InSight Health Services Holdings Corp announced that one of its subsidiaries has entered into a stock purchase agreement with Cardinal Health Inc to acquire 22 diagnostic imaging centers located in California, Arizona, Texas, Kansas, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Cardinal Health initially obtained the centers in its acquisition of Syncor International Corp...

Planar Systems Inc has announced dramatic new pricing for its line of flat panel monitors for the medical imaging market, dropping list prices for its 2MP dual monitor from $14,995 to $9,995; its 3MP dual monitor from $27,995 to $14,995; and its 5MP dual monitor from $33,995 to $23,995...

Biophan Technologies Inc, Rochester, NY, a developer of MRI-related and other biomedcal technology, has signed an agreement with SBI-Brightline that provides up to $25 million in additional capital at an average price of about $1.41 per share. This financing will further allow the company to pursue its strategic initiatives, which include expansion of its patent portfolio, acceleration of marketing programs, and potential strategic acquisitions...

R2 Technology, Gaithersburg, Md, has announced that the US Food and Drug Administration's Radiological Devices Panel of the Medical Devices Advisory Committee has unanimously recommended approval of the ImageChecker® CT CAD system for the detection of lung nodules during review of multidetector CT chest examinations with conditions. If the recommendation is accepted, it would be the first CAD system for detection of lung nodules on CT approved for use in the United States...

IDX Systems Corp, Burlington, Vt, has teamed up with Fujitsu Services in a successful bid to deliver clinical information technology systems and services to the United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) for the southern region of the UK. Fujitsu has been appointed as local service provider to help the NHS in its drive to improve health care for patients in the region. Under a subcontract, IDX has agreed to provide the core clinical application for the delivery of patient care across the region...

Sectra, based in Sweden, has received FDA approval of its workstation dedicated to breast imaging, part of the Sectra PACS for breast imaging, a complete system for the processing and archiving of all digital images used in breast imaging. The workstation will support CAD from R2 Technology, using the clinical solutions network...

GE Healthcare, Waukesha, Wis, acquired specialized surgical navigation technology and intellectual property for neurosurgery, spine, and ear, nose, and throat from CBYON" Inc, Palo Alto, Calif,. Under the agreement, GE Healthcare also gains exclusive intellectual property rights from Stanford University, Palo Alto, Calif. GE hopes to use CBYON'S virtual endoscopy and surgical perspective volume rendering features with GE's own electromagnetic tracking technologies to treat a broader range of diseases and medical conditions less invasively&

Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc, Cincinnati, a Johnson & Johnson Co, received clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration to use its Mammotome® Breast Biopsy System for the management of fibroadenomas. The Mammotome system offers women with noncancerous breast lumps a minimally invasive treatment.