ONI Medical Systems' new MSK Extreme 1.5T MRI is dedicated to musculoskeletal imaging, including joints and soft tissue of the extremities. It’s reportedly the most powerful 1.5T MRI with 70 mT/m gradient strength at 200 T/m/s slew rate.
The definition of core requirements for the different PACS system administrator (SA) jobs, ranging from associates to interface analyst, administrator and manager, and corresponding exams has definitely encouraged many professionals to start enhancing their skills and filling in the gaps, whether in the IT or clinical domain or both.
September 30, 2008 - Hologic Inc. received FDA 510(k) clearance for the R2 Quantra volumetric breast density assessment tool, a software application for use with Hologic digital mammography systems as an automated method for assessing breast density.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
One IT challenge facing medical facilities is the ability to receive diagnostic imaging studies, associated medical information and full patient demographics from outside its usual network to be read or considered by its third-party diagnosticians or specialists.
September 30, 2008 - The Comprehensive Breast Health Center at Little Company of Mary Hospital is now applying ...
Aspyra’s AccessRAD RIS/PACS is designed to meet the needs of acute care hospitals, enterprise-wide delivery networks and medium to large imaging centers, with end-to-end solutions that automate processes at every point of patient and imaging encounter workflow.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
MultiHance (gadobenate dimeglumine) is indicated for intravenous use in MRI of the CNS in adults to visualize lesions ...
October 1, 2008 - Medvix will launch its AMVX Series 15-inch, 19-inch, 21-inch, 24-inch, 32-inch, 37-inch and 42-inch ...
Hologic's R2 Quantra volumetric breast density assessment tool is a software application for use with Hologic digital ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Version 2.0 of Softek Illuminate (Illuminate), with its proprietary free-text search technology, gives Philips iSite PACS users split-second access to all radiology reports and images in their system.
October 1, 2008 – The American College of Radiology (ACR) said in a public statement that the “DRA may actually increase ...
Gastrografin (diatrizoate meglumine and diatrizoate sodium solution USP) is a palatable lemon-flavored, water-soluble iodinated radiopaque contrast medium for oral or rectal administration used for radiographic examination of segments of the gastrointestinal tract and as an adjunct to contrast enhancement in CT of the torso.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
October 1, 2008 - Nuance Communications Inc. said it has acquired Philips Speech Recognition Systems (PSRS), a business ...
The Canon CXDI-60G Portable Flat Panel Detector realizes a new level of freedom and immediacy for diagnosis in the X-ray room and beyond. Thin (less then an inch think), lightweight (5.9 pounds) and robust, the CXDI-60G offers true portability and flexibility in high-quality DR.
October 1, 2008 — Carestream Health introduced a new version of its company Web site optimized and formatted ...
The eXplore CT 120 pre-clinical x-ray CT scanner is a performance high-throughput small animal scanner designed for high ...
October 1, 2008 — GE Healthcare and Gamma Medica-Ideas (GM-I) have extended their product distribution relationship to ...
The contrast agent Isovue, according to its manufacturer, is said to be a safe and effective nonionic contrast medium well established with U.S. clinical experience since 1986. Worldwide, more than 250 million doses of iopamidol have been administered.
INFINITT North America recently introduced Mammo Visualgate, a software product that allows mammography films to be ...
September 29, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare’s new Ysio wi-D unit, its wireless portable digital radiography (DR), system was ...
October 01, 2008 