April 9, 2009 - Radiologists have developed a computer-based model that aids them in discriminating between benign and malignant breast lesions, according to a study performed at the University Of Wisconsin School of Medicine, Madison, WI.
April 9, 2009 -Physicians can dramatically reduce the radiation dose delivered to patients undergoing coronary CT angiography in a "triple rule-out" protocol by simply using tube current modulation, according to a study performed at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA.
April 9, 2009 - A fundamental issue facing healthcare worldwide is tying fragmented information and data silos together to increase intelligence, and Initiate Interoperable Health solutions showcased its vendor-neutral “middleware” to bridge disparate data during HIMSS 2009 in Chicago this week.
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April 9, 2009 – Vital Images recently announced the results of an independent survey of nearly 2,400 U.S. hospitals with more than 100 beds, which showed Vital Images continues to be the market share leader among 3D imaging vendors.
April 9, 2009 - Vital Images Inc. has achieved certification for Excellence in Service Operations by the Service & Support Professionals Association (SSPA), a certification benchmarked against industry best practices in a number of areas, including support operations, customer satisfaction, service sales and marketing, product serviceability, technology infrastructure and human resource systems.
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April 9, 2009 – Better tumor control and possible survival improvement may be achieved safely with preliminary results of an ongoing Phase I clinical trial on the use of intensity-modulated (IMRT) and image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) focusing on the concept of accelerated hypofractionation to overcome tumor repopulation, one of the well-known mechanisms of radiation resistance, using TomoTh
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April 8, 2009 - Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) is using the latest optical molecular imaging technology from Carestream Molecular Imaging as part of its intensive research efforts involving cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious agents, inflammatory disease and other conditions.
April 8, 2009 - Cianna Medical said it has successfully completed a funding round totaling more than $10 million to further accelerate commercialization of the company’s proprietary SAVI technology for breast cancer brachytherapy.
April 8, 2009 - For enterprise-wide access to clinical images and clinical applications, Philips highlighted at HIMSS 2009 its enterprise image management solutions, which include XIRIS’s newest version is 7.0 and iSite PACS, and also improves clinical decisions and organizational efficiency throughout and between hospitals.
Did you know that approximately one-third of all the data in world is created by the healthcare industry and that ...
April 8, 2009 - FUJIFILM company featured at HIMSS 2009 its ProSolv CardioVascular 4.0, a Web-based application for full viewing and reporting capabilities using Web communication protocols, secured via SSL, in addition to a Web URL single-click application download and installation for easier deployment.
April 8, 2009 - Apollo, a provider of clinical multimedia solutions, today released its Apollo Enterprise Patient Media Manager (Apollo EPMM), an enterprise solution that transforms distributed patient media into one unified record.
As the volume of cardiovascular imaging procedures continues to grow, cardiology imaging IT is representing the fastest growth area for revenue among both the providers and vendors. Advanced imaging is also picking up in oncology, as the capabilities of imaging modalities advance.
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April 8, 2009 – GE Healthcare is presenting at the annual meeting of the Healthcare Information & Management Systems Society (HIMSS) its new Centricity Enterprise Archive as a platform for application-neutral image management, a standards-based archive that helps manage patient and image data over time and image-enable electronic medical records (EMR).
April 8, 2009 – Medsphere Systems Corp., provider of open source healthcare IT solutions, released at HIMSS 2009 an enhanced OpenVista Radiology Application, the second in a series of OpenVista 2.0 releases that aim to upgrade the electronic health record (EHR) solution.
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April 8, 2009 - Frost & Sullivan selected Aurora Imaging Technology for the 2009 Vertical Market Penetration Leadership Award in the North American Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Scanners Market in recognition of the company’s strong growth within the Breast MRI market due to its robust offering of imaging, IT and financial assistance solutions.
April 7, 2009 - The FDA today gave marketing clearance to a new product from Carestream Health: The CARESTREAM DRX-1 System, a wireless digital radiography (DR) detector—the size of a standard cassette—that fits existing X-ray rooms without having to replace or modify existing equipment.
April 8, 2009 – At HIMSS 2009, Compressus said it had entered into a strategic partnerships with Avnet HealthPath reseller partners Software Information Systems (SIS) and Micro Solutions, designed to accelerate access to comprehensive interoperability solutions and to potential federal healthcare IT stimulus funds.
April 8, 2009 – At HIMSS 2009, Agfa HealthCare released an advanced healthcare enterprise visualization strategy that combines the company's IMPAX Data Center and IMPAX Mobility solutions to deliver managed imaging record access and distribution across healthcare enterprises and regional networks. IMPAX Mobility is manufactured by Medical Insight A/S as EasyViz.
April 7, 2009 - The World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) said at HIMSS 2009 that it has cemented key partnerships that will enable it to significantly ramp up its efforts to bring digital imaging technology to sites in need around the world.
April 8, 2009 - TeraRecon Inc. is showcasing the newly released Aquarius iNtuition ("AQi") software version 4.4 with advanced decision support and visualization at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual conference and exhibition this week in Chicago.