320-Slice CT Helps Diagnose Acute Chest Pain system is designed to image a large region of the chest in only two to three volume X-ray rotations, providing critical diagnostic information while minimizing radiation exposure.

Computed tomography (CT) technologies designed to reduce the radiation dose will be showcased by Siemens at RSNA 2010. The company has developed several significant products and protocols that follow the ALARA (as low as reasonably achievable) principle to reduce radiation dose to the lowest possible level.

Aquasonic 100 is a widely used gel for diagnostic and therapeutic medical ultrasound. It is suitable for all procedures where a viscous gel is required. It is acoustically correct for a broad range of frequencies, is completely aqueous and will not stain clothing or damage transducers.

Oncad for DynaCAD is an FDA-cleared, fully automated morphological system for the detection and analysis by a radiologist of suspicious breast lesions. It uses a patented mathematical algorithm to analyze the entire breast and draw a physician’s attention to abnormal morphology during a contrast-enhanced breast MRI.

The LumaGEM molecular breast imaging (MBI) system is an FDA-cleared, planar, dual-head, fully solid state digital imaging system utilizing cadmium zinc telluride (CZT) technology for breast imaging.

At RSNA 2010, Agfa HealthCare's will showcase its latest Impax release, incorporating the Impax radiology information system (RIS), picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and reporting solutions in a single Web-deployable desktop.

October 25, 2010 – A new 24-inch wide-screen display with a resolution of 1,920 x 1,200 widescreen offers more contrast, better luminance and a wider viewing angle than off-the-shelf liquid crystal display (LCD) screens. Barco's MDRC-2124 will be on display at RSNA 2010.

October 25, 2010 - A new, ultra-fast 3-D volume-rendering platform achieves processing speeds 20 times faster than conventional rendering. Formula rendering platform, from Aze, will be introduced at RSNA 2010.

Etiam’s Secure Medical Network (SMN) offers electronic study transfer and clinical collaboration via a simple and secure cloud service connectivity platform for sharing images with other institutions.

The SMN addresses the challenges faced today by the current use of CD and film methods of transferring studies between institutions. It can streamline the emergency department, patient transfers, referring physician collaboration, multidisciplinary teams, teleradiology and specialty needs like stroke protocol and oncology.

October 22, 2010 - TeraMedica will launch VNA University at RSNA on November 30. As founders in the VNA space, the educational concept is the culmination of customer demand, the advent of the social network community and a general sense of philanthropy. The motto of this university will be voluntas statua, which translates as “meaningful imaging”.

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