September 18, 2008 - National Instruments recently selected the Visica 2 Treatment System as the Humanitarian Application of the Year at the first-ever Graphical System Design Achievement Awards.

September 18, 2008 – Nucletron has created a strategic partnership with BrachySolutions to jointly expand the adoption of High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy.

Through this partnership, radiation oncology centers in North America will reportedly have access to clinical best practices and a team of brachytherapy experts available to assist centers in adapting brachytherapy technologies.

September 18, 2008 – Cogent Health Solutions will feature its EQUICARE CS, a Web-based, patient-centric approach designed to enhance a care team’s ability to collaborate with the patient in an efficient and secure manner, at ASTRO 2008.

September 18, 2008 - Téléradiologie Sans Frontiéres (TSF), also known as Teleradiology Without Borders, has strengthened diagnostic imaging in several undeveloped countries with the help of RamSoft PACS over the past year.

TSF’s efforts began in 2007 by successfully implementing the RamSoft PACS system, which has rapidly begun to transform the process of interpreting X-rays and CT images.

September 17, 2008 – NovaRad has added three surgical centers to its roster of NovaPACS users.

The facilities include:

- The Orthopaedic Center in Monroe, LA

- NeuroSpine Institute in Eugene, OR

- North Bay Medical Group in Santa Rosa, CA

Radiologists at the surgical centers selected NovaRad’s PACS because it offers a totally mouse- driven viewer with set sync, MIPS/MPR, advanced hanging protocols, Point ROI, measuring tools, customizable menus, saved preferences, stat reads, and check out and e-sign.

September 17, 2008 – Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. introduced the EndoRelease Endoscopic Cubital Tunnel Release System.

The EndoRelease System will initially be marketed in the U.S. and will be featured at the 63rd annual American Society for Surgery of the Hand Meeting, Sep. 18-20, 2008 in Chicago. The EndoRelease System was designed in conjunction with Tyson Cobb, M.D, Davenport, IA.

With the variety of breast brachytherapy tools, what key factors should the patient and physician keep in mind?

YASHAR: Ease of use and flexibility are the key factors that led me to choose [Cianna Medical’s] SAVI applicator for the majority of my brachytherapy procedures.
Interstitial brachytherapy, which consists of 15-20 catheters individually inserted in the breast, enables physicians to tailor the dose based on a patient’s anatomy. However, it is a very technically difficult procedure and is therefore not widely available.

September 17, 2008 - Syntermed Inc. said this week it debuted the company’s SyncTool, a diagnostic tool for heart failure, on GE Healthcare Xeleris 2 workstation at the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology (ASNC) meeting.

GE Healthcare exclusively licensed the software for new Xeleris workstations in conjunction with Syntermed’s Emory Cardiac Toolbox (ECTb) and is offering it as an upgrade to existing customers. SyncTool, a phase analysis software, analyzes the benefits of cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) in heart failure patients.

September 17, 2008 – A multicenter trial testing intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for patients with early stage oropharyngeal cancer showed a reduction in long-term salivary toxicity, while achieving good tumor control, according to new research from the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) that will be presented at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ASTRO) 50th Annual Meeting in Boston.

September 17, 2008 - The Beekley Corp. introduced its new Cradles Needle Localization Wire Protectors, disposable clear covers designed by a mammography technologist for protecting and stabilizing the needle localization wire.

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