August 20, 2008 - Compressus installed its MEDxConnect suite of products supporting and enhancing the services of PennData LLC., a teleradiology company based in the Houston area, improving PennData's efficiency and report to turnaround by 600 percent, according to PennData’s radiologists.

August 22, 2008 – The 21st annual Healthcare Facilities Symposium and Expo Sept. 9-11, 2008 at Navy Pier in Chicago brings together the entire team who designs, plans, constructs and manages healthcare facilities.

HFSE focuses on how the physical space directly impacts the staff, patients and their families and the delivery of healthcare. Ideas, practices, products and solutions will be exchanged, explored and discovered at HFSE that improve current healthcare facilities and plan the facilities of tomorrow.

August 22, 2008 – ContextVision, a software imaging partner for medical imaging manufacturers, said it has an agreement with a global OEM for its GOPView CT image enhancement software.
The OEM will incorporate GOPView CT into products that will be launched in 2009. GOPView CT will reportedly reduce noise while enhancing fine structure and edges, producing an easier-to read-image.

August 22, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT this week announced the recipients of the 2nd Annual Innovation Awards, recognizing healthcare organizations using Centricity Business and Centricity Practice to optimize patient care, increase efficiency and leverage technology with emerging ideas and solutions.

Among those to receive awards from GE included:

- University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), for using the Centricity Business - Self-service Kiosk solution to reportedly improve operational efficiency and patient care management at a pilot site.

August 22, 2008 - Hampden County Physicians Associates, a 16-site, multispecialty medical practice with more than 50 physicians in multiple offices throughout Hampden county, MA, has selected CoActiv’s advanced EXAM-PACS for digital image viewing, management, communication and archiving.

CDR Systems will showcase its head, neck and shoulder immobilizer designed for precision immobilization and unobstructed 360-degree treatment of the head and neck. The system features radio-translucent carbon fibre design, and accommodates both Aquaplast and Perspex immobilization.

August 21, 2008 - Varian Medical Systems will feature at ASTRO 2008 its comprehensive treatment planning system, Eclipse, a solution designed to simplify modern radiation therapy planning for all kinds of treatment, including 3D conformal, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), RapidArc volumetric modulated arc, electron, proton and brachytherapy treatments.

August 21, 2008 - U.S. medical scientists have created a technology that uses magnetic resonance imaging to locate and track specific cells in a living body.

Carnegie Mellon University researcher Eric Ahrens, PhD, developed novel imaging reagents and technology to visualize "with exquisite specificity" cell populations of interest in the living body, officials said.

August 21, 2008 – Tumor control and survival outcomes in the first year following lung cancer treatment with the CyberKnife System were positive, according to the study "Fractionated Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Primary, Recurrent, and Metastatic Lung Tumors," conducted at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC).

The Eclipse treatment planning system is a comprehensive solution designed to simplify modern radiation therapy planning for all kinds of treatment, including 3D conformal, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT), RapidArc volumetric modulated arc, electron, proton and brachytherapy treatments.

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