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September 25, 2014 — Agfa HealthCare announced Summa Health System selected the company’s digital radiography (DR) technologies, including the DX-D Retrofit and DX-D 100 mobile DR systems, DX-M multi-plate CR and CR 30-X single plate tabletop CR (computed radiography), in combination with an upgrade of Agfa HealthCare’s patented Musica image processing software through the Digital Radiography Upgrade Program.
September 25, 2014 — Cellular therapeutics, which uses intact cells to treat and cure disease, is a promising new approach in medicine but is hindered by the inability of doctors and scientists to effectively track the movements, destination and persistence of these cells in patients without resorting to invasive procedures, like tissue sampling.
September 25, 2014 — Materialise announced that orthopedic surgeon Roger Jaeken, M.D., of AZ Heilige Familie in Reet, Belgium, has successfully performed the first total knee surgery that was pre-planned with the Materialise X-ray knee guide solution. The new proprietary technology allows for preplanning of knee replacement surgeries as well as the 3-D printing of related surgical guides solely on the basis of 2-D X-ray images.
Do you have "vintage" industry technology photos? If so, we'd love to hear from you, and the older the better! We are looking for "vintage" images that we can use for an industry timeline in ITN’s November/December issue, where we will be recognizing RSNA's 100th anniversary.
A new analysis of published studies found that FDG-PET technology is less accurate in diagnosing lung cancer versus benign disease in regions where infections like histoplasmosis or tuberculosis are common.
