August 19, 2008 – Hospitals in Mississippi and Wyoming are the latest to choose NovaRad’s NovaRIS scheduling, billing software and NovaPACS imaging and technologies.

The CyberKnife System is reportedly the first and only dedicated radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors with pinpoint accuracy anywhere in the body. It provides an option to many patients diagnosed with inoperable or surgically complex tumors, or patients who may be looking for an alternative to surgery. The CyberKnife System is designed to deliver precise targeting accuracy with conformality and dose gradient.

According to Accuray, over 140 centers worldwide have chosen the CyberKnife System with more than 50,000 patients successfully treated.

Bracco's Isovue (iopamidol injection) X-ray/CT contrast is reportedly a safe and effective nonionic contrast agent, which is well established with U.S. clinical experience since 1986. Worldwide, more than 250 million doses of iopamidol have been administered, the company said.

August 19, 2008 – GE Healthcare IT said week it has a global reseller agreement with Ormed Information Systems, allowing GE to resell select applications across the Ormed portfolio, including supply chain management, e-commerce, human resources and general accounting software.

August 19, 2008 - Noteworthy Medical Systems Inc., reported originator of the market's only three-screen ambulatory electronic health record (EHR), said it is acquiring ChartConnect Inc.

ChartConnect's Web-based applications reportedly facilitate communication between care providers and securely allow the exchange and transfer of clinical information between care providers and the various parties who support the provision of care in a community, i.e., laboratories, radiology departments, pharmacies, hospitals, transcription services, etc.

August 19, 2008 - Thomson Reuters said it is working with HealthGate Data Corp. on a next-generation document lifecycle management application to enhance its Order Set Solution.

August 19, 2008 - FiatLux Imaging Inc. today released its FiatLux Visualize medical imaging application that capitalizes on advanced video game technology to create 2D/3D images from CT and MRI scans at a fraction of the cost of current medical imaging technology.

The company received Federal FDA 510k clearance for its FiatLux Visualize last week.

August 19, 2008 - Dräger Medical Inc. today said its Fabius MRI anesthesia machine received FDA clearance, and is designed specifically to meet the requirements for the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) environment.

August 19, 2008 – Barco has released a new version of its Voxar 3D advanced visualization software suite that is integrated in Agfa’s IMPAX PACS, designed to streamline imaging workflow, enabling physicians to read and report their studies faster and more efficiently.

The new Voxar 3D suite is available with a full set of integrated clinical applications, including ‘VesselMetrix’ for quantitative 3D vessel analysis, ‘CardiaMetrix’ for CT cardiac analysis, ‘ColonMetrix’ for CT colonography, and ‘PET-CT Fusion’ for the interpretation of whole body oncology studies.

FiatLux Imaging Inc. offers its FiatLux Visualize medical imaging application that capitalizes on advanced video game technology to create 2D/3D images from CT and MRI scans at a fraction of the cost of current medical imaging technology.

The company received FDA 510k clearance for the software.

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