GE Healthcare has introduced a CT scanner that maintains high-quality imaging while reducing patients’ radiation exposure by up to 70 percent for diagnostic cardiac scans, the company announced during the Radiological Society of North America’s meeting this week in Chicago.

Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. previewed its first 3-Tesla MR system at the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting in Chicago. Developed based on the Excelart Vantage platform, the 3T system boasts a homogeneous magnet design and short-bore combination.

To address the demands of today’s 64-slice CT workflow, Siemens Medical Solutions has introduced Somatom Sensation Web Selection, the world’s first Web-enabled CT. By providing instant accessibility of 3D volume data anytime, this solution turns any Internet-connected, diagnostic-quality personal computer into a thin-client clinical workstation.

Siemens introduced its new Acuson Antares ultrasound system and upgrades to its Acuson Sequoia ultrasound platform, both designed to deliver improved breast imaging.

The ultrasound division of Siemens Medical Solutions featured its new Acuson X300 and Acuson X500 ultrasound scanners, as well as upgrades to its ultrasound workstation software and new cardiac imaging techniques. Siemens touts the X300 as offering exceptional imaging performance in a compact, portable package. It is compatible with the ErgoDynamic imaging system.

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.