Elekta AB (NSE: EKTAb) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) will expand a joint program to develop a breakthrough in cancer care with an imaging-treatment platform that merges radiation therapy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology in a single treatment system. 
Agfa HealthCare announces that it will launch the latest version of its IMPAX for Nuclear Medicine solution at the 2012 Congress of the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) in Milan, Italy. Delivering the benefits of integrated care to the nuclear medicine department, this solution supports the patient's entire exam flow. 
Rochester General Health System (Rochester, N.Y.) purchased CARESTREAM Vue for Cardiology to achieve greater efficiency through the integration of cardiology exams with its radiology PACS and its EMR. The hospital also plans to leverage its existing Vue Archive as a centralised repository for cardiology and radiology imaging studies. Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA) and the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam (the Netherlands) today announced the opening of the Netherlands' first PET/MR Imaging Center. This advanced new imaging modality will enable researchers at the VU University Medical Center Amsterdam to investigate new methods of diagnosing and treating cancer and neurological disorders. 
EMIS - the UK's market leading provider of software to GPs - has signed an agreement with BMJ Informatica to offer its FrontDesk and Contract+ products free of charge to CSC users for 12 months when they migrate to EMIS Web. It is part of a free package of assistance to CSC users who place an order for EMIS Web by 31 December 2012.