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Philips Speech Processing Solutions announced it will partner with ZyDoc, a medical transcription, speech recognition and natural language processing (NLP) technologies integrator, to continue to provide advances in voice productivity solutions.

Fabry disease can be detected using a new magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technique that was developed at the University of Alberta. The discovery of this new diagnostic tool has resulted in updated clinical guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of Fabry disease in Canada.

Infinitt will introduce its new “Communicator” package at RSNA 2013. It is an add-on that ensures immediate communication of critical test results, provides peer review and emergency room discrepancy management and includes an embedded communication feature that allows real-time collaboration between users of the Infinitt picture archive and communications system (PACS). This is particularly valuable for clarification between the study’s dictating physician and transcriptionist or the referring physician.

Hologic, Inc., a developer, manufacturer and supplier of premium diagnostics products, medical imaging systems and surgical products, with an emphasis on serving the healthcare needs of women, announced that Jack W. Cumming, Hologic's president and CEO, presided over the NASDAQ Stock Market Opening Bell Ceremony on Oct. 1, marking the start of a month-long effort to raise awareness of breast cancer and the importance of breast cancer screening. This is the eighth year that Hologic has been selected to participate in the NASDAQ opening bell ceremonies celebrating the start of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The North Shore-LIJ Health System Department of Radiation Medicine presented a study to evaluate the reliability of different systems used by caregivers to assess toxicity for patients receiving radiation therapy at the 55th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).

Civco Medical Solutions demonstrated the integration between the Protura Robotic Patient Positioning System and Varian’s Clinac iX and Trilogy medical linear accelerators via the Varian Motion Management Interface at the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting.

Proton therapy is the most advanced radiation technique available. Unfortunately, access to proton therapy is limited due to the low number of proton therapy centers. Research institutes and hospitals are now frequently investing in proton therapy to make it more accessible to patients.

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