July 15, 2011 — The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine' (SIIM)’s annual meeting wrapped up last month in Washington D.C., with a 10 percent increase in professional attendance and an exhibit hall bustling with vendor and attendee interaction and learning.

Computed tomography angiography (CTA) is one of the most complex procedures routinely performed on a CT scanner. A successful CTA exam requires synchronization of the timing of the scan with maximum vessel contrast enhancement.

July 15, 2011 — eHealth Global Technologies (eHGT) announced the release of version 2.0 of its hybrid-federated architecture for its eHealth Connect Diagnostic Image Exchange service.
 

July 15, 2011 — In a true hybrid suite, both cath lab and open surgical procedures are performed in a single room. In creating hybrid cath labs, healthcare facilities require imaging technologies that provide the flexibility to quickly and easily access both the patient and ancillary equipment. Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children in Orlando, Fla., a leading children’s hospital, recently installed Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.’s Infinix CF-i bi-plane system with the CAT-880B hybrid catheterization table for its new dedicated hybrid suite. When combining the five-axis positioner of the Infinix-i system with the tilting and cradling features of the hybrid table, physicians are able to obtain optimal image angles while having unprecedented patient access.

July 15, 2011 — According to a new report by iData Research, the European women's health market is valued at over $917 million, and is estimated to reach $1.1 billion by 2017.

July 14, 2011 — A jury in federal district court has returned a guilty verdict against Rajashakher P. Reddy, M.D., 41, of Atlanta, on charges of wire fraud, mail fraud, health care fraud and obstruction of justice. Reddy, a radiologist who ran the Atlanta-based radiology practice Reddy Solutions Inc., was charged with and found guilty of perpetrating a scheme to defraud various hospitals by signing and submitting tens of thousands of radiology reports without even reviewing many of the X-rays, mammograms, computed tomography (CT) scans and other films that were the subjects of the reports.

July 13, 2011 – By providing a mobile computed tomography (CT) scan unit free of charge to Chicago's The Field Museum for a series of mummy scans this month, Genesis Medical Imaging, Inc. has helped discover ancient secrets and opened the door to new mysteries.
Field scientists were surprised to find only a skull and legs inside the wrappings of one Egyptian mummy and the baskets of four Peruvian specimens simply empty, with no mummies inside. Yet it was all instructive for the museum's researchers, who after several days of scanning objects more than 2,000 years old are more certain of what their collection actually holds.

July 13, 2011 – Somatom Definition AS Open–a high-end computed tomography (CT) system that can efficiently cover the needs of both diagnostic radiology and radiation therapy–has been cleared by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Delivering excellent image quality at low dose, the Definition AS Open enables exact contouring for planning while minimizing exposure to the patient. The scanner, manufactured by Siemens Healthcare, also has several unique service offerings and is upgradeable for multipurpose use.

July 13, 2011 – Based on its recent analysis of the medical imaging market, Siemens Healthcare was given the 2011 North American Frost & Sullivan Award for New Product Innovation. Siemens' Biograph mMR is the first scanner capable of simultaneously acquiring whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data.


July 13, 2011 – Varian's TrueBeam radiotherapy delivery system, a comprehensive re-design of linear accelerator technology, has won a top international design award. Launched last year, the sleek and fully integrated TrueBeam system has been selected for a prestigious Red Dot award for product design.

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