December 16, 2010 – A new line of display controllers deliver triple-head capabilities and better performance when handling large datasets. The MXRT line, by Barco, also has faster OpenGL DirectX functionality for high-end PACS environments.
December 15, 2010 – The Michener Institute for Applied Health Sciences is partnering with Block Imaging to promote refurbished medical imaging equipment in Canada. The partnership will also explore the development of educational offerings directed towards medical imaging technologies.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
December 15, 2010 – Definiens and aycan have formed a partnership to complete the first joint project to quantify and analyze lung tumors.
December 15, 2010 – When physicians who are not radiologists refer patients to imaging facilities they own or lease, their patients don’t always benefit, according to a series of studies in Health Affairs.
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
Tools to spot, diagnose and treat cancer in women were among the products highlighted by Hologic Inc. during the 2010 RSNA show in Chicago.
SPONSORED CONTENT — Fujifilm’s latest CT technology brings exceptional image quality to a compact and user- and patient ...
December 14, 2010 – A teleradiology company has rebranded itself to highlight its cloud-computing service. Radius, formerly eRadiology, is partnering with RamSoft to offer fully customizable and cost-effective RIS/PACS and teleradiology solutions.
December 14, 2010 – The 2010 KLAS PACS report has named Infinitt PACS as the top system for a community PACS. It received the highest score when compared with 15 other PACS systems on technology, service and support and price/performance.
DR Systems’ Unity Women’s Health Imaging provides a comprehensive solution for breast centers, supporting faster, more accurate, cost-effective breast cancer detection.
SPONSORED CONTENT — EnsightTM 2.0 is the newest version of Enlitic’s data standardization software framework. Ensight is ...
December 14, 2010 – Carestream Health has selected Matrox Xenia Series controller boards to drive a variety of the company’s picture archive and communication system (PACS) and mammography products. The Xenia and Xenia Pro deliver smooth, reliable image quality plus triple high-resolution monitor support from a single PCI Express slot.
December 14, 2010 — A new line of compact computed radiography (CR) scanners, introduced at RSNA 2010, can be easily updated. The FireCR medical scanners can be quickly upgraded to higher speeds with a simple smart card update, giving users flexibility to start with an entry?level scanner and increase productivity as their needs change.
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
December 14, 2010 — In response to the growing global demand for medical informatics systems, combined with the company’s continued expansion of its Synapse software and modality solutions product lines, Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. announced a new global division, along with a realignment of U.S. medical business operations.
December 13, 2010 — An exclusive partnership agreement has been established between Hologic Inc. and SuperSonic Imagine S.A. Under the terms of the agreement, Hologic will sell, install and service SuperSonic Imagine’s Aixplorer ultrasound technology platform to the breast care community in the United States.
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December 13, 2010 – A new technology platform for computed tomography (CT) scanners can help hospital staffs perform CT examinations faster and more efficiently, as well as keep the dose as low as possible.
December 13, 2010 — New cloud-based technology for sharing imaging studies and reports is being used to improve clinical care at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center (VCUMC) in Richmond, Va.
There have only been incremental improvements in intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) over the past decade. However, three new technologies introduced in 2010, and a few more expected to enter trials or be commercialized in 2011, are pushing new frontiers. Characterizing Plaque
During a time when the U.S. healthcare reform is on the minds of many within the medical community, physicians and hospital administrators are continuously looking for ways to cut spending. One avenue that physicians and hospitals are exploring is to limit the use of expensive medical devices, such as drug-eluting stents (DES).
In the same fashion that the echocardiogram helped transform the cardiac exam, recent developments in the field of portable ultrasound are providing cardiologists with a new way to visualize the heart at the initial patient screening.
Over the past few years, there have been three key areas of advancement in cardiovascular ultrasound technology – miniaturization, 3-D/4-D imaging and quantification measurements.