February 14, 2012 — Carestream demonstrated its Vue picture archiving and communications system (PACS) and Vue Connect powered by SuperPACS technology offer healthcare IT staff and PACS administrators at the 2012 Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference.

Murphy's Law... One day before this year's Super Bowl, my 10-year-old TV gave up the ghost. Forced to go emergency shopping, the adage, "They don't build 'em like they used to" came to mind as I gazed upon a wall of bright, ultra-thin LCD displays at the electronics superstore. Gone forever were the bulky analog TVs of old. Technology and consumers had moved on. The same was evident with X-ray technologies on display at RSNA 2011.

February 13, 2012 — Russia's first Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion system has found a home at the renowned N.N. Burdenko Neurosurgical Institute, five minutes by car from Moscow's Red Square.

February 10, 2012 — Best in KLAS leader for mammography information system (MIS) technology, and EBM Technologies, leader in medical information management innovations, expanded its partnership to deliver image and information management solutions for enhanced diagnostic breast imaging workflow.

February 9, 2012 — Boston Scientific announced positive results from three studies of the WallFlex enteral stent systems, a family of self-expanding metal stents (SEMS) used to alleviate obstructive symptoms caused by cancers of the gastrointestinal tract.

February 9, 2012 — IsoRay Inc., a medical technology company with specialty in seed brachytherapy and medical radioisotope applications, said that the findings of a Cleveland Clinic study add to evidence supporting the efficacy of brachytherapy.

A 3-D view does more than make for exciting movies in a theater; it can also improve the care of animals. The Chicago Zoological Society’s (CZS) Brookfield Zoo is the first North American zoo to use revolutionary 3-D imaging technology with on-site digital radiology and computed tomography (CT) equipment in its state-of-the-art animal hospital. The new technology allows the Society’s veterinarians to enhance two-dimensional CT scans, MRIs and ultrasounds with 3-D models that will enable them to better treat zoo animals.