The ultrasound division of Siemens Medical Solutions featured its new Acuson X300 and Acuson X500 ultrasound scanners, as well as upgrades to its ultrasound workstation software and new cardiac imaging techniques. Siemens touts the X300 as offering exceptional imaging performance in a compact, portable package. It is compatible with the ErgoDynamic imaging system.

In an effort to make digital imaging available to a wider variety of facilities, Siemens Medical Solutions launched the first mobile X-ray unit with an integrated computed radiography reader. The MobileTT XP CR provides display for first-image review and image archiving right at the patient’s bedside.

Cedara Software unveiled its Cedara PET/CT application and its work-in progress Cedara I-Response, which visualizes tumor response to specific therapies. Available for integration into existing applications or as a standalone workstation, the software has standard features for worklist management and offers configurable layouts.

Nuclear medicine products firm IBA Molecular displayed Empact, its new education marketing initiative for PET and PET/CT. Empact offers marketing tools specifically designed to target referring physicians and instructs users in effectively marketing PET.