January 3, 2012 – Siemens Healthcare recently announced the winners of its 2011 International CT [computed tomography] Image Contest. More than 160 institutes and hospitals from 43 countries on all continents submitted more than 600 CT images –– all captured on Siemens CT scanners using the lowest possible radiation dose. Selected by an international jury of experts, the seven winners –– which were displayed at RSNA 2011 –– hail from China, England, France, Ireland, Macau, Singapore and the United States. In addition to exhibiting a high standard of quality, the images are impressive examples of how valuable diagnostic information can be obtained even at an extremely low dose.
December 30, 2011 – Three Palm Software announced the latest upgrade to its mammography interpretation software, WorkstationOne. This new release was shown at RSNA 2011.
December 30, 2011 – USARAD.com, a Joint Commission-accredited provider of radiology and teleradiology services, launches a radiologist support network to help grow radiology practices across the United States. The new program pools the manpower and expertise of participants across multiple radiology practices. It realizes significant cost savings compared with traditional teleradiology services by utilizing the power of existing USARAD.com IT and radiology service provider infrastructure and enables participants to expand their expand service offerings.
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December 30, 2011 – Qubyx Software Technologies Limited, a technology contributor to color management and medical imaging industries, has launched its new web-based Display Test, which allows testing imaging precision on any display on-line, free of charge and without a measurement device.
December 30, 2011 — Intelerad Medical Systems announced new functionality for its Multi-Method Reporting (MMR) voice recognition module for use with IntelePACS, InteleOne, or InteleSuite. The new features will be demonstrated at the RSNA annual meeting, Nov. 27-Dec. 2 in Chicago.
December 30, 2011 — Intelerad Medical Systems unveiled a new embedded Peer Review solution that was demonstrated at the RSNA annual meeting, Nov. 27-Dec. 1 in Chicago.
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December 30, 2011 — NetApp and Iron Mountain Inc. recently announced a partnership to provide healthcare organizations with a secure cloud-based solution for medical data archiving and disaster recovery. Iron Mountain is currently the only healthcare-focused member of the NetApp Service Provider Partner Program, which was officially launched in June 2010.
December 29, 2011 — Premier Imaging Ventures announced it has spun off several of its support entities to create a new venture called Lucid Radiology Solutions. The new company’s mission is to empower regional radiology groups with technology and insight that will increase the strategic value of their radiology practices.
December 29, 2011 — Medrad Inc. recently released the Certegra Informatics Connect.RIS vendor-neutral informatics application. The system establishes connectivity between Medrad's Stellant contrast-injection systems, and hospital radiology reporting systems and radiology information systems (RIS).
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December 29 2011 – The Cleveland Clinic recently deployed Agfa HealthCare’s Impax 6.5 solution as the network’s PACS (picture archiving and communication system). The facility installed Impax 6.5, the latest software version, as part of its contract with Agfa.
December 29, 2011 — Merge Healthcare announced the launch of Merge Honeycomb, a new cloud-based platform, at RSNA 2011. In addition, the company announced its first application in the cloud – free image sharing. Users can upload, download, view, and share medical images anywhere, anytime.
December 28, 2011 — Mindray Medical introduced the DC-T6 ultrasound system at the 2011 Radiological Society of North America meeting.
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December 28, 2011 — Mirada Medical will demonstrate their software magnetic resonance/positron emission tomography (MR/PET) technology “live” on any site’s data at RSNA 2011.
December 28, 2011 — Royal Philips Electronics introduced IntelliSpace PACS 4.4, the newest release in the evolution of the company’s iSite picture archiving and communications system (PACS). The system leverages the latest advances in IT technology and allows for smarter collaboration with the goal of better patient outcomes. It is on display at the 97th annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Nov. 27 – Dec. 2.
December 28, 2011 — Royal Philips Electronics recently introduced the Philips Veradius Neo mobile C-arm with flat detector. The device allows surgeons to more easily and precisely handle challenging patients and procedures.
December 28, 2011 — Quest International Inc. announced the release of the AlphaView AVC2F1P, a wirelessly-enabled color LCD display. The monitor can be used for surgical, operating room (OR), emergency room (ER) and other healthcare environments where viewability, mobility and flexibility are essential. The device is a 24-inch diagonal, 2-megapixel (MP) surgical-grade LCD.
December 28, 2011 — Clinicians at one of New Zealand's leading hospitals have delivered more than 300 radiotherapy treatments using a newly installed TrueBeam device, from Varian Medical Systems, in the first month of its implementation. The system adds to Wellington Hospital's radiotherapy capabilities and enables fast, precise and efficient treatments.
December 28, 2011 — lifeIMAGE launched its LINCS service at RSNA 2011. The network is designed to improve patient care and reduce costs by allowing physicians to share medical images and associated information with each other, medical centers and patients. It eliminates information system and geographic barriers; this allows images to be shared everywhere, whether it's with the hospital down the street or a specialist on the other side of the world.
December 27, 2011 — RamSoft will demonstrate support for breast tomosynthesis in PowerServer 5.1 at RSNA 2011. Support is fully integrated into all versions of PowerServer 5.1 that support mammography; this means radiologists are not dependent on a dedicated mammography workstation to review breast tomosynthesis studies.
December 27, 2011 — The January 2012 issue of the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography (JASE) will feature a new resource for guidance on three-dimensional echocardiography (3-DE). The document, titled The EAE/ASE Recommendations for Image Acquisition and Display Using Three-Dimensional Echocardiography, provides a practical guide on how to acquire analyze and display the various cardiac structures using 3-DE.
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