The RadPRO URS50RF, by Canon, is a hybrid RF imaging system. It features the company’s portable CXDI-50RF Dynamic/Static digital radiography (DR) system and utilizes its detachable cable for easy transport between patient rooms.

November 17, 2010 — A new software upgrade expands existing support for digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).

May 24, 2011 – New features have been introduced to a Web-based radiology information system (RIS).

May 24, 2011 – Enhancements to a quality control tool for a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) have been released.

November 17, 2010 – A new critical results management tool for a picture archiving and communications system (PACS) will give radiologists and administrators the ability to alert referring physicians to critical findings, ensuring acknowledgement and receipt of notification, and provide a log of this communication activity.

November 17, 2010 — AccuDetect 4.0 computer-aided detection (CAD) software has been released. It features performance improvements and a greater potential for lowering false-positive rates when detecting suspicious lesions on mammograms as compared to the previous version of the product.

November 17, 2010 – Prices have been increased for imaging film products.

Agfa HealthCare announced significant worldwide price increases on all imaging film products, saying they are a logical consequence of the important price increases of raw materials over the past weeks.

Carestream announced similar price increases for its analog X-ray film products earlier this year.

November 17, 2010 — A five-year, $10 million grant supporting a leading-edge molecular imaging center at UCLA has been renewed by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for a third cycle, bringing the total support for the center to $30 million.

The ImageQube Web-based PACS, by Intuitive Imaging Informatics, offers efficient mammography screening, CAD display capabilities and toolbars and thumbnails on each monitor. The system also features One-Click Interpretation, which opens an exam in a preferred template while auto-loading the priors. It also launches the dictation module and makes RIS-related paperwork available.

For more information: www.intuitiveimaging.com

November 17, 2010: — New oncology imaging software designed to significantly improve productivity and communication between clinical specialists will be introduced at the 2010 RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) trade show in Chicago.

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