April 11, 2011 – New evidence-based guidelines to help healthcare providers choose the most appropriate medical imaging exam are now available via the latest version of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Appropriateness Criteria.

April 11, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a series of surface coils designed for use with a wide bore magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system. GE Healthcare’s GEM (Geometry Embracing Method) Suite, used with the Optima MR450w 1.5T system, helps reposition patients less often and covers more anatomy.

To prevent physician fatigue and back pain associated with wearing protective lead aprons in the cath lab, the ZeroGravity Radiation Protection System offers increased radiation protection without weighing down the user. Using a ceiling suspended gantry system, no weight is placed on the body of the interventionalist and it allows for smooth movement along the X, Y, Z axis.


A U.S.-Egyptian research team has uncovered the earliest documented case of coronary atherosclerosis in a princess who died in her early 40s and lived between 1580 and 1550 B.C.

April 8, 2011 – Carestream Health’s new PACS module delivers embedded critical results notification and is available on all new orders and as an upgrade for Carestream PACS version 11.0 and higher. The new critical results module enables U.S. facilities with older RIS systems to meet JCAHO requirements for tracking the reporting and receipt of critical clinical findings.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week released its February list of device and technology premarket approvals (PMA), product development protocols (PDP), supplement and notice decisions.

To review the listing, visit: www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/ProductsandMedicalProcedures/DeviceApprovals…

April 8, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a next-generation compact gamma camera. MedX’s T-Quest includes enhanced thyroid imaging and features expanded imaging capabilities to perform parathyroid, sentinel node, MUGA, gastric emptying, hepatobiliary, bone spots and other small organ studies.

April 8, 2011 – Spectrum Dynamics has installed the second D-SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) system using cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) nuclear imaging detectors. The new detectors enable a new generation of high resolution, low-dose nuclear cameras.

April 8, 2011 – At the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Annual Scientific Meeting in New Orleans, Siemens Healthcare demonstrated how users of nuclear imaging systems can use its IQ•SPECT to help reduce the length of imaging protocols.

April 8, 2011 – Medical facilities in the U.S. Army Pacific Regional Medical Command will install Fujifilm’s Synapse PACS picture archive and communication system. The system will be installed at two locations in Korea: the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital in Seoul and the Osan Air Base.

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