Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. Inc., featured its newest women’s health products including the Aspire Comfort Paddle, a patented paddle designed to improve patient comfort, at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2013) in Chicago.
GE Healthcare and Konica Minolta Inc. have signed a global distribution agreement of Konica Minolta’s AeroDR cassette-size digital X-ray imaging retrofit. Having built a collaborative relationship for nearly ten years related to the sales of computed radiography in the United States, the two partners have now agreed to expand their strategic alliance, with GE Healthcare distributing AeroDR not just within the United States, but globally as well, using GE Healthcare sales channels.
Accelarad, a cloud-based medical image sharing solution, announced a product update at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2013) that includes image exchange analytics reporting and a new user interface (UI).
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Massachusetts was on the same brink in 2006 that the entire nation is on today: the brink of expanding health insurance to cover far more people than before through government-driven, market-based reform.
To the gratification of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT have heard concerns from health stakeholders and extended Meaningful Use Stage 2 by one year.
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A University of Alabama at Birmingham surgical team has performed the first surgery using a virtual augmented reality technology called VIPAAR (Virtual Interactive Presence in Augmented Reality) in conjunction with Google Glass, a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display.
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RaySearch Laboratories AB received two orders for its RayStation treatment planning system from the proton treatment centers Seattle ProCure Management LLC, Seattle, and Princeton ProCure Management LLC, Princeton, N.J.
VuComp Inc. introduced M-Vu Breast Density, a tool for radiologists that provides automated assessment of breast density from a digital mammogram.
Agfa HealthCare announced the first two U.S. sales of Impax Agility, a brand new imaging platform that unifies the functionalities provided by traditionally disparate radiology information system (RIS), picture archiving and communication system (PACS), reporting, 3-D, connectivity and clinical applications.
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RaySearch Laboratories and TomoTherapy Inc. (now Accuray) entered a software licensing and development agreement in 2007, under which RaySearch developed a product named SharePlan. TomoTherapy launched Shareplan in 2009.
The BioZorb 3-D surgical marker improves visualization of the treatment area for radiation planning and therapy, according to a presentation at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium 2013.
Lexmark’s Perceptive Software announced that its Acuo vendor neutral archive (VNA) platform was ranked by MarketsandMarkets, global market research and consulting company, as the world market share leader.
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A report released by IMV Medical Information Division found that providers of nuclear medicine (NM) services are consolidating as procedure volume dropped in the subspecialty from 2008 to 2012.
A study shows that coronary artery calcium (CAC) screening, an assessment tool that is not currently recommended for people considered at low risk, should play a more prominent role in helping determine a person’s risk for heart attack and heart disease-related death, as well as the need for angioplasty or bypass surgery.
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A patient with a rare type of cancer (chondrosarcoma) at the base of the skull has become the first person in the world to receive proton therapy using the Mevion S250 proton therapy system from Mevion Medical Systems Inc. of Littleton, Mass.
GE Healthcare showcased at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2013) a work-in-progress product for positron emission tomography (PET) that quickly and confidently evaluates a patient’s response to cancer treatment.
Intelerad Medical Systems, a medical imaging picture archiving and communication systems (PACS), radiology information systems (RIS) and workflow solutions company, announced the launch of InteleRIS 8.224, the latest version of its reporting information system.
Seno Medical Instruments, Inc., the company pioneering opto-acoustic imaging as a tool to improve the process of diagnosing breast cancer, today announced preliminary information from a feasibility study of its Imagio breast imaging device. Results from the feasibility study suggest that information from Imagio, beyond that available from traditional breast ultrasound, may be helpful in assisting physicians in their decisions whether to recommend biopsies for women with suspicious breast masses. The data were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of America (RSNA).
The American College of Radiology (ACR) strongly supports the Excellence in Diagnostic Imaging Utilization Act of 2013 (H.R. 3705), which would require ordering physicians to consult physician-developed appropriateness criteria when ordering advanced diagnostic imaging studies for Medicare patients. This ACR backed bipartisan bill is separate from, and in addition to, a similar appropriateness criteria policy included in the SGR Repeal and Medicare Beneficiary Access Act of 2013, currently under debate in the House and Senate. Congress will likely consider these bills in early 2014.
“Keys, scumbag. It’s the universal symbol for keys.” Mike Ehrmantraut, his hand outstretched to Walter White (Episode 1, Season 5, Breaking Bad) Some gestures are easy to figure out. Others less so. Under Christmas trees around the world, the latest version of Xbox is waiting to take a crack at some of what may be the first signs of a new way to manipulate medical images.