NAI Tech Products’ MDR Video RP is designed for analog video recording to disk for fluoroscopy, endoscopy, ultrasound and angiography. It features a an integrated full color label printing in disk drive and can write images and viewer to disk or USB memory. The system comes in a new configuration on a cart with playback monitor and touch-screen user interface.
January 2, 2008 - Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a growing technology providing an increasing number of clinical benefits when used in the evaluation of back pain, according to an article in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
January 2, 2008 - Jennifer Mieres, M.D., associate professor of medicine and director of nuclear cardiology at New York University, officially assumed the presidency of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) yesterday with a call to physicians, scientists and technologists to emphasize patient outcomes and restore patient trust in the world of cardiovascular imaging.
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January 2, 2009 - XStor Medical Systems, a privately held Silicon Valley company, released its flagship Imaging Platform for advanced clinical applications and collaborative patient care.
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December 31, 2008 – According to results from a Phase 2 clinical study (BP-23), Zemiva, when combined with the standard of care for the diagnostic evaluation of the chest pain patient, improved sensitivity for the detection of cardiac ischemia by more than 50 percent (p
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December 31, 2008 - The FDA today approved Vasovist Injection (gadofosveset trisodium), manufactured by EPIX Pharmaceuticals, is reportedly the first contrast imaging agent for use in patients undergoing magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).
December 30, 2008 - Sapheneia, a global, ISO-certified imaging services company specializing in diagnostic and analytical image processing solutions, signed an agreement with Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden, allowing Karolinska University Hospital to use and evaluate the Sapheneia Clarity CT Solution to lower radiation dose exposure to patients during diagnostic image studies.
December 30, 2008 - SecondLook Digital CAD, a computer-aided detection (CAD) technology by iCAD Inc. has been customized for use with the Planmed Nuance FFDM system is now available outside of the U.S., as iCAD drives its mammography strategy worldwide. The CAD solution is optimized for the Planmed Nuance FFDM with high-performance a-Se detector.
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December 30, 2008 - Nonradiologist physicians are acquiring or leasing CT scanners in increasing numbers, and the growth trend is much more rapid among them than it is among radiologists, reported a study published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).
December 30, 2008 - Widespread adoption of computed tomographic colonography (CTC) will lead to the detection of numerous incidental extracolonic findings (ECFs), which may result in unexpected costs, said Lincoln L.
By Nick Obradovich Recently, Donald Frush, M.D., professor of radiology at the Duke University School of Medicine, chief of pediatric radiology at Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center and a leading pediatric radiation dose expert, sat down with ITN to discuss the current efforts being made to lower the radiation dose for pediatric CT scans.
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December 30, 2008 – Merit Medical Systems said it has received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Miser contrast management system. The product has patents pending and will be released during the first quarter of 2009.
December 30, 2008 - Volcano Corp. will acquire Axsun Technologies Inc., a developer and manufacturer of lasers and optical engines used in medical Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) imaging systems and advanced photonic components, as part of Volcano’s strategy to establish its position in invasive imaging.
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December 29, 2008 - Avalon Portfolio LLC, on Dec. 23, 2008, nominated four new directors to serve on the board of TomoTherapy Inc. as part of a strategy to generate greater value for the company’s shareholders as TomoTherapy's stock have continued to fall since stock price since 2007.
December 30, 2008 - Gilbert Hospital in Gilbert, AZ, has installed a GE Healthcare LightSpeed VCT 64-slice CT imaging system. Gilbert says the scanner captures images in as little as one second and can perform whole body trauma scans in as little as ten seconds.
December 30, 2008 - Health Systems Solutions agreed to extend the closing date for their pending merger to Feb. 11, 2009.
December 30, 2008 - Parents magazine has named St. Jude Children's Research Hospital as the No. 1 pediatric cancer care hospital in the country. The results, based on the magazine's survey of more than 100 children's hospitals, appear in the February 2009 issue on newsstands nationwide Jan. 13, 2009.
December 20, 2008 - Overall survival in breast cancer patients is superior with five years of adjuvant letrozole compared to tamoxifen, according to results from the Breast International Group 1-98 trial.
December 29, 2008 - MEDISON Co. won the “Good Design Awards 2008” award (KIDP Director’s Prize) for its new ultrasound system, ACCUVIX V20.