November 15, 2010 — Recently introduced were the Flex Focus 700, an ultrasound system designed primarily for ultrasound-guided surgical procedures in the operating room, and the BK Power Pack, which is a full back-up power solution for the Flex Focus family of ultrasound systems. It provides cordless imaging for up to four hours.

November 15, 2010 – Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), a major university hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland, is the first to use Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion in the country. Since July, a multidisciplinary team, including a neurosurgeon, radiation oncologist and medical physicist, has been treating patients for a variety of brain tumors and vascular disorders in the brain.

November 15, 2010 – New management reports and enhanced hard and soft blocks appointment scheduling in the scheduling suite are the latest upgrades in NovaRIS/NovaPACS combined radiology system to help improve workflow for hospitals, imaging centers and clinics.

The new management reports in NovaRIS and NovaPACS 7.2

November 15, 2010 — An increasing number of healthcare facilities have begun to adopt electronic practices that help to improve access to images and information. The intuitive pen-on-screen workflow of interactive pen displays can help professionals create and interact with data more effectively, accurately and precisely.

November 15, 2010 — The new Turbo Gateway is said to deliver images to and from a cloud-based image repository up to 300% faster than existing technologies.

November 15, 2010 — The Mosaiq Oncology picture archiving and communications system (PACS) has evolved to a new level with Mosaiq Data Director, an image and data management solution for oncology professionals that enables them to direct the interchange of images and information and address the requirements of the modern oncology workflow.

November 15, 2010 — The IM-RealART Solution is one of the first real-time adaptive radiation therapy solutions that allows physicians to produce high-quality treatment plans in approximately nine minutes and does not require patient re-positioning prior to treatment delivery.

November 15, 2010 — With regard to its molecular imaging business, GE Healthcare announced an agreement to acquire the assets of OMS, a subsidiary of Orbotech, a publicly held company based in Yavne, Israel. OMS manufactures cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) detector technology, a key component of GE Healthcare’s Alcyone nuclear medicine platform.

November 15, 2010 — The Vero stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) system offers dynamic tumor-tracking and advanced real-time imaging delivered with high mechanical accuracy. Its integration and precision dose delivery offer improvements in speed, accuracy and versatility.

November 15, 2010 — A new method for identifying which bones have a high risk of fracture and for monitoring the effectiveness of new bone-strengthening drugs and techniques has been developed by scientists at the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK. The method, developed by Dr. Graham Treece of the Department of Engineering and Dr.

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