Clarius Mobile Health will demonstrate its wireless, handheld ultrasound scanners at the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) Congress in Toronto, Ontario from April 25-28, 2017.

April 24, 2017 — Offering a full range of advanced clinical applications for researchers, Toshiba Medical will ...

Teleradiology Solutions (TRS) announced it recently passed its fifth straight Joint Commission survey as an ambulatory care healthcare organization, and has been reaccredited with the Gold Seal of Approval for the next three years. TRS was among the first teleradiology companies in the United States to be accredited by the U.S. Joint Commission accreditation for healthcare organizations, according to the company.

Philips announced that it will feature the company’s latest magnetic resonance (MR) solutions and neurology-focused clinical applications at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine’s (ISMRM) 25th annual meeting and exhibition, April 22-27 in Hawaii. As part of its newest suite of MR-based software applications dedicated to neurology, Philips will be showcasing MultiBand SENSE, which was developed in collaboration with several partners, including the Larner College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

A multidisciplinary clinical team at Nicklaus Children's Hospital used magnetic-resonance guided focused ultrasound – a form of incisionless surgery – to ablate a centrally located brain tumor in a young patient experiencing tumor-associated seizures. The first-of-its-kind procedure is part of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved research study designed to demonstrate the safety and feasibility of focused ultrasound for the treatment of benign intracranial tumors in children and young adults between 8 and 22 years of age.

Estes Park Medical Center (Estes Park, Colo.) recently upgraded its diagnostic imaging department with high-resolution portable and room-based digital radiography systems from Carestream Health. The hospital also has Carestream Vue PACS (picture archiving and communication system) for enterprise image management and medical images from all modalities are stored on a Carestream Vue Archive.

Samsung NeuroLogica recently announced that the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center in Sacramento, Calif., added the BodyTom computed tomography (CT) scanner to its brachytherapy suite. BodyTom is the world’s first portable, full-body, 32-slice CT scanner, according to the company.

To further support clinicians in their fight against chronic liver disease, Echosens and GE Healthcare have joined forces to offer a new integrated system, the Logiq S8 XDclear 2.0 ultrasound system, which will be presented at the International Liver Congress, April 19-23 in Amsterdam. Combining liver tissue quantification and ultrasound technologies, this platform provides a wider range of solutions for the screening, diagnosis and monitoring of liver diseases.

Siemens Healthineers plans to expand its Population Health Management (PHM) portfolio with the acquisition of Medicalis Corp. based in San Francisco and Kitchener, Ontario. Medicalis is a leading provider of clinical decision support (CDS) solutions at the point of order entry, imaging workflow (IW) management and referral management (RM).