A spinout from Oxford’s Department of Engineering Science has raised £1 million from a high net worth Chinese investor to develop an imaging technology which could help doctors detect cancers, particularly prostate and liver tumors. Early diagnosis of cancer has been shown to save lives, and the Oxford technology will allow for improved visualization of tumors for earlier detection.
RedRick Technologies is helping Texas Children’s Hospital’s Department of Pediatric Radiology realize their vision of a reading room “ballroom concept.” RedRick Technologies provided ergonomic design guidance and radiologist reading workstations that are facilitating productivity, clinical collaboration and teaching.
To provide the best possible patient experience with superb image quality, Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital installed the Vantage Titan 1.5T magnetic resonance (MR) system from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. Goshen is a part of Indiana’s largest integrated delivery network (IDN) and is utilizing the system in the hospital to support its heart and vascular center to improve patient outcomes with high-quality imaging and a comprehensive suite of patient-focused technologies.
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Infinitt North America will showcase a wide variety of radiology solutions at the 2015 Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, Nov. 29-Dec. 4 in Chicago.
Ergonomics plays an important role in the comfort and workflow for sonographers. Ninety percent of sonographers surveyed ...
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Lexmark announced that North Carolina-based UNC Health Care System (UNC HCS) will deploy the Lexmark Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA), NilRead Enterprise Viewer and PACS Scan Mobile solutions at all of its locations. The trio of solutions will help meet diverse image and content management needs, including clinician workflow requirements and integration with the organization’s core patient electronic medical record (EMR) system. UNC HCS produces approximately 1.3 million DICOM studies annually.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
Mirada Medical Ltd, a medical imaging software company, and BTG plc, a global specialist healthcare company, announced a collaboration to develop dosimetry software solutions to optimize radioembolization therapy with TheraSphere.
Brainlab showcased cranial Elements for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) at the 57th annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO). Dovetailing with the society’s 2015 theme, “Technology Meets Patient Care,” Elements provide indication-specific and intelligent workflows for stereotactic radiosurgery that automate the procedure so caregivers can spend more time with patients and less time on technology.
Mevion Medical Systems announced that Ackerman Cancer Center (ACC) in Jacksonville, Florida, will install a second Mevion S250 Series proton therapy system. ACC began treating cancer patients with its first S250 system in April, and is already treating enough patients to warrant the installation of a second system. ACC achieved the fastest per-room ramp-up in the history of proton therapy, reaching an annualized rate of 350 patients per year, more than 25 percent better than the average U.S. proton therapy center.
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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has awarded the 2015 Annual Meeting Nurses Abstract Award to Bridgett Harr, CPN, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, for the abstract “Advanced Practice Nurse Follow-up Clinic Reduces Emergency Room Visits and Admissions in High-Risk Patients after Chemoradiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancer.”
Mach7 Technologies has been named the Asia Pacific Medical Imaging Informatics Company of the Year by global consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. Each year Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the company that demonstrates outstanding achievement and superior performance in the field of medical imaging informatics.
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Augmenix Inc. showcased the SpaceOAR System at the 57th annual American Society of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology meeting, highlighting robust commercial uptake in the United States. An absorbable hydrogel, SpaceOAR technology is designed to create space and protect the rectum in men undergoing prostate cancer radiotherapy. The device received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April 2015 and since then, more than 40 cancer treatment centers in 19 states have adopted it.
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October 28, 2015 — Konica Minolta’s Sonimage HS1 Version 2.0 ultrasound system delivers best-in-class imaging from the ...
The AeroDR LT is a smart wireless digital radiography (DR) solution that can be used in most rooms and portable X-ray systems. The flat panel detector delivers added economic value by extending the life and value of existing radiology rooms and solutions. AeroDR LT is easy to carry and easy to position with its light weight (5.5 lbs.) and grip strips right on the panel—helping increase both patient satisfaction and technologist productivity.
IBA announced that longtime customer and research partner Penn Medicine has upgraded the equipment of its Roberts Proton Therapy Center with the latest innovations in proton therapy treatment. This upgrade to the newest technologies will allow Penn Medicine’s staff to continue to offer top-level proton radiation therapy services to an increasing number of patients and to further advance the clinical application of proton therapy.
Mach7 Technologies and 3D Medical Limited announced yesterday they have signed a definitive agreement to merge together. The merger will provide access via public capital markets for Mach7 while preserving corporate self-determination with regard to mission and product roadmap. Upon approval and completion of the agreement, the merged entity will be publicly listed on the Australian stock exchange (ASX) and will trade as "Mach7 Technologies Ltd."
Carestream Health earned the top rating in MD Buyline’s Market Intelligence Briefing (Q3 2015) for both portable and room-based digital X-ray systems for the third time this year. The company’s DRX-Revolution mobile X-ray system and its DRX-Evolution and DRX-Ascend systems scored high marks from healthcare providers for performance, reliability, installation and service quality.
Healthcare technology company MphRx will debut a new platform at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2015 annual meeting that enables transmission of detailed patient forms, images and records from any computer for review by providers and automated ingestion into an EMR, PACS or RIS.