Cianna Medical, Inc., a women’s health company, today announced the outcomes of a large, retrospective study demonstrating the safety and efficacy of the SAVI® breast brachytherapy applicator. Researchers reported favorably low recurrence rates, high rates of survival and excellent cosmetic outcomes.

BRUSSELS – 16 December 2013 – COCIR company members GE, Philips, Siemens and also Griensu S.A. signed the first COCIR Code of Conduct in Latin America on 10 December 2013 at the CADIEM Chamber of Medical Equipment Manufacturers, Importers and Distributors in Argentina.

Lowering CT dose and improving workflow are not choices that clinicians should have to make, so Toshiba CT is putting customers first by providing the industry’s best solutions to solve these challenges. To make complex exams easier, lower dose and improve diagnostic accuracy and reproducibility, Toshiba is introducing its Adaptive Diagnostics CT technology.

Chicago, Ill., USA – At the 99th Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago, Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) today illustrated its technology leadership in medical imaging with the introduction of two fundamentally new developments: its Vereos PET/CT fully digital positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging system, and its IQon Spectral CT1 spectral detector-based computed tomography (CT) imaging system.

The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), today announced the publication of an amendment to interventional X-ray standard XR 27, X-ray Equipment for Interventional Procedures User Quality Control Mode.

Radcal Corporation announces today that they will launch at the 2013 RSNA their new models of diagnostic X-ray meters and sensors; Accu-Gold+ and Rapid-Gold+ with newly improved stacked sensor Multisensors including a Dual Rad/Fluoro and Mammo all in one Multisensor.

Given Imaging (NASDAQ: GIVN), a world leader in specialty GI products and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that Japan's Central Social Insurance Medical Council (Chuikyo) has approved the recommendation by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) to provide reimbursement for Given Imaging's PillCam COLON. With this approval, Chuikyo established a reimbursement of 83,100 JPY, or roughly $840.00 USD (using current exchange rate), per capsule that is scheduled to go into effect on January 1, 2014. This decision follows regulatory clearance of PillCam COLON in July of this year by Japan's Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Agency (PMDA). The MHLW will determine the final indication for use for PillCam COLON in December as well as the amount for the professional fee.

RadNet Inc. (Nasdaq:RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 251 fully-owned and operated outpatient imaging centers, announced today that David W. Stoller, M.D., F.A.C.R. has joined its network of providers as the National Director of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Imaging. Dr. Stoller will also serve as the Director of Orthopaedic and Musculoskeletal Imaging for the Northern California division of RadNet's affiliated radiology group, Beverly Radiology Medical Group.