DeJarnette Research Systems will showcase newly developed storage services at RSNA 2009.

OEM-software supplier ContextVision, its sister provider of end user products SharpView, and the Massachusetts General Hospital are investigating advanced 3D image filtering as a means to boost productivity and improve image quality for MRI, as well as cut dose in CT.

Software developer EDDA Technology has earned the CE mark for its IQQA-Liver product, which automates quantitative volumetric evaluation of liver, liver lobes and segments, hepatic lesions, and vasculature.

A work-in-progress retrofit for mobile x-ray units will debut in the Carestream Health booth at RSNA 2009.

Digital radiography systems from Shimadzu will soon come with computer-aided detection software developed by EDDA Technology to find lung nodules.

A hospital run by Harrisburg, PA-based PinnacleHealth has become the first in the U.S. to install Toshiba America Medical Systems’ Aquilion Premium.

In the coming months, Lantheus Medical Imaging plans to introduce an MR blood pool contrast agent to the U.S. market under the brand name Ablavar. From its booth on the RSNA exhibit floor, company staff will be available to discuss key points about the agent, which was originally developed by Epix Pharmaceuticals and branded under the name Vasovist.

Refurbished Aquilion CTs are now available from Toshiba America Medical Systems under a new program announced Nov. 10.

Jefferson Radiology of Hartford, CT, has acquired two Connecticut-based medical imaging centers, one in Bloomfield and the other in Granby.

Software developer Claron Technology has formally launched a collection of components designed to help OEMs rapidly develop medical visualization products.