Heart IT has released version 8 of its flagship products: WebPax picture archive and communications system (PACS) and remote viewing system, Universal Viewer.

QSUM Biopsy Disposables LLC receives a new patent for the AccuFit MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) Coil draping provided for various breast imaging coils. This is QSUM’s fourth patent.

“In MR, time is coverage and resolution,” said Mustafa Bashir, M.D., director of MRI at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC) in Durham, N.C. “Most patients can get through an 18 to 20 second breath hold but there is a large minority who can’t.”

The result? Body MR exams can require more departmental time and resources. For obese patients, the exams can take longer, and for patients who are unable to complete the breath holds, it may mean repeat exams, often with CT. Yet in some clinical cases, an MR exam would actually provide better clinical information.

That’s one reason why radiologists at DUMC are using CAIPIRINHA, a unique parallel imaging acquisition technique that can cut breath holds for 3D T1 exams in half without impacting image resolution, coverage, or contrast.

See the clinical differences with and without CAIPIRINHA in a 25-year-old patient evaluated for abdominal pain and diagnosed with focal nodular hyperplasia.

The average salaries of radiologic technologists rose by 1.7 percent in the past three years and now average $62,763, considerably higher than the U.S. per capita income of $42,693, according to the 2013 American Society of Radiologic Technologists Wage and Salary Survey.

The Stockholm District Court ruled ContextVision is the owner of a patent application filed by Sapheneia in September 2006. The patent application represents the underlying technology across multiple medical imaging modalities. ContextVision proved that the technology within the patent is a result of work the two filing inventors conducted during their time at ContextVision.

July 24, 2013 — TRU-Vu Monitors has announced the release of a new medical grade 8.4-inch LCD monitor.

MM-8.4S medical display

Installation of a Carestream DRX-Revolution mobile X-ray system has led to a 50 percent reduction in X-ray dosage at the 564-bed University Hospital Tenon, Paris, which is part of the public health system APHP. Figures have been validated by a member of the Personnes Compétentes en Radioprotection (PCR), a nationwide network of Radiation Protection Officers.

July 23, 2013 — AFC Industries Inc. announced its Whitestone imaging workstation, now available for the first time in neutral gray. The workstation addresses the need for an integrated workstation with proper adjustable lighting, controlled climate and enhanced acoustics in one ergonomically-friendly unit.

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