September 16, 2008 — Nuance Communications Inc. unveiled its Dragon Medical 10 edition, a real-time medical speech recognition software which recognizes dictation nearly twice as fast as its previous release and yields an accuracy improvement of more than 20 percent over the previous release.

The upgrade offers new medical vocabularies, improved integration with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, enhanced regional accent support, and customizable commands, like Voice Shortcuts and DragonTemplates.

September 16, 2008 - TOPEX Inc. has expanded its distribution agreement with Therapy Remarketing Group (TRG), for sales and support of its superficial radiotherapy system, the SRT 100, designed for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer.

NEC Electronics America Inc. introduced two new color, 21.3-inch diagonal amorphous-silicon thin-film transistor (TFT) liquid-crystal display (LCD) modules for medical imaging applications.

The new display modules represent the first application of NEC LCD Technologies’ advanced, super-fine TFT (UA-SFT) display technology in a 21.3-inch LCD. Combined with NEC LCD Technologies’ newly designed high-intensity direct-backlight system, the modules achieve very high luminance levels, high contrast ratios, high brightness uniformity and ultrawide viewing angles.

Nuance Communications Inc. has released the Dragon Medical 10 edition, a real-time medical speech recognition software which recognizes dictation nearly twice as fast as its previous release and yields an accuracy improvement of more than 20 percent over the previous release.

The upgrade offers new medical vocabularies, improved integration with electronic medical record (EMR) systems, enhanced regional accent support, and customizable commands, like Voice Shortcuts and DragonTemplates.

September 15, 2008 – Medical Interventions Inc. has entered into two definitive agreements with Intuitive Surgical Inc.

September 15 - Ghent University Hospital in Belgium, among the first hospitals in the world to pioneer radiotherapy treatments using arc radiotherapy, is acquiring RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems.

The hospital, which has developed its own intensity modulated arc therapy (IMAT) planning system, has carried out such treatments on prostate and gynaecological cancer patients for several years with reportedly impressive results in tumor control and reduced complications. There are now plans to extend such treatments to other sites.

September 15, 2008 – InSite One signed a long-term storage contract with Elizabeth Wende Breast Care, LLC (EWBC) in Rochester, NY, under which InSite One will manage the long-term storage, business continuity and disaster recovery for the breast care facility.

September 15, 2008 - TeraRecon Inc. said its new innovations in endovascular and interventional planning software for its Aquarius iNtuition advanced visualization solution will be showcased at the upcoming CIRSE Congress in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 13-17.

September 15, 2008 - CMS Inc., an Elekta company, today commercially launched its new 4D treatment planning solution, Focal4D.

Focal4D, part of the Focal product line that also includes FocalSim and FocalPro, reportedly provides a comprehensive suite of capabilities that support the visualization and utilization of 4D image sets to create structures and review treatment options. With support for respiratory-correlated CT images, the toolset includes multiple viewing options such as cine and variable window formats and automated processes for creation of Internal Target Volumes.

September 15, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems is demonstrating its full range of technologies and products aimed at improving the speed and precision of treatments at the 2008 European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology (ESTRO) meeting in Gothenburg, Sweden, from Sept. 14t-18.

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