December 8, 2009 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday issued recommendations to lower radiation exposure during CT perfusion scans, after it discovered more cases of overexposure.

December 8, 2009 – An updated version of RIS/PACS, showcased last week at RSNA 2009, includes solutions for PET/CT and SPECT/CT fusion, and nuclear cardiology.

December 4, 2009 - Operative plans for removing juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma, or JPA, tumors in the thalamus of the brain can be augmented with diffusion tensor imaging, or DTI, according to a new study published in last week's issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.

December 7, 2009 – An agreement has been struck to integrate the Veran ig4 Navigation system and GE Healthcare’s Innova imaging systems to aid visualization during interventional procedures.

The partnership was announced last week in Chicago at RSNA 2009. The system is designed to aid interventional radiologists, but will likely find applications in cardiac and EP cath lab procedures.

December 7, 2009 – Six widely used tests that determine risk factors for a specific disease are included in Medweb’s new Health Screening Suite, showcased last week at RSNA 2009.

December 7, 2009 – New flat-panel digital radiography (DR) detector technology that replaces the expensive active matrix array with a more cost-effective plasma system for digital image transfers was launched during RSNA last week.

December 7, 2009 – New OEM ultrasound software solutions for dynamic 3D assessment of the fetal heart, 3D ultrasound breast analysis and contrast quantification were introduced by TomTec Imaging Systems last week at the RSNA 2009. TomTec offers a comprehensive portfolio of radiologic solutions to ultrasound OEMs.

For more information: www.tomtec.de

December 7, 2009 - A new integrated hybrid interventional table offers head-to-toe tilting and side-to-side cradling to meet the needs of both interventionalists and surgeons during hybrid intervention.

December 7, 2009 - Introduced this past year and highlighted last week at RSNA 2009 was Infinitt’s Cardiology PACS, a Web-based suite of clinical and reporting tools for cardiac, cardiovascular and vascular Imaging. The cardiology system integrates with Infinitt’s RIS-PACS.

December 7, 2009 – Showcasing its complete, end-to-end radiology workflow solution, BRIT Systems introduced new browser-based applications and viewers for its Roentgen Works enterprise RIS/PACS during the annual Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) meeting last week in Chicago.

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