Anthro's Carl’s Table (Model CT08) is an ergonomic reading desk configured with motorized height movement and quick leg speed adjustment from 28.5 to 48.5 inches. The electric tilt adjusts from 0 – 15 degrees to facilitate all individual work positions, sitting or standing. The tilting surface supports the forearm and shoulders, reportedly decreasing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.

At RSNA 2008, peerVue will feature its Web-based solution, qiVue, for quality and communication challenges including critical results, peer review, discrepancy management (ER physician, resident and teleradiology), technologist performance and more. PeerVue’s Magnetic Integration reportedly enables integration to any PACS, RIS or dictation application.

ContextVision's GOPView iRVPlus is an adaptive image enhancement and dose reduction software solution. GOPView iRVPlus reportedly represents a new mode of interventional radiology where real-time image quality can be achieved with a dose reduction of up to one third.

Designed for radiology practices of all sizes, Sage Intergy RIS features patient flow tracking and sophisticated appointment scheduling to split billing.

Sage Intergy PACS is a Web-based solution designed to optimize workflow. The system supports DICOM modality worklist, MPPS and all integration requirements from HL7, DICOM, JPEG 2000 and the latest Web standards.

GE Healthcare launched a new ultrasound system for radiology and vascular applications, the LOGIQ E9, which fuses ultrasound images with images from other imaging modalities like CT and MR.

The LOGIQ E9 includes volume navigation, a tool incorporating two key components to maximize the system’s ultrasound architecture: fusion to combine the advantages of real-time ultrasound imaging with the high spatial and contrast resolution of CT, MR or PET; and a GPS-like technology to track and mark a patient’s anatomy during the ultrasound exam.

September 25, 2008 - GE Healthcare said today it has entered into a distribution and technology collaboration agreement with Living Independently Group Inc., a provider of telecare and passive monitoring systems used to assist in the care of seniors.

September 25, 2008 - In a milestone for virtual colonoscopy, the New England Journal of Medicine published results from the first large multicenter trial of virtual colonoscopy (VC or CT colonography (CTC)), that show VC’s accuracy is comparable to the gold standard optical colonoscopy in detecting clinically significant colorectal polyps.

September 25, 2008 - Sun Nuclear built on the success of its original MapCHECK by introducing MapCHECK 2, an IMRT quality assurance solution designed to offer more detectors, at this year’s ASTRO.

September 25, 2008 – Cianna Medical introduced its new 6-1 Mini version of the SAVI applicator for delivery of radiation in breast conservation therapy at the 50th annual ASTRO meeting this week.

September 25, 2008 – Proton therapy (a specialized type of external beam radiation therapy using protons rather than X-rays to treat cancer) decreases the risk of patients developing a secondary cancer by two-fold, compared to being treated with standard photon radiation treatment, according to a first-of-its-kind study presented Sept. 22, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology’s 50th Annual Meeting in Boston.

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