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Coronary angiography is unable to accurately predict the severity of vessel narrowing, suggesting fractional flow reserve (FFR) functional tests should be added to help determine if a patient needs revascularization. This was according to research presented from the IRIS FFR-DEFER trial at the American College of Cardiology's (ACC) 61st Annual Scientific Session this week in Chicago.

Time March 27, 2012
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March 22, 2012 -- Femasys Inc., a medical device developer of women's healthcare solutions, announced an agreement with Bayer Yakuhin Ltd., Osaka, Japan, for exclusive distribution rights in Japan for Femasys' FemVue Saline-Air Device. This is the first device that allows physicians to quickly and effectively evaluate with ultrasound a woman's fallopian tubes, a critical component of her fertility assessment. The FemVue evaluation procedure can be performed reliably and safely (no radiation), in the physician's office or any facility with ultrasound, in a cost-effective and convenient procedure. Whether performing FemVue as part of an initial fertility work-up or to reconfirm fallopian tube status prior to other procedures, its innovative design allows for easy adoption into any practice.

Time March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012 - RadLynx LLC, a provider of medical software for the iPad and iPhone, announces the availability of the latest versions of the NeuroRad atlases. Since its initial release in August 2011, NeuroRad for the iPad hit #1 highest grossing medical app in 23 countries and reached the top 10 in 55 countries. Both NeuroRad for the iPad and NeuroRad Mini for the iPhone are priced at $9.99 to ensure easy affordability.

Time March 26, 2012
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March 26, 2012 - New research shows that the addition of two magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences to a common MR angiography technique significantly improves detection of pulmonary embolism, a potentially life-threatening condition traditionally diagnosed through computed tomography (CT). Results of the study are published online in the journal Radiology.

Time March 26, 2012
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March 23, 2012 — Improving the ability to diagnose cardiac disease with advanced ultrasound imaging, Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. will showcase the newest additions to its ultrasound product line, Aplio 500 and Aplio 300, at the American College of Cardiology’s annual meeting March 24-27, 2012 in Chicago. Toshiba will also be introducing new enhancements to its Aplio Artida flagship cardiac ultrasound.

Time March 23, 2012
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March 23, 2012 — ScImage Inc. announced that all new ScImage PACS installations will now include off-site disaster recovery services free of charge.

Time March 23, 2012
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It’s been nearly a decade since vendors first floated the idea of 3T as the new clinical benchmark in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Finally, it looks like their prediction is about to come true, but it wasn’t clinical advances that paved the way. Those were achieved years ago. It was an economic breakthrough in the form of a brand new MR scanner priced at about what 1.5T systems were a few years ago, namely, Siemens’ Magnetom Spectra, which was launched a few weeks ago at the European Congress of Radiology.

Time March 23, 2012
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March 22, 2012 — At the 61st meeting of the American College of Cardiology in Chicago, GE Healthcare is introducing Centricity Cardio Enterprise, a new and comprehensive IT solution that offers cardiologists a single point of access to patient data, images and reports across the continuum of care while enhancing physician productivity and improving charge capture accuracy. Centricity Cardio Enterprise enables the cardiovascular care area with configurable workflow, tools and reports that can be shared across multiple facilities and organizations.

Time March 22, 2012
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Addressing concerns over radiation from cardiac imaging and procedures, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF), Duke University Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and American Heart Association (AHA) released recommendations to enhance radiation safety.

Time March 22, 2012
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March 20, 2012 – Underscoring a united commitment to advancing patient care for the treatment of cancer, ProCure Treatment Centers Inc. along with CentraState Healthcare System and Princeton Radiation Oncology announced the official opening of the ProCure Proton Therapy Center in Somerset, N.J. The center is the third to open in a national network of proton centers being developed by ProCure. It is one of only 10 centers that offer proton therapy nationwide.

Time March 20, 2012
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March 20, 2012 - CoActiv Medical, the PACS, RIS and cloud-based digital archiving innovator, announces a distribution agreement with Capital X-Ray (CXR) (Tallassee, Ala.), the largest independent x-ray dealer in the Southeast. Under the new agreement, CXR will distribute the complete CoActiv product line in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and the Florida panhandle.

Time March 20, 2012
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Cardiology departments have hosted a variety of software solutions in the past to meet varying demands. A recent report from KLAS reveals that the cardiology IT market is moving toward consolidation. The report, “Cardiology 2012: Will the Complete Cardiovascular Information System (CVIS) Please Stand Up?” explains a result of this consolidation trend is that providers are looking for a technology leader to step up and meet their needs.

Time March 19, 2012
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March 19, 2012 -- The National Physical Laboratory (NPL), the United Kingdom's national measurement institute, recently purchased a Flexitron afterloader from Nucletron, an Elekta company. NPL will continue to offer its brachytherapy calibration service with the new afterloader and ensure source calibrations in radiotherapy centers remain traceable to NPL's primary standard.

Time March 19, 2012
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Computer-aided detection (CAD) software constitutes a set of algorithms which, using a pattern-recognition technique, aids the radiologist in detecting potentially diseased regions and lesions. It uses clinical images obtained from various imaging modalities. CAD has long since left behind its branding as a mammography tool and has now widened its application areas, becoming a valuable tool for detection and diagnosis in cardiology.

Time March 19, 2012
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Radiology has always played outside the limelight, its value underappreciated, its contribution not fully recognized. It is in character, therefore, that an organization dedicated to promoting patient welfare through the use of medical imaging – Radiologists Without Borders (RWB) – has received little attention.

Time March 19, 2012
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March 19, 2012 - WPG Americas Inc. and Identive Group Inc. announced that they have teamed to deliver a near field communications (NFC) solution that allows data from high-end medical imaging devices to be transferred to multiple exam room monitors throughout a provider's office, without cables, wires or additional network investment.

Time March 19, 2012
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March 19, 2012 - Radisphere announced availability of its next “Quality Update” piece as part of its “The Final Read on Quality” initiative. In the piece titled “Preventing Wrong Events in Radiology,” now available at www.radisphere.net/ FinalReadonQuality, the case is made for utilizing the universal protocol in radiology to help prevent errors.

Time March 19, 2012
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March 16, 2012 — Novelos Therapeutics Inc. announced that the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, a medical oncology research institution, enrolled the first patient in a Phase 1-2 positron emission tomography (PET) imaging trial of I-124-CLR1404 (LIGHT), a cancer-targeted PET imaging agent, in patients with primary or metastatic brain cancer.

Time March 16, 2012
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By Dave Fornell, DAIC Editor With increasing concern about radiation dose levels in radiology, I wanted to share my personal opinion on the subject based on my observations in the industry and first-hand experience as a patient.

Time March 16, 2012
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March 16, 2012 — Epocrates is releasing two new, free mobile device applications for cardiologists during the American College of Cardiology 2012 meeting.

Time March 16, 2012
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