Feature | Dave Fornell
The new imaging modality of positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was introduced in the U.S. market last summer. The Siemens Biograph mMR (molecular MR) gained U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance as the first dedicated PET/MRI system. It is the only system to combine both modalities into one machine, allowing simultaneous imaging of location, function and metabolic activity of organs in a single image.
November 23, 2011 
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November 23, 2011 – The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System became the first medical center in the world last week to utilize intrafraction motion review (IMR), or "triggered imaging," to continually monitor tumor location during radiosurgery for lung cancer. IMR, which is a unique capability of the TrueBeam linear accelerator from Varian Medical Systems enables visual verification that a tumor is being properly targeted.
November 23, 2011 
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November 23, 2011 –Varian Medical Systems will exhibit its PaxScan digital image detectors and new PaxPower X-ray tubes at the MEDICA 2011 International Trade Fair in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 16-19, 2011.
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November 21, 2011 — The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has released an updated guideline for breast cancer screening in average-risk women aged 40 to 74, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The new guideline, which weighs the potential harms of false positives and unnecessary biopsies against the potential benefits of breast cancer screening in average risk women, updates prior guidelines by the Task Force from 1994 and 2001 and recommends against routine screening for women under age 50.
November 22, 2011 
Technology
November 3, 2011 — Infinitt North America announced that their Xelis Cardiac product has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and is now widely available to the North American market.
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Case Study | Ascendian Healthcare Consulting
Centura Health is the largest healthcare network in Colorado. Dedicated to delivering advanced care to more than a half million people, Centura strives for the highest quality and continuous innovation. To accomplish this, the organization needed to address its transformation and connectivity efforts across patient, people, processes and technologies — the essential ingredients when optimizing clinical performance. Centura understands that by mastering clinical image data across its care network it will enable clinical improvements, optimize electronic medical record (EMR) investments and drive the organization’s interoperability strategy. Centura had several key requirements necessary to adequately consider a VNA solution.
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November 21, 2011 — VasSol’s Noninvasive Optimum Vessel Analysis (NOVA) technology provides physicians with detailed, quantitative information of blood flow through any vessel in the brain. Information provided includes velocity, volume and direction.
November 21, 2011 
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November 21, 2011 — Zonare Medical Systems announced they have been honored with the Frost & Sullivan 2011 North American Technology Innovation Award in Diagnostic Ultrasound Imaging Technology. The award recognizes excellence in the development of Zone Sonography Technology (ZST).
November 21, 2011 
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November 18, 2011 — DR Systems will exhibit its Unity v|Series RIS – along with the full complement of modular unity CVIS, PACS, and reporting options – at RSNA 2011.
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November 15, 2011 — Allocade Inc. announced that PinnacleHealth’s Harrisburg campus has deployed the On-Cue Artificial Intelligence Command and Control System throughout its department of imaging.
November 18, 2011 
Technology
November 18, 2011 — Grayhill Inc. will announce the launch of their Instinct technology at the 97th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago on Nov. 27, 2011. Instinct is a set of multi-touch gesture recognition software tools that, when integrated with Grayhill physical components, creates more intuitive human interface solutions.
November 18, 2011 News
November 18, 2011 – Stroke remains a major healthcare problem; it currently ranks as the third most common cause of death in Western nations, and this is only expected to increase as the population ages. For this reason, early identification of symptoms that are known predictors of stroke is a topic that was addressed with great deliberation and discussion at the 2011 VEITH symposium.
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November 18, 2011 — Global Net Access (GNAX) Health, a healthcare technology infrastructure and application delivery service provider, announced the general availability of its cloud-based archive, storage and back-up solution for healthcare.
November 18, 2011 Technology
November 18, 2011 — PACSgear announced it will introduce its PACSgear Enterprise Imaging Platform at RSNA 2011. The EIP is a suite of solutions designed to capture, cache, stream and integrate photographic images and medical videos throughout the enterprise.
November 18, 2011 Technology
November 18, 2011 — HIT Application Solutions will release the latest version of Notifi, its flagship Critical Test Results Management (CTRM) solution, at RSNA 2011. Originally launched in 2010, the software creates, delivers and reports a wide variety of alerts and notifications across the continuum of care.
November 18, 2011 Technology
November 18, 2011 — Mach 7 Technologies (M7T) will release Keystone Suite v11.2 with enhanced workflow capabilities at RSNA 2011. M7T is a global provider of picture archiving and communications system (PACS) vendor-neutral medical image management solutions.
November 18, 2011 
Technology
November 18, 2011 — IMIX Americas Inc. will introduce three state-of-the-art digital detectors along with its expanded line of integrated digital radiography (DR) products at RSNA 2011. The event will take place Nov. 27 – Dec. 2 at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.
November 18, 2011 
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November 17, 2011 — Westside Medical Imaging of Beverly Hills announces the availability of high resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a 3 Tesla magnet to monitor the effects of cholesterol drugs on atherosclerosis.
November 18, 2011 
Technology
November 17, 2011 – PenRad announced it is offering customers access to a new integration within its mammography information system (MIS): Volpara Breast Density Software for automatic quantification of breast density and volume. This integration offers PenRad MIS users access to further streamline workflow and improve patient care management.
November 17, 2011 
Technology
November 17, 2011 — At RSNA 2011 in Chicago, Sectra will showcase support for the display and review of breast tomosynthesis images in its Breast Imaging Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS).
November 17, 2011