Reston, Va. (Jan. 30, 2014) — American College of Radiology (ACR) members will benefit from a new program that can lower medical student loan debt through refinancing available exclusively through Social Finance, Inc. (SoFi).      

BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 29, 2014-- Decision Resources Group finds that global markets for diagnostic imaging systems -- including computed tomography (CT), general radiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound systems -- differ considerably by region. 

SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS, France - January 29, 2014 - MEDIAN Technologies (ALMDT), a leading medical imaging software solutions developer and a service provider for image interpretation and management in oncology clinical trials, today announced that it has been selected to provide imaging services in a phase III clinical trial. The study is sponsored by a US-based specialty pharmaceutical company.  The anticipated amount for the project is €639K (eq. $ 870,400).

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, Jan. 26, 2014 -- Vital Images, Inc., a Toshiba Medical Systems Group Company and leading provider of advanced visualization and analysis solutions for healthcare providers, was selected by two leading university hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to solve their enterprise advanced visualization challenges. Both King Fahad Hospital in Jeddah and King Faisal Specialty Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh selected Vital's PACS integrated VitreaAdvanced® for its clinical applications to serve its radiology, cardiology and other specialty physician community.

LONDON, UK, 23 January 2014 - Both China and India’s diagnostic ultrasound market values will experience significant growth over the coming years, achieving respective Compound Annual Growth Rates (CAGRs) of 7.1% and 9.6% between 2012 and 2019, according to a new report from research and consulting firm GlobalData.

YOQNEAM, Israel, Jan. 23, 2014 -- Given Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq:GIVN) announced that at a special shareholders' meeting held today in Yoqneam, Israel, the shareholders of the Company approved the Merger Proposal described in the Proxy Statement dated December 24, 2013, including the merger between the Company and a subsidiary of Covidien Group S.a.r.l., a Luxembourg company and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Covidien plc, as a result of which the Company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Covidien.

ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan. 23 — Leading healthcare professionals again applauded Carestream’s DRX Systems for offering excellent performance that exceeded expectations—along with strong reliability—in MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing™ for the Fourth Quarter of 2013.

Reston, Va. (Jan. 18, 2014) – The American College of Radiology (ACR) has named William T. Thorwarth, Jr., M.D., FACR, chief executive officer (CEO), effective April 2014. A practicing diagnostic radiologist with Catawba Radiological Associates in Hickory, N.C., Thorwarth has previously served as ACR President, chair of the ACR Economics Commission, member of the ACR Board of Chancellors and most recently on the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Board of Directors. Thorwarth was also honored with the ACR Gold Medal in 2010.