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The DX-D 400, by Agfa HealthCare, is a DR X-ray solution (work in progress). Different configurations are possible from the basic analog with hard console, over manual digital with soft console, up to fully automatic digital with auto-positioning and soft console. It can be used with film, CR cassettes or with the company’s DR detectors, offering a smooth upgrade path to digital.

Time October 26, 2010
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The DX-D 100 mobile, fully motorized DR X-ray unit (work in progress) from Agfa HealthCare. This heavy-duty mobile DR solution complements Agfa HealthCare's range of DR solutions. Several portable DR detectors, such as the DX-D 20, can be used with this unit. It is operated from a 15-inch touch screen and has excellent battery autonomy and generator power, to handle heavy workloads when needed.

Time October 26, 2010
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The DX-M, by Agfa HealthCare, is a CR solution that can handle mammography, needle-based detector plates (NIP), and standard phosphor plates (PIP). The dedicated mammography needle-based detector is compatible with existing breast imaging modalities, providing cost efficiency.

Time October 26, 2010
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October 26, 2010 - Agfa Healthcare has acquired Insight Agents GmbH in Germany, allowing the company to expand its current offering of contrast media consumables. Insight Agents is a European developer, producer and distributor of generic imaging contrast agents. It products are not available in the United States. For more information: www.agfahealthcare.com

Time October 26, 2010
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320-Slice CT Helps Diagnose Acute Chest Pain system is designed to image a large region of the chest in only two to three volume X-ray rotations, providing critical diagnostic information while minimizing radiation exposure.

Time October 25, 2010
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Computed tomography (CT) technologies designed to reduce the radiation dose will be showcased by Siemens at RSNA 2010. The company has developed several significant products and protocols that follow the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle to reduce radiation dose to the lowest possible level.

Time October 25, 2010
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Aquasonic 100 is a widely used gel for diagnostic and therapeutic medical ultrasound. It is suitable for all procedures where a viscous gel is required. It is acoustically correct for a broad range of frequencies, is completely aqueous and will not stain clothing or damage transducers.

Time October 25, 2010
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Oncad for DynaCAD is an FDA-cleared, fully automated morphological system for the detection and analysis by a radiologist of suspicious breast lesions. It uses a patented mathematical algorithm to analyze the entire breast and draw a physician’s attention to abnormal morphology during a contrast-enhanced breast MRI.

Time October 25, 2010
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The LumaGEM molecular breast imaging (MBI) system is an FDA-cleared, planar, dual-head, fully solid state digital imaging system utilizing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) technology for breast imaging.

Time October 25, 2010
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At RSNA 2010, Agfa HealthCare's will showcase its latest Impax release, incorporating the Impax radiology information system (RIS), picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and reporting solutions in a single Web-deployable desktop.

Time October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010 – A new 24-inch wide-screen display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 widescreen offers more contrast, better luminance and a wider viewing angle than off-the-shelf liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. Barco's MDRC-2124 will be on display at RSNA 2010.

Time October 25, 2010
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October 25, 2010 - A new, ultra-fast 3-D volume-rendering platform achieves processing speeds 20 times faster than conventional rendering. Formula rendering platform, from Aze, will be introduced at RSNA 2010.

Time October 25, 2010
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Etiam’s Secure Medical Network (SMN) offers electronic study transfer and clinical collaboration via a simple and secure ...

Time October 22, 2010
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October 22, 2010 - TeraMedica will launch VNA University at RSNA on November 30. As founders in the VNA space, the educational concept is the culmination of customer demand, the advent of the social network community and a general sense of philanthropy. The motto of this university will be voluntas statua, which translates as “meaningful imaging”.

Time October 22, 2010
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October 22, 2010 - Codonics Infinity MAX Multimedia Medical Server (WIP) is a standalone network appliance that adds video viewing and management capabilities to existing PACS systems. Working within healthcare IT environments, the system combines videos with patient and physician information for long-term DICOM storage.

Time October 22, 2010
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October 22, 2010 - The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Carestream Health a maximum $10 million contract for PACS systems and related sub-systems and components. Under terms of this agreement, the equipment can be purchased by the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and federal civilian agencies.

Time October 22, 2010
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Built on good clinical practice and scientific evidence in cardiovascular imaging and reporting, Agfa HealthCare's Impax Cardiovascular (CV) solution supports clinicians with a single, integrated cardiovascular information system targeted at cardiac catheterization, echocardiography, vascular ultrasound, cardiac CT/CTA review which is Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT)-compliant,

Time October 22, 2010
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October 22, 2010 - Proton beam therapy is safe, effective and may be superior to other conventional treatments for stage I inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients, according to a study in the October issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Time October 22, 2010
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At RSNA 2010, Brit Systems will display several new mobile applications that will allow physicians to access studies, images and other documents on smartphones, iPads and Web browsers. Both WebWorks and UrgentWorks streamlines work by making critical data available on mobile platforms.

Time October 22, 2010
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RoentgenWorks now supports the Health Information Exchange (HIE) NHIN Gateway for patient and document discovery ...

Time October 22, 2010
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