June 8, 2009 – CIVCO Medical Solutions announces needle guidance compatibility with GE Healthcare’s new 3Sp and 5Sp transducers. CIVCO’s Ultra-Pro II needle guidance system utilizes a two-part system consisting of a custom reusable biopsy bracket and a disposable snap-on needle guide. The single-use design of the needle guide reduces the risk of cross-contamination.

June 8, 2009 – Barco announced at the SIIM Annual Meeting, Charlotte, N.C., that it was selected by Vermont-based Fletcher Allen Health Care to supply a total of 24 Coronis Fusion 6MP DL display systems to be installed within the facility's radiology department.

June 8, 2009 - SIIM established the Samuel J. Dwyer, III, PhD, FSIIM Memorial Lecture, and to celebrate the session the society featured distinguished speakers in Dr. Dwyer's areas of expertise and interest on Saturday, June 6, 2009, at SIIM 2009.

June 8, 2009 - eRAD, a workflow solutions provider, released at SIIM RIS/PACS version 6.2 with uniRAD, eRAD's proficient web-based worflow consolidation and interoperability platform. Designed to simplify dynamic environments and complex workflow, uniRAD is said to seamlessly integrate images, reports and other data from independent, multi-vendor information systems.

June 8, 2009 - Royal Philips Electronics introduced its microTEE, reportedly the smallest transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) transducer for cardiac imaging of neonatal patients, which Philips will be showcase at the 20th annual American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C. and will be available for sale globally this summer.

June 8, 2009 – UltraSPECT announced today the addition of the half-dose imaging feature to the capabilities available on the Xpress.Cardiac, its half-time WBR image reconstruction product. This new feature can minimize radiation exposure to patients, maximizing safety for both patients and staff.

June 9, 2009 – Physicians can better predict potentially life-threatening cardiac events with real-time, three-dimensional echocardiography technology, according to a study released at the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) in Washington, D.C.

June 8, 2009 - At the 20th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) June 6-10 in Washington, D.C., Siemens Healthcare (booth 411) is demonstrating a new standard in echocardiography – nonstitched, real-time, full-volume 3D images of the heart acquired in one single heart cycle with the ACUSON SC2000 volume imaging ultrasound system.

June 4, 2009 – BRIT Systems announced today the introduction of BRIT SpeechWorks, an integrated voice recognition and structured reporting solution that understands how to use words from natural language speaking in the proper context, then translates words into data.

June 5, 2009 – The World Health Imaging Alliance (WHIA) said yesterday that the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) agreed to support WHIA in its efforts to deliver thousands of sustainable diagnostic digital imaging systems to developing communities across the globe.

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