November 26, 2008 - Seen for the first time in North America, the MX 16-slice CT will be unveiled at this year’s RSNA.

Pending 510(k) clearance, the MX series is a family of CT scanners that reportedly have a loyal customer following in other parts of the world. This 16-slice system is designed for those customers who want to replace their current scanner or add a second system, but have purchasing cost concerns stemming from economic pressures.

Siemens Healthcare will highlight at RSNA 2008 the ACUSON S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), reportedly the first multi-use, automated volume breast ultrasound system.

The system is 510(k) pending and not available in the U.S.

The MX 16-slice CT, still pending 510(k) clearance, is part of the MX series, a family of CT scanners.

This 16-slice system is designed for those customers who want to replace their current scanner or add a second system, but have purchasing cost concerns stemming from economic pressures.

U.S. Radiology On-Call provides 100 percent U.S.-based critical radiology interpretation services.

This provides hospitals additional capacity to meet the demand for diagnostic imaging interpretation and quality patient care. U.S. Radiology On-Call also assists with either partial coverage for a particular subspecialty or provides complete coverage.

The company offers flexible daytime, nighttime, weekend, overflow and/or vacation coverage at affordable rates and no with start-up costs.

U.S. Radiology On-Call radiologists are U.S. trained and U.S. board-certified.

Bycast Inc.’s StorageGRID 8 is now available. This release aims to set a new standard for large-scale long-term digital archives by delivering an open platform that virtualizes information retention and access over a spectrum of storage devices ranging from high-performance disk to archival media, distributed over multiple sites.

In addition to providing a flexible, general purpose archive platform, StorageGRID 8 delivers the performance, scalability and reliability required by the most data-intensive applications.

New features of the StorageGRID 8 include:

November 25, 2008 - Techniques such as axillary node sampling (ANS) and, more recently, sentinel node biopsy, in combination with radiotherapy (RT) have the potential to reduce toxicity for patients with early-stage breast cancer.

November 25, 2008 - Ziosoft Inc. signed a partnership agreement with Medicsight PLC to market the company’s computer-aided detection (CAD) software for colon integrated within the Ziostation thin-client 3D system.

November 25, 2008 - SuperSonic Imagine will demonstrate at RSNA the Aixplorer system, a next-generation ultrasound system that uses shearwave elastography for use in breast lesion diagnosis.

November 25, 2008 - MEDRAD is working on advancing the P3T software family of products for clinical applications beyond Cardiac CT, MEDRAD will demonstrate some of these potential advances at its RSNA Booth 2815 Hall A, South Building.

November 25, 2008 - At RSNA 2008, Siemens Healthcare will introduce three new components to the AXIOM Luminos dRF, a fully-digital 2-in-1 solution with dynamic flat detector for remote controlled fluoroscopy and digital radiography that aims to help future-proof customers’ investment.

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