October 22, 2008 – NovaRad Corp. adds to its roster of imaging centers, securing NovaPACS contracts with three imaging centers in Georgia, Ohio and Ontario, Canada.

The facilities include Chatham Radiology PA in Savannah, GA; Youngstown Associates in Radiology in Youngstown, OH; and Kente X-Ray in Bellville, Ontario, Canada.

NovaPACS is NovaRad’s complete, enterprise-level PACS, reportedly offering fast image retrieval, full-feature viewer with intuitive interface and 7-year on-site archive with off site emergency back up.

Tanita Corp. has introduced its new professional acute care scale, the PH-740 digital handrail scale.

The new scale reportedly allows greater accessibility for patients and increased portability and accuracy for healthcare professionals in the geriatric and bariatric fields.

October 22, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare said that Lee Memorial Health System (LMHS) of Southwest Florida has chosen its IMPAX Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) for its radiology department.

With this extensive agreement, LMHS will expand its current IMPAX Cardiovascular image and information management solution (CVIS), also from Agfa HealthCare, to facilitate an electronic medical record (EMR) for all patients of the health system. LMHS performs around 680,000 radiology and cardiology exams, combined, per year.

Candelis' iMed-Stor 300 is a dedicated DICOM-compliant archive appliance engineered specifically to provide secure, cost-effective management of digital medical images and studies for standalone molecular imaging operations, including private practices, hospital departments, imaging centers and multi-physician clinics using a single imaging modality.

October 22, 2008 - Royal Philips Electronics this week signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a five-year research collaboration with King’s College London to develop new medical imaging research projects with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology.

GE Healthcare said the FDA approved AdreView (Iobenguane I 123 Injection), a molecular imaging agent for the detection of rare neuroendocrine tumors in children and adults.

The Piccolo Xpress enables cardiologists to quickly run CLIA waived Creatinine and BUN tests via the convenient Kidney Check panel to assess renal function prior to administering contrast agents for a cardiac MRI or CT scans.

DICOMetrix from Double Black Imaging (DBI) is reportedly the only proactive DICOM image flow and network performance monitoring solution.

October 21, 2008 - XMED Disposal Inc. is making available to medical industry facilities and medical waste generators its XMED Mail System to help solve the job of handling sharps and regulated medical waste.

Medical waste generators are facilities or businesses that generate and/or store medical waste onsite. These facilities include hospitals, outpatient centers, nursing homes, funeral homes, labs, tattoo parlors and hospices.

XMED’s new collection and disposal service properly disposes of biohazard waste and is available in various sizes to meet different needs.

October 21, 2008 - GE Healthcare is showing one of its compact ultrasound systems, the LOGIQ e Breakthrough 2009, an ultrasound system that combines real-time clinical images and control capabilities on the same touchscreen user interface, at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) annual meeting, October 20-22 in Orlando, Florida.

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