October 7, 2008 – DR Systems, makers of the Unity RIS/PACS, today announced four new contracts with healthcare ...
Automated workflow enhancements and clinical applications for the Aquilion CT line are designed to reduce patient radiation dose, provide faster diagnosis and maximize patient comfort.
October 6, 2008 - Doctors in Syracuse, NY, have deployed RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems. A ...
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
EmpowerCTA injector system offers both ACIST’s patented extravasation detection accessory (EDA) and a saline chase. This ...
October 6, 2008 - Quantum Medical Imaging has completed an installation of their DiRex Digital System, which includes a ...
In this retrospectively gated full thoracic CT study, the examination was performed using the LightSpeed VCT 64 system with 0.625 mm detector collimation, retrospective cardiac gating and mono-sector reconstruction. The patient received three 5 mg injections of Metoprolol intravenously for cardiac rate control. Heart rate during acquisition was 64 to 65 BPM.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
October 3, 2008 - Zotec Partners said Atlantic Medical Imaging (AMI) has licensed the company’s Electronic Billing ...
Over the past year, headlines across industry and consumer media have highlighted FDA warnings on the dangers of gadolinium-based contrast agents. To date, it has become common knowledge and a FDA black box warning that gadolinium-based agents run the risk of causing Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NSF/NFD).
October 3, 2008 – 23andMe Inc. is embarking on a worldwide effort to assemble the largest cohort of women whose lives ...
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
This case is a routine coronary CTA with the focus on the coronary arteries. The patient was a middle-aged male with a family history of coronary artery disease, moderate risk profile and atypical chest pain. The EKG did not indicate myocardial ischemia and there was no enzyme leak.
Advances in molecular imaging, specifically through the discovery of new molecular imaging agents and developments in the technologies that enable their visualization have opened up new possibilities for the early detection of disease as well as personalized medicine.
October 2, 2008 - In a study that used Hologic’s R2 computer-aided detection (CAD) system, researchers found that ...
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Barco has released a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software suite that is integrated in Agfa’s ...
peerVue's Web-based solution, qiVue, is designed for quality and communication challenges including critical results, peer review, discrepancy management (ER physician, resident and teleradiology), technologist performance and more. PeerVue’s Magnetic Integration reportedly enables integration to any PACS, RIS or dictation application.
Software version 3.1 of DeJarnette Research Systems Inc.'s xDL - Cross-enterprise Document Librarian sees application in regional archive settings requiring sophisticated document sharing capabilities. xDL also sees application in MTF “vendor neutral” archive solutions and offsite storage gateway applications.
TomoTherapy reported that the FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for its radiation therapy technology, TomoDirect, designed to complement helical tomotherapy and faster treatment planning.
Intelerad Medical Systems is partnering with Three Palm Software to offer WorkstationOne to IntelPACS customers to ...
Exclusive to the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System, SpiralRODEO EDGEtechnology aims to improve image resolution and reduce common breast MRI artifacts, resulting in the production of clear images of both breasts, axillae, chest wall and mediastinum in a single bilateral scan.
October 1, 2008 - Microsoft Corp. has entered into a global licensing agreement with Royal Philips Electronics to ...
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.
October 06, 2008 