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September 20, 2011 – RaySearch Laboratories AB has entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with the Italian distributor Tecnologie Avanzate T.A. S.r.l. based in Torino, Italy. The agreement means that Tecnologie Avanzate will be fully responsible for marketing, sales and service for RaySearch’s proprietary treatment planning system RayStation on the Italian market.

Time September 20, 2011
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September 20, 2011 – Carestream’s innovative Vue Motion zero-footprint, Web-based enterprise viewer enables convenient on-demand access to imaging data and patient information by clinicians anytime, anywhere. This viewer’s support of mobile devices such as Apple iPads and tablet PCs is pending U.S Food and Drug administraion (FDA) clearance in the United States but is available in other countries worldwide.

Time September 20, 2011
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September 20, 2011 – The Carestream Vue radiology information systems (RIS) meets the first phase of meaningful use requirements in the United States. This flexible platform allows data workflows to be quickly and easily adapted to meet changing business and regulatory needs worldwide.

Time September 20, 2011
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Carestream recently enhanced its established portfolio of Vue for cloud-based services that includes picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), archiving and collaborative information sharing. A new portal service allows healthcare facilities to quickly and easily share images and information with any authorized physician. This facilitates obtaining secondary opinions from specialists and sharing diagnoses with referring physicians.Healthcare providers can also use the portal to allow patients to securely access their own medical information. Carestream’s fully featured PACS and vendor-neutral archiving cloud services allow providers to achieve affordable and predictable costs while ensuring business continuity and security.The archiving service delivers consolidated data storage and management solution for any data type, regardless of vendor. It converts proprietary image data into a vendor-neutral format that preserves data integrity and streamlines data sharing among authorized users and facilities.For more information: www.carestream.com

Time September 19, 2011
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September 19, 2011 — USARAD.com LLC announced the introduction of Radiology-On-Demand RadStore, a long-term image storage solution available at no or low cost to all new and existing clients.

Time September 19, 2011
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September 19, 2011 — Trig Medical Inc. announced its participation at the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (ISUOG) 21st World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology, September 18-22 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles.

Time September 19, 2011
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Carestream now offers advanced mammography features from industry leaders on its flexible multi-modality breast-imaging ...

Time September 19, 2011
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As I was writing this month’s column, I ran across a quote attributed to Catherine the Great, who said, “I praise loudly, I blame softly.” Coincidentally, the words echoed a topic I planned to discuss, inspired by a program on radiation safety I attended during the recent annual meeting of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine – namely, that one way to reduce medical radiation errors in imaging facilities is to adopt a culture encouraging personnel to report mistakes without fingerpointing.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 — Mindray Medical International announced the introduction of its new DP-50 ultrasound system in the United States. The black and white portable unit provides high imaging quality in a compact system and is designed for use in numerous specialty markets.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 — McKesson Enterprise Medical Imaging will be demonstrating the latest release of its radiology information system (RIS) and picture archiving and communication system (PACS) at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2011 meeting.

Time September 16, 2011
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Interventional radiology (IR) software maker HI-IQ announced the launch of Peer Benchmarking reports for the IR community. HI-IQ subscribers can leverage the power of data collected by the HI-IQ user community across the United States through the national HI-IQ Peer Benchmarking Database.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 – During RSNA 2011, McKesson will highlight Horizon Cardiology, which enables users to improve quality of care, boost efficiencies and reduce costs while increasing physician and staff satisfaction in the cardiovascular department. It is the only cardiovascular information system (CVIS) with a single database that includes support for all cardiovascular images, waveforms and information, including cardiac and peripheral catheterization, hemodynamics monitoring, echocardiography, vascular ultrasound, nuclear cardiology, and electrocardiogram (ECG) management. This unique architecture improves the accuracy and efficiency of the department by eliminating duplicate data entry and supporting parallel workflows.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 – Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. has donated and installed a refurbished Aquilion 4 Computed Tomography (CT) system at Tenwek Hospital in Bomet, Kenya. The donation is part of the company’s effort to provide remote countries better access to medical imaging technology.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 — GE Healthcare and Veran Medical Technologies Inc. announced they have formed a strategic alliance to advance and co-develop navigation technologies for interventional procedures to improve care and management of cancer patients. Building on the alliance, the GE Healthymagination Fund, an equity fund that invests in promising healthcare technology companies, is investing in Veran. The financial terms were undisclosed.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 16, 2011 — Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have for the first time used several imaging techniques to prove the efficacy of a promising new treatment for atherosclerosis. The disease causes build-up of plaque in artery walls that can lead to a heart attack.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 15, 2011 - U-Systems, the leader in automated breast ultrasound, announced the first Canadian installation of the somo•v automated breast ultrasound (ABUS) system at VIP Breast Imaging in Toronto. The announcement was made at the Multimodality Detection and Diagnosis of Breast Diseases Conference being held at the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, September 6-9. The company also announced an agreement to partner with VIP Breast Imaging as they expand their imaging centers coast-to-coast across Canada.

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September 15, 2011 – Novarad announced that it has integrated PHS Technologies Group’s DoseMonitor ionizing radiation dose monitoring software engine with its NovaPACS product, creating the NovaDose solution. Novarad is the first picture archive and communication systems (PACS) company to integrate with DoseMonitor.

Time September 16, 2011
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September 15, 2011 - Novarad is demonstrating its NovaCardio at the Quantitative Imaging Reading Room (QIRR) at 2011 RSNA. NovaCardio is a fully integrated cardiovascular pictures archive and communications system (CPACS) image and information management system that offers fast and efficient clinical workflow and powerful features, and is accessible anywhere viewing and reporting.

Time September 15, 2011
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September 14, 2011 – Designed as a true mobile digital radiography (DR) system based on direct customer input and testing, the work-in-progress Carestream DRX-Revolution Mobile X-Ray System offers benefits for physicians, radiographers and patients due to its good image quality, easy maneuverability and productivity-enhancing features.

Time September 14, 2011
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