November 4, 2008 - To help reduce diagnosis time for stroke, serious heart conditions and other life-threatening diseases, PinnacleHealth in Harrisburg, PA will install the Aquilion ONE dynamic volume CT system from Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc.

CAD-COLON iMED by im3D is a computer aided detection (CAD) system designed to support radiologist’s diagnosis of suspect polyps in the colon and rectum, using high and low-dose CT.

CAD-COLON iMED reportedly combines the most advanced virtual colonoscopy features with detection algorithms able to detect and highlight suspect areas in an accurate, simple and user-friendly way.

MediaWriter is designed to be an affordable, reliable DICOM CD/DVD burning system, which now integrates reports from DICOM Structured Report and HL7 feeds.

Featuring the Epson Discproducer, MediaWriter D200 includes an embedded DICOM viewer to create complete and portable medical records. MediaWriter solutions scale from desktop to film room and give hospitals, outlying departments, and imaging facilities DICOM distribution systems that are reportedly easy to configure, deploy and maintain.

November 3, 2008 - ACIST Medical Systems Inc. (a Bracco Group company), signed a distribution agreement for the StatSensor Creatinine Meter with Nova Biomedical, in which the ACIST and Nova teams will co-exclusively market and distribute the StatSensor Creatinine Meter into the medical fields of radiology and cardiology within North America.

November 3, 2008 – PETNET Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, and Covidien have entered into a co-marketing agreement to offer a combined portfolio of high-energy and low-energy radioisotopes to the nuclear medicine community in the U.S.

November 03, 2008 – The FDA has given 501(k) clearance to the Aurora 1.5Tesla Dedicated Breast MRI System for AuroraSPECTROSCOPY, Aurora Imaging Technology’s breast magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy package.

November 3, 2008 - Magnetic resonance elastography (MRE) is highly accurate in identifying liver diseases and can help eliminate the need for liver biopsies, according to Mayo Clinic researchers.

November 3, 2008 - Using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), researchers in France were able to detect functional abnormalities in certain regions in the brains of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia, reinforcing the idea that symptoms of the disorder are related to a dysfunction in those parts of the brain where pain is processed.

Franklin and Seidelmann Subspecialty Radiology, a full-service teleradiology provider, offers final reports 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It now also provides Final Nighttime/ED (emergency department) interpretations is a new service designed to benefit a radiology groups by using a final reports teleradiology provider for nighttime coverage.

These services include:
- Recover costs spent on nighttime teleradiology coverage by billing the final report.

- Eliminate next day over reads and use this extra capacity to interpret and bill more final reports.

Toshiba's Infinix-i floor mounted, 5-axis system is a cardiovascular lab featuring patient access and coverage, making it possible to obtain images without repositioning patients. The system includes a high-definition flat panel detector and the new Advanced Image Processing (AIP) technology that enhances the display of small details, including intricate blood vessels and small devices, such as catheters. The Infinix–i 5-axis system is available with different size flat panel detectors to perform cardiac and vascular procedures.

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