SAN DIEGO, March 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC), a leading developer and manufacturer of precision intravascular therapy guidance tools designed to enhance the diagnosis and treatment of coronary and peripheral vascular disease, said today that revenues for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, were $71.0 million, an increase of 44 percent versus revenues of $49.3 million in the fourth quarter a year ago. Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2009 included $5.8 million from Axsun Technologies, Inc., which Volcano acquired in the fourth quarter of 2008, and contributed $578,000 in revenues in the fourth quarter a year ago.