September 3, 2008 - The 2008 ASCO Children's Oncology Group (COG) Symposium is scheduled for Oct. 21 in Denver, CO.

September 2, 2008 - The Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) said GE Healthcare IT�s product Centricity Enterprise Version 6.7 is pre-market, conditionally CCHIT Certified, and meets its inpatient electronic health record (EHR) criteria for 2007.

September 2, 2008 - Novare Surgical Systems announced it successfully completed a series of single port lap-band procedures, performed exclusively through the patient�s belly button, which resulted in reduced scarring and less postoperative pain for patients.

September 2, 2008 - Health Discovery Corp. (HDC) said it has signed a licensing agreement with Smart Personalized Medicine LLC, founded by Richard Caruso, M.D., chairman and founder of Intergra Life Sciences) to work to develop a breast cancer prognostic test using HDC�s support vector machine (SVM) technology in collaboration with MD Anderson Cancer Center.

September 2, 2008 – Two recent studies demonstrate the economical value of cardiac imaging, showing MDCT to be cost-effective for men and cost-saving for women, and demonstrating how echo is cost-effective in determining patient eligibility for ICDs (implantable cardioverter-defibrillators).

September 2, 2008 - Quantum Medical Imaging has released the QR-LCH - Rolling Lateral Cassette Holder to accommodate portable DR panels, CR and film cassettes up to 14-by-17 inches with convenient size adjustment locks, allowing for easy positioning of imaging plates of any size or kind around the patient.
The QR-LCH reduces positioning time in the emergency room, operating room and/or radiographic examination room. It also provides an excellent platform for performing patella views, the company says.

September 2, 2008 - Treatment plans using positron emission tomography (PET) were changed for more than half of patients, reported researchers in the largest multi-institutional study to date examining the impact of PET in changing disease management of individuals with suspected recurrent colorectal cancer, which appears in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

September 2, 2008 – Philips showcased the CX50 CompactXtreme, a recently developed hand-carried ultrasound system designed to deliver high-quality images at the bedside, at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2008.

The product was developed in response to clinicians’ request for a user-friendly, compact system for urgent, on the spot investigations, according to Joris van den Hurk, vice president of cardiology programs for Philips Healthcare. The CX50 reportedly provides a simple way to secure diagnostic quality images at the bedside to save time.

Standard Imaging’s PIPSpro software and phantom system are designed to quantify the quality of MV, kV and CBCT systems quickly and easily.

Trending tools allow you to identify issues before they become clinically important and powerful algorithms enable you to perform important TG-40 machine QA using your imaging system. Version 4.2 features automatic analysis of Catphan image sets for fast, precise CBCT QA and automatic stereotactic isocentricity testing using an improved Lutz test with 0.01 mm accuracy.

The Multiple Target Shapes Insert offers you complex geometric targets of known dimensions and volumes to challenge and assess the treatment planning system’s re-construction capabilities. This is designed to evaluate the ability of your TPS and avoid critical structures and then utilize the included film cassette to verify dose delivery to the target.

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