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Eclipse radiotherapy treatment planning software speeds up the process of planning complex radiotherapy treatments. It ...

Time June 25, 2006
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The Kodak DIRECTVIEW DR 3000 recently received 510k clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).The DR ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Both the AXIOM Wireless Footswitch and AXIOM Voice Control are FDA 510k cleared and commercially available in the U.S ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Clearview Exact Influenza A & B is a rapid, simple and accurate test to detect influenza A & B viral antigens. The test ...

Time June 25, 2006
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MVision, from Siemens Medical Solutions, is a volumetric in-line target imaging solution and the natural next step in ...

Time June 25, 2006
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The HLL-404 hand-held “Woods” magnification light is a dual-purpose light effectively used for illumination of ...

Time June 25, 2006
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GE Healthcare has received clearance from the FDA for the new wide bore computed tomography (CT) system. This new ...

Time June 25, 2006
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CardiArc recently released a cardiac SPECT system with reportedly twice the resolution of existing devices designed to ...

Time June 25, 2006
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Not too long ago, the capability of precisely directing and guiding a potent beam of radiation to eradicate a cancerous tumor without harming the healthy tissue around it was a pipe dream. Fodder for the imagination and science fiction.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Steven R. Renard

It is no surprise that during the past several years, the number of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Kim Phelan

When mechanical ventilation is initiated for surgical and acute-unit patients, protecting the fragile lungs while ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Maureen Leahy

For most of us, handheld devices put the “fun” in functional. In the medical world, these tools do much more — they help save lives.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | rick dana barlow

Editor’s Note: This is the result of a “virtual” roundtable discussion on image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) with Drs ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Daniel J. Valentino, Ph.D.

Digital imaging is now ubiquitous in medicine. Contemporary imaging modalities are generating an ever-increasing amount ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | John Hall

Few medical devices are credited with preventing death and are used so rarely as automated external defibrillators (AEDs ...

Time June 22, 2006
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ACT: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Cristen Bolan

Chest pain is a common complaint among ED patients, yet failure to diagnose acute myocardial infarction in the trauma ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Rick Dana Barlow

Talk to the purveyors and supporters of digital radiography (DR) and you’ll hear that it’s the wave of the future and ultimately where the technology is headed – arguably replacing its earlier generation sibling, computed radiography (CR). However, raise that prospect with the CR crowd and you’ll likely hear something dramatically different.

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Kim Phelan

About 10 years ago a close friend received some very bad news, but, oddly, she was happy about it. My friend was ...

Time June 22, 2006
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Feature | Afshad Mistri

Anyone who remembers – or for that matter, still uses – single-slice CT scanners can appreciate the dramatic ...

Time June 22, 2006
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