DICOMetrix, an image flow and network performance monitoring solution, now boasts a new images per minute (IPM) feature that allows for user-controlled monitoring on the enterprise version in IPM, in addition to the previously announced images per second (IPS).

August 15, 2008 - AFC Industries Inc. this week debuted the compact XLCD Cart, a computer workstation designed to maximize functionality and ergonomic comfort in a limited space.

A feature is the cart’s ability to accommodate monitors with up to a 42-inch viewing area, while maintaining a small footprint and mobile design.

First used to treat brain tumors, radiosurgery has recently gone through a rapid evolution to include real-time image guidance and compact linear accelerators that can mount onto robotic arms.

During the last decade, radiosurgery has moved from solely an alternative to brain surgery to a viable non-invasive treatment for tumors anywhere in the body.

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.

Call it common sense or label it logic, but when it comes to healthcare, for some reason the industry’s patients, players, policymakers and pundits seem to lack it. Here are nine examples.

One of the more promising technology developments contributing to healthcare efficiency, outpatient settings notwithstanding, is speech/voice-to-text programming. After all, it’s designed to eliminate keyboard typing and can make it easier to populate electronic health and medical record files.

August 15, 2008 -INFINITT North America has developed a Tele-RIS module that enables radiology reading services to provide advanced hosting capabilities to their referring customers.

August 15, 2008 - BSD Medical Corp. said it has provided to the FDA additional data requested pertaining to its 510(k) Premarket Notification submission for the MicroThermX-100 Microwave Ablation System.

Clearance from the FDA of the 510(k) Premarket Notification submission is required before a Class II product can be sold commercially in the U.S.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc. introduced the Breast Imaging Diagnostic Workstation (BIDW), which is available for any U.S. facility that has implemented Full Field Digital Mammography (FFDM).

INFINITT North America released its INFINITT Mammo PACS, a Web-based, multimodality PACS solution designed to streamline the way breast imaging studies are displayed, read, archived and distributed.

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