** Shares of Pro Medicus rise 1% to A$256.38, set for their strongest trading session since Jan 9, if gains hold

** The medical imaging software and services provider signs a A$33 mln ($20.54 mln) contract for nine years with the University of Kentucky

** Contract will see co's Visage 7 Enterprise Imaging Platform implemented throughout United Kingdom, "providing a unified diagnostic imaging platform"

** Stock rose as much as 3.1% earlier in the day

** Stock up 2.3% this year, including session's move

($1 = 1.6064 Australian dollars)

(Reporting by Shivangi Lahiri in Bengaluru)

((shivangi.lahiri@thomsonreuters.com;))