Sectra will highlight its latest Web-based Breast Imaging picture archiving and communication system (PACS) at the National Interdisciplinary Breast Center Conference. The PACS enables physicians to view breast studies across multiple modalities from within a single workstation.

March 3, 2011 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared a whole-body positron emission tomography (PET) application. Xpress.PET, by UltraSpect, enables reduced dose and acquisition time without compromising image quality. The benefits of application, which is based on the company’s Wide-Beam Reconstruction (WBR) technology in whole body PET/CT scanning include:

March 3, 2011 – Philips has donated two ultrasound systems to Imaging the World (ITW), a non-profit organization, to help improve healthcare in Uganda. In addition to the two CX50 CompactXtreme portable ultrasound systems, Philips will provide technical training and $100,000 in financial support.

March 2, 2011 – America’s hospitals and health systems are focusing more on renovation or expansion than new construction, according to a survey from Health Facilities Management magazine and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). In fact, renovation or expansion accounted for 73 percent of construction projects at hospitals responding to the survey.

March 1, 2011 – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has ruled in favor of Hologic and against SenoRX regarding patent infringement involving breast brachytherapy systems.

The court reversed previous decisions reached by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, which were in favor of SenoRx.

March 1, 2011 – Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, purchased dual-detector Carestream DRX-Evolution systems and Carestream DRX-Mobile Retrofit Kits for its radiology department. The award-winning, 631-bed hospital will install the DRX-Evolution suites in its Level 1 Trauma Center.

March 1, 2011 – The Mosaiq oncology electronic medical record (EMR), by Elekta, has received complete EMR certification. Complete EMR certification officially validates the software and enables eligible providers to qualify to demonstrate Stage 1 meaningful use under the HITECH Act.

To help clinicians better understand meaningful use in imaging, TeraMedica has created the Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) Institute of Technology online educational program. Those who enroll at VNA University can take classes and seminars at their own pace and choose from a comprehensive range of topics, such as neutral archives, integrated healthcare enterprise (IHE) and meaningful use.

February 28, 2011 – Results from a study comparing two versions of computer-aided detection (CAD) technology have been published on the European Society of Radiology’s website. The study, which compared Riverain Medical’s OnGuard 1.0 and OnGuard 5.1, found that radiologists using OnGuard 5.1 were able to detect smaller lung nodules, including those that were primary lung cancer.

February 28, 2011 – TechniScan has signed agreements manufacturing and use of trademarks with Womens3D. TechniScan is developing a 3-D breast ultrasound system.

Subscribe to
© Copyright Wainscot Media. All Rights Reserved.
Subscribe Now