University of Missouri researcher Silvia Jurisson and her interdisciplinary team recently received a U.S. patent for a new delivery method that uses nuclear isotopes to help target, diagnose and treat cancer. The patented method could prove invaluable in battling prostate, pancreatic, breast and small-cell cancers in the body.
Medic Vision Imaging Solutions Ltd. announced the installation of SafeCT (computed tomography) at St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System, Savannah, Georgia. The healthcare system’s two hospitals and three outpatient facilities are all served by a centralized SafeCT Enterprise system.
Bill Lacy, division vice president of Fujifilm Medical Systems USA, showcases the new products in its medical informatics portfolio including Synapse VNA and the introduction of Synapse 5 visualization technology.
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
Rob Fabrizio, director of product development and marketing, introduces the Fujifilm FDR D-EVO GL long-length DR detector at RSNA 2015.
January 26, 2016 — Fujifilm SonoSite Inc. announced CE mark and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510(k) clearance ...
gKteso introduces two models of the Radiotherapy Patient System (RPS) 6-D robotic couch for radiotherapy of cancer patients. The RPS base and RPS extended document fully automatically the process during the treatment with a linear accelerator. This is ensured by an integrated radio-frequency identification (RFID) reader, which reads in patient data and selected supporting aids (add-ons), providing those for further software and documentation of the treatment. In case the operating personnel select wrong add-ons, RPS will automatically detect this and send a signal accordingly.
While most women understand the importance of health screenings, an estimated 72 million have missed or postponed a ...
lifeIMAGE announced that it was found to be the market leader in image exchange in a recent report from KLAS Enterprises Inc. The report, “Enterprise Imaging 2015: Strategies, Options and Vendor Performance,” was compiled through in-depth surveys with nearly 100 hospitals and health systems; 78 percent ranged in size from 200-1,000-plus beds, and 62 percent used electronic medical records from either Epic Systems Corp. or Cerner Corp.
Jan Medical announced today that it has secured $7.5 million in Series C funding from Brainlab Inc. Funds will be used to complete ongoing clinical trials and filing of product de novo with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and CE Mark registration in the EU for BrainPulse, a new diagnostic tool designed to rapidly and reliably help detect abnormal neurological conditions including concussion and stroke.
Now, medical technology purchasers and users have an instant online forum to rate and review technologies they are using, with Rate This Model, the newest enhancement to the ECRI Institute’s SELECTplus capital decision support solutions suite.
Fujifilm’s APERTO Lucent is a 0.4T mid-field, open MRI system addressing today’s capability and image quality needs ...
The suspension of the medical device excise tax will have positive consequences for the U.S. medical device market over the next few years, says an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.
New recommendations from the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American College of Radiology (ACR) have established appropriate use of diagnostic imaging for patients with chest pain, one of the most common reasons for emergency department visits.
EOS Imaging announced a new partnership with Montreal-based Spinologics to develop a biomechanical simulation software dedicated to spine surgery planning that will be integrated into EOS imaging’s cloud-based, 3-D planning software.
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At ASTRO 2015, Mevion highlighted the exceptional results its customers are seeing with the Mevion S250 Series proton therapy system.
Cook Medical’s Endoscopy clinical division in November announced the introduction of the latest addition to the EchoTip ProCore product line, the EchoTip ProCore 20 gage needle with ReCoil Stylet.
Researchers at Thomas Jefferson University have found the method they developed to image the prostate appears to be much better at detecting prostate cancer than any other test — radiographical, biopsy or blood — in use today.
Siemens Healthcare has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the Biograph Horizon positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) system, which offers premium performance at a low total cost of ownership.
Siemens Healthcare announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the Magnetom Amira 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system.
At RSNA 2015, Matthew Ernst, marketing segment manager with Hitachi, introduced Sofia, an automated breast tomography ...
SyntheticMR and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have signed a research agreement to study SyMRI to characterize brain tumors.
Spok announced that St George Hospital in Sydney, Australia, has selected the company’s solutions for radiology result notification and Web directory to improve clinician communications and patient care.