Fujifilm Medical Systems USA introduced its Synapse version 3.2, the newest release of Fuji’s PACS, which includes additional digital mammography capabilities. Synapse 3.2 is being introduced on the heels of the FDA approval of Fuji’s FCRm FFDM system, and is designed to further assist facilities with workflow, visualization and image processing.

In an effort to make digital imaging available to a wider variety of facilities, Siemens Medical Solutions launched the first mobile X-ray unit with an integrated computed radiography reader. The MobileTT XP CR provides display for first-image review and image archiving right at the patient’s bedside.

Nuclear medicine products firm IBA Molecular displayed Empact, its new education marketing initiative for PET and PET/CT. Empact offers marketing tools specifically designed to target referring physicians and instructs users in effectively marketing PET.

Philips Medical Systems showed off new workstation software for its Brilliance 64-slice CT program that includes tools for cardiac vessel analysis. Extended Brilliance Workspace 3.5, scheduled for release in June, features electrophysiological planning for radiofrequency ablation and a function enabling tumor localization on the CT console.

Swissray International Inc. has introduced its newest DR system, the ddRCompact, which it touts as state-of-the-art DR technology competitively priced. The system incorporates the new digital high-definition silicon solid-state detector with micro lens technology, delivering spatial resolution at low radiation doses.