im3D – Medical Imaging Lab, a medical research center based in Torino,Italy, will present a diagnostic and theranostic prototype whichapplies CAD precision and accuracy to dynamic contrast-enhancedMRI results for the prevention and early detection of breast cancer atthe European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2008 in Vienna.

MphasiS Healthcare Solutions has appointed Kerry Winkle as senior vice president of sales and strategic planning.

The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has reportedthat Gov. Bobby Jindal's budget priority is to improve healthcarethrough investment in health IT, which will support several statewideinitiatives toward the goal of ensuring every Louisianan has an EHR andhealthcare providers have access to information they need.

With any PACS rollout, there is the promise, the dream of becoming afilmless, digital environment. But eliminating film does not eliminatethe fact that people are still printing—the question is to what extentand in what format.

Advances in color viewing for certain modalities, such as MR and colorDoppler ultrasound, are forcing hospitals and imaging centers toreconsider their PACS displays.

Halifax Biomedical has selected Imaging Dynamics Company’s (IDC) X1590as the DR component for an imaging product suite currently underdevelopment for conducting orthopedic clinical trials for RoentgenSteriophotogrametric Analysis (RSA).

NanoImaging Services, a provider of 3D transmission electron microscope imaging services to manufacturers of large moleculebiopharmaceuticals, has completed a round of financing led by MerckCapital Ventures.

Toshiba America Medical Systems has named Girish T. Hagan as vice president of marketing.