The WIDE P-Series of LCDs by Double Black Imaging consists of a 2MP monochrome and color, a 3MP monochrome and color and a 5MP monochrome LCD for mammography. This line will feature higher brightness levels on each LCD, digital uniformity control, 12-bit processing, a retractable front sensor for true DICOM calibration and backlight sensor for luminance control and bonded protective panels.

November 10, 2008 - GE Healthcare launched SonoAVCfollicle, a new software that scans and views the stimulated ovarian follicles for use on the Voluson i ultrasound platform.

November 12, 2008 - The DX-S offline computed radiography (CR) system by Agfa HealthCare delivers high quality diagnostic exposures with significantly reduced patient exposure dose compared to the performance of a 400-speed class screen/film system, according to a study by the University Clinical Center of Giessen and Marburg in Germany.

Mindray’s M5, a new laptop-size ultrasound system, is designed to be a fully functional hand carried ultrasound system.

Invivo’s next-generation MRI patient vital signs monitor, the Precess Patient Management Configuration, is built off of Invivo’s flagship Precess 3160 platform and reportedly utilizes the industry’s first wireless ECG and wireless SpO2 patient vital signs.

November 11, 2008 – In a Consensus Statement on the Clinical Applications of Ultrasound Contrast released by the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), the ASE recognizes contrast echocardiography as an important diagnostic tool in a broad number of clinical settings.

November 10, 2008 - GE Healthcare launched three new cardiac ultrasound devices for the U.S. market to aid 4D heart imaging and quantitative analysis at the 2008 meeting of the American Heart Association.

November 11, 2008 - Klickitat Valley Health in Goldendale, WA, is the latest facility to select NovaRad’s NovaPACS technology to enhance its diagnostic imaging services.

This contract brings the number of PACS and RIS instillations at hospitals, imaging centers and clinics throughout Washington to twelve and globally, more than 450.

November 10, 2008 - Information provided by positron emission tomography (PET) was found to affect how clinicians manage their cancer patients’ care regardless of the cancer type and reason for ordering this imaging scan, according to results from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), published online November 7, 2008, in the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

November 10, 2008 - INFINITT North America said this week it will introduce its Xelis Cardiac software tool, which uses 3D volume rendering and other post-processing techniques to improve visualization and analysis of coronary vessels, at this year's RSNA Nov. 30 - Dec. 5 in Chicago.

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