobenate dimeglumine and gadopentetate dimeglumine, and the adoption of restrictive gadolinium-based contrast agent policies, no nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) cases were observed at two university health centers, according to a study in the October issue of Radiology.

United Hayek Industries has released Hayek MRI-RTX, a device to deliver cardiac MRI scans more efficiently by synchronizing respiratory and cardiac motion.