'A new portable laser device could take the place of X-ray technology as a non-invasive way to diagnose illness. The technology can be used to study bones, teeth cell information and could herald a more effective, painless era of diagnostics. ...'

'(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smiths Detection today announces the award of an order valued at $43.5 million from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for its Advanced Technology X-ray systems to be deployed at airport checkpoints across the United ...'

'Scientists have demonstrated a refined X-ray technique which can spot tiny variations in bone structures. The technique uses X-rays delivered by powerful light sources and complex computer algorithms to resolve structural variations as small as 100 ...'

'According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the optical coherence tomography market will grow at an annual rate of almost 60% through 2015, spurred by physician adoption of this new technology that was launched in the US in May 2010. Much like ...'

'Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) is scheduled to present at Baird's 2010 Health Care Conference at 1:15 p.m. ET on Wednesday, September 15th at the St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Participating executives will include Elisha Finney, senior vice ...'

'Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States, after lung cancer. If you have no history of smoking or exposure to industrial chemicals, then colorectal cancer may be your number one cancer risk. This is why you ...'

'The Commission adopted a Communication to the European Parliament and to the Council on medical applications of ionizing radiation. It proposes a way forward to resolve the urgent issue of shortage of supply of radioisotopes for nuclear medicine. The ...'

'X-ray tomography is a workhorse tool for nondestructive imaging. It is used to probe 3D structures (across a wide range of length scales) of objects that offer good absorption contrast to x-rays. In recent years, extremely-high-resolution imaging (on ...'

'SII NanoTechnology USA Inc. (SIINT) will be debuting a redesigned company website, www.SIINTUSA.com, to assist current and potential customers in choosing the best X-ray detector and spectrometric systems for their companies. The website redesign will ...'

'Traditional X-ray images can clearly distinguish between bones and soft tissue, with muscles, cartilage, tendons and soft-tissue tumours all look virtually identical. The phase-contrast technique developed a few years ago at the Paul Scherrer Institute ...'