April 12, 2011 – A new online network for physicians has gone live. Quentry, from Brainlab, provides the freedom to access, control and share diagnostic imaging from anywhere within a secure clinical platform.

The network debuted that the AANS Annual Scientific Meeting in Denver, Colo.

April 12, 2011 – The time spent on verifying the accuracy of a localized radiation treatment system should never be a hindrance to the delivery of quality treatment. The ISO Cube Daily QA Phantom, by CIRS, is an economical, accurate and easy-to-use means of performing daily system checks.

April 11, 2011 – The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) will host its 2011 annual meeting June 2–5, in Washington, D.C. SIIM 2011 offers an ideal balance of education and scientific sessions, exhibit hall hours and networking opportunities, with dynamic interaction between practitioners, thought leaders and vendors.


April 11, 2011 – Are You Dense, a non-profit breast cancer organization, has announced a partnership with U-Systems to increase awareness of dense breast tissue and its significance in the early detection of breast cancer. Are You Dense founder Nancy M.

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…

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