August 17, 2012 — Fujifilm Medical Systems USA Inc. announced the commercial availability of the FDR D-EVO 24-cm by 30-cm cesium iodide flat panel detector, the latest addition to Fujifilm’s family of digital radiography (DR) products.
Bayer HealthCare highlighted its Certegra Total Dose Management solution to attendees at the AHRA 2012 annual meeting and exposition.
At the AHRA 2012 show, Canon displayed its latest systems and solutions for healthcare facilities and their patients, including its RadPRO digital mobile upgrade kits, which include a CXDI wireless or portable digital radiography (DR) detector.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
Sony now features diagnostic imaging displays for mammography as well as general imaging, such as: positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), X-ray nuclear medicine and ultrasound.
The new Vantage Titan 1.5T magnetic resonance (MR) series, pending 510(k) clearance, is a scalable solution with a full upgrade path from the 8-channel to the 16- or 32-channel system.
MRS (mammography reporting system) is a breast imaging tracking and reporting software that offers scalable solutions and integrations which can be tailored to fit a facility’s needs.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
The DX-D Retrofit direct radiography (DR) upgrade offers an economical and easy migration from analog or computed radiography (CR)-based modalities to DR.
Ascendian, which exhibited at AHRA 2012, is a national systems integrator that helps large healthcare organizations adopt technology and practices to improve quality of care, reduce costs and create long-term, sustainable strategies.
Part of a comprehensive low dose program, Veo is model-based iterative reconstruction (MBIR) technology that delivers imaging under 1 mSv with profound clarity.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
Carestream Health added linear tomography and asymmetric collimation capabilities to its DRX-Evolution and will show its DRX-Revolution mobile X-ray system at AHRA 2012, which is now shipping worldwide.
The Selenia Dimensions system is the first commercially available tool to deliver on the promise of breast tomosynthesis, an innovation poised to revolutionize how breast cancer is detected today.
At AHRA 2012, Konica Minolta Medical Imaging showed a new upgrade kit that turns portable X-ray systems into a digital, wireless solution.
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August 16, 2012 — Carestream’s new Vue Beyond for radiology delivers a real-time view of departmental workflow that can help radiology administrators improve productivity and profitability. The Vue Beyond business intelligence and reporting dashboard, which is currently available for order, shows a real-time queue of studies waiting for report, report turnaround time per radiologist and productivity levels for every member of the imaging department.
August 15, 2012 — Mission Search Corp., a Tampa, Fla.-based healthcare search and staffing organization, announced it has joined with Sensus Healthcare to provide commissioning services to Sensus’ clientele.
August 15, 2012 — Philips Healthcare showcased its advances in radiation treatment planning and computed tomography (CT) at the 2012 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) annual meeting, offering new technology on its Pinnacle3 to address contouring issues.
August 15, 2012 — Montage Healthcare Solutions is demonstrating its suite of search-based radiology data mining and analytics tools at the 2012 American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) annual meeting.
August 15, 2012 — Carestream’s Vue radiology information system (RIS) version 11 is now 2011/2012 compliant and was certified as a complete EHR (electronic health record) on July 27, 2012, by the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT), an ONC-ATCB in accordance with the applicable eligible provider certification criteria adopted by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
August 14, 2012 — A study led by Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., director of advanced cardiac imaging education, Beaumont Health System (Mich.), has shown that inappropriate CCTA (coronary computed tomography [CT] angiography) use can be reduced by 60 percent with educational programs, increased physician collaboration and close monitoring.
August 14, 2012 — The next five years will see many hospitals in Europe overcoming the high cost and complexity of implementing hybrid operating rooms (OR) by adopting better planning and budget allocation. This will encourage hospitals with larger cardiac and neurosurgery services to implement at least one hybrid OR, suggests new analysis from Frost & Sullivan.
August 14, 2012 — Positron Corp. announced the transfer, consolidation and integration of its radiopharmaceutical operations from the Crown Point, Ind. facility to its Lubbock, Texas site.
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