Oxford Instruments has purchased Platinum Medical Imaging for $18 million, with a deferred payment of up to $37 million over the next three years. The additional payment is dependent upon the companys performance over that time period.

Surveyed participants in text4baby, a health information text messaging service for pregnant women and mothers of newborn infants, reported high levels of user satisfaction, according to researchers from the University of California San Diego (UCSD) and the National Latino Research Center (NLRC).

An aging global population seeking care for cardiovascular, oncological and neurological disorders will drive the worldwide market for radiopharmaceuticals to more than $6.5 billion by 2017.

Kalamazoo, Mich.-based medical device manufacturer Stryker has announced a plan to cut approximately 5 percent of its workforceamong other restructuring decisionsin an effort to reduce pre-tax operating costs by more than $100 million in 2013.

Radiologists recommendations for follow-up imaging generated 5.3 percent of chest and abdominal CT, brain and lumbar spine MRI and body PET exams, with pulmonary nodule evaluation identified as the most common cause for follow-up imaging, according to a study published online Nov. 15 in Radiology.

Philips Speech Processing, a mobile and stationary dictation system manufacturer, has announced the availability of SpeechControl4Mac. The Vienna-based companys software will allow Philips SpeechMike desktop dictation device to operate on Macintosh operating systems.

Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton, Wash., has installed three Infinix-i vascular x-ray systems from Toshiba America Medical Systems. The systems allow the center to use radial access for nearly all cases.

Researchers found no significant difference in the proportion of patients with abnormal findings on knee MRI based on referral by pediatricians rather than orthopedic surgeons, according to a study published in the November issue of American Journal of Roentgenology. The results disproved the researchers hypothesis that patients referred by orthopedic surgeons were more likely to show abnormal findings.