March 3, 2009 – NovaRad has released a new system for cardiovascular labs, hospitals and other sites requiring both a PACS and a cardiovascular reporting system (CRS).
March 3, 2009 - SpectraScience Inc. said today that the FDA has given approval to manufacture its LUMA Cervical Cancer Imaging System in its San Diego facility. The LUMA Cervical Imaging System was developed to significantly improve the detection of high-grade pre-cancerous cervical abnormalities that have the potential to become invasive cancer.
March 3, 2009 - For the third quarter, the Swedish IT and medical-technology company Sectra’s net sales rose 20 percent to SEK 226.1 million compared with SEK 189.3 million the year-earlier period. Profit after financial net increased 10 percent to SEK 15.8 million (14.4), corresponding to a profit margin of 7 percent. Order bookings amounted to SEK 217.0 million (458.9).
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March 3, 2009 – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Center (Trumbull, CT) selected the upright REGIUS 370 Digital Radiography and Nano CR solutions by Konica Minolta Medical Imaging USA to convert from analog to digital imaging.
March 3, 2009 - Merge Healthcare just released eFilm Workstation 3.1, which adds Windows Vista support, has reportedly faster load times and accelerated workflow communication in its diagnostic review software. eFilm Workstation is most commonly used as a diagnostic workstation, technologist review station, remote reading terminal, image distribution mechanism and disaster recovery device.
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March 3, 2009 - Merge Healthcare today released its eFilm Workstation 3.1, which adds Windows Vista support, reportedly faster load times and accelerated workflow communication to the popular diagnostic review software.
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A National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurement (NCRP) report stated that the U.S. population is now exposed to seven times more radiation each year from medical imaging exams than in 1980.
At ECR 2009, Visage Imaging showcased its Visage CS 3.1, 3D software, which the company says is designed for speed. Data from virtually all modalities can be viewed and processed, including CT and MR angiography, cardiac CT and PET-CT. With version 3.1, Visage CS introduces a whole set of improvements, and features, including: - Multiple new 2D and 3D ROI types
Pie Medical Imaging’s FDA-cleared cardiac magnetic resonance quantitative analysis software, CAAS MRV Magnetic Resonance Ventricular analysis) software reportedly enables cardiologists and radiologists to perform easy and fast functional analysis on cine-magnetic resonance images for cardiac MRI studies.
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ScImage's reporting module PICOM Structured Reportware (PicomSR) for echocardiography combines structured reporting elements along with voice recognition, delivering a pre-populated report that the technician can start by importing elements such as procedure descriptions, indications, measurements, observations during procedure and simple findings from the modality.
March 2, 2009 - Accuray Inc. said today that its CyberKnife lung cancer treatments experienced significant growth in 2008.
March 2, 2009 - Traxtal Inc. said it will feature its newly designed system cart for the PercuNav interventional imaging and navigation system for soft tissue at the Society of Interventional Radiology's (SIR 2009) Annual Scientific Meeting, March 7-12, in San Diego, CA.
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March 2, 2009 - Results were released today from a clinical study of the quarter-time Xpress3.Cardiac, UltraSPECT's WBR (wide-beam reconstruction) image reconstruction algorithm used to create half-time SPECT images of high diagnostic quality.
March 2, 2009 - Women facing a recent breast cancer diagnosis may find additional cancer in the same or opposite breast with further testing using Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) according to a study published in the February 2009 "American Journal of Surgery."
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March 2, 2009 – JAOtech said it will feature reportedly the largest ever patient terminal at the HIMSS 2009 in Chicago.
March 2, 2009 - Varian Medical Systems will exhibit its line of PaxScan flat panel X-ray image detectors for digital radiography (DR) at the European Congress of Radiology Annual (ECR) meeting in Vienna from March 6 - 10, 2009. Varian will also showcase its full range of X-ray tubes for fluoroscopy, angiography, cardiology and cone-beam CT imaging.
March 2, 2009 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) applauds President Obama’s healthcare reform plan to double funding for cancer research and close loopholes that are weakening the Medicare program.
February 27, 2009 - The Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) will present the latest research on treatments for individuals with kidney, prostate and bone cancer; herniated disks; peripheral arterial disease (PAD) and related complications; childbirth difficulties; and more at its 34th Annual Scientific Meeting March 7 -12 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, CA.
February 27, 2009 - NEC Display Solutions Europe GmbH will offer a free trial version of Qubyx PerfectLUM display calibration technology with Matrox DLC support for the Xenia Series display controller boards for medical imaging to allow customers to experience the very best calibration that can be offered today.
February 27, 2009 - As the country moves to transform healthcare with the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 42 U.S. hospitals recognized as a Stage 6 by HIMSS Analytics serve as role models in healthcare IT adoption for other healthcare systems just beginning this process.