May 6, 2009 - Eric Nussbaum, M.D., chair of the National Brain Aneurysm Center based at St. Joseph's Hospital in St. Paul, Minn., will be presented with the 2009 BrainLAB Community Neurosurgeon Award at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) annual conference in San Diego on Wednesday, May 6, 2009.
May 6, 2009 - A dedicated breast cool-tip RF ablation system can induce complete tumor necrosis and reproducible ablation volumes independently of breast glandular pattern, providing excellent cosmesis, according to a study by From the Department of Diagnostic and Molecular Imaging, Radiation Therapy and Interventional Radiology, General Surgery Division, and University Hospital Policlinico Tor Ve
May 6, 2009 - GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 7, in Washington, D.C., at the Newseum, 555 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. , to unveil GE’s new global business strategy for delivering better health care to more people at a lower cost.
Radiology departments have many different needs and face a wide variety of challenges that can impact their departments ...
May 6, 2009 - Aspyra Inc. has entered into an agreement with Springfield Clinic LLP, a multispecialty physicians groups in Illinois, to upgrade the laboratory’s existing LIS to the most current release of Aspyra’s CyberLAB Laboratory Information System (LIS) solution, version 7.2.
May 6, 2009 - University of Utah Health Care this week celebrated the opening of the first integrated electrophysiology (EP) MRI laboratory in North America.
May 6, 2009 - A newly discovered gene known as DEAR1 is mutated in breast cancer and is an independent predictor of local recurrence-free survival in early-onset breast cancer, a research team headed by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in the journal PLoS Medicine.
Despite decades of progress in breast imaging, one challenge continues to test even the most skilled radiologists ...
May 6, 2009 - Physicians should review a patient's CT imaging history and cumulative radiation dose when considering whether to perform another CT exam, according to researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, and Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
May 6, 2009 - PACS Administrators Registry and Certification Association (PARCA) will hold its annual meeting on June 4, 2009 in Charlotte, NC during the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Conference and will include continuing education (CME) credits from multinational accreditation organizations.
May 6, 2009 - Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center found a correlation among tumor aggressiveness, MRI-enhancement and intraoperative fluorescence in a study in which they investigated the use of a new florescence-guided technique during glioma resection surgery.
Bayer Radiology’s Barbara Ruhland and Thom Kinst discuss how radiology departments can address the many different ...
May 5, 2009 - The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) reported that the final registration figures for the 2009 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Conference & Exhibition tallied 27,429 total registrants. The breakdown of the registrants was as follows: - 6 percent decrease from the 29,177 at HIMSS08
May 5, 2009 - A panel at the recent meeting of the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, held April 22-26 in San Diego, included discussion of the advantages of a new laser treatment for fibroadenomas, using the Novilase Breast Therapy to offer a minimally invasive alternative to lumpectomy.
May 5, 2009 - Hologic Inc., manufacturer and supplier of diagnostics, medical imaging systems and surgical products dedicated to serving the healthcare needs of women, reported revenues of $402.0 million for the quarter ended March 28, 2009. The highlights of the quarter included:
eHealth Saskatchewan plays a vital role in providing IT services to patients, health care providers, and partners such ...
DeJarnette's Intelligent Router solution, which provides DICOM study distribution capability, provides manual routing and three automated routing technologies: - Source Metadata Routing (SMR) - Modality Worklist Routing (MWR) - Query/Move Routing (QMR)
MEDIAN LMS' Lesion Management Solutions comprises a portfolio of clinical applications for the management of cancerous or other suspicious lesions diagnosed in chest and abdominal CT scans, available on various enterprisewide environments, including PACS or RIS workstations.
May 4, 2009 - VIDAR Systems Corp. will showcase its newest addition to the Advantage film digitizer product line – the SIERRA Advantage – at the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) Annual Meeting, June 4-7, 2009, in Charlotte, NC.
Contour Design, maker of computer input devices, aims to improve imaging informatics in medicine with it's RxShuttlePROs, PACS systems and augmented with RollerMouse unit, which reduces RSI-causing repetitive mousing actions.
Sectra will show its next generation RIS/PACS offering, a combination that enables users to meet business objectives with precision, in booth 413 at SIIM09, held June 13-17 in Charlotte, NC. The solution combines advanced medical-visualization research with patent-pending image-handling technologies and the ability to deliver real-time radiology information.
BRIT Systems will show its next-generation, Web-based technology platform for the Roentgen Works remote reading solution, a workflow solution that enables radiology groups of all sizes to provide outsourced radiology reading services.
BRIT Systems will show its recently released DICOM Viewer that is downloaded and supported over the Internet. The viewer’s user-friendly design coupled with a go-live module that includes training and support will enable users to quickly include BRIT PACS View as an integral component of their DICOM imaging environment.
The MEDRAD Informatics Solution platform uses a service-oriented architecture that automates capture of power injection records and provides authenticated users access to current and archived injection reports. Users meet their information needs via Web browser from within the healthcare enterprise.
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