August 7, 2008 - The first patients were treated using the next generation CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System that was recently installed at the Oklahoma CyberKnife, LLC in Tulsa, OK, reported CyberKnife manufacturer Accuray Inc.

The next generation CyberKnife System reportedly delivers radiosurgery with significantly reduced treatment planning and delivery times, according to Accuray.

August 7, 2008 - Merge Healthcare said today that Saint Francis Health System, a large multisite, multispecialty hospital operating throughout Tulsa, OK, has signed a contract to upgrade from its existing PACS to the Merge Fusion PACS MX 3.0, a recently released solution with bundled multimodality and vendor neutral workstation capabilities of Merge Mammo 7.10.

August 7, 2008 - The market for adjunct breast imaging systems, including breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) coils, dedicated breast MRI systems and breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) systems, will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of almost 28 percent over the next five years, according to Millennium Research Group's (MRG) U.S. Markets for Women�s Health Imaging Systems 2008 report.

August 7, 2008 — NDS Surgical Imaging (“NDSsi”) said it has acquired Dome Imaging Systems, the medical business unit of Planar Systems Inc.

Dome manufactures medical display products for diagnostic imaging and patient care applications. Dome’s customers include global Picture Archiving and Communication Systems (PACS) OEM suppliers and medical IT resellers to healthcare providers.

August 6, 2008 — The new Steril-Eze open wire surgical case carts from Eagle MHC feature Eagle’s patented QuadTruss design that reportedly makes the wire shelves up to 25 percent stronger and provides a retaining edge for increased storage stability.

August 6, 2008 – EMC Corp. unveiled the new EMC CLARiiON CX4 Series of midrange storage systems with a new architecture optimized for VMware and other virtual server environments.

The CLARiiON CX4 Series is the latest generation of the CLARiiON family of networked storage systems with new features built-in for virtual server environments – including VMware infrastructure – designed to use less energy, improve storage utilization, performance and management and protect the overall storage investment. These include:

August 6, 2008 - Toshiba America Medical Systems Inc. delivered the first Aplio Artida ultrasound system to Iowa Heart Center in Des Moines.

August 6, 2008 - BioNanomatrix Inc., a developer of nanoscale whole genome imaging platforms for genetic diagnostics, personalized medicine and biomedical research, received a grant from the National Human Genome Research Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a nanoscale platform for single-molecule haplotyping imaging.

August 6, 2008 - Nexsan, a provider of energy-efficient long-term storage, and GE Healthcare IT have formed a joint alliance to provide systems for capturing, processing, storing and archiving images in hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

As part of the agreement, GE Healthcare IT has certified Nexsan’s green storage or energy efficient solutions with its Centricity PACS-IW imaging solution. The certified Nexsan products include the company’s SATA line of high-density storage solutions and Nexsan Assureon, a long-term archiving product.

August 4, 2008 - Intelerad Medical Systems signed a new partnership agreement with peerVue, in a deal in which PeerVue has integrated its qiVue solution with IntelePACS enabling PACS users to address regulatory, quality and communications issues.
The new solution is designed to address challenges involving critical results management, peer review, technologist QC, emergency department discrepancy management and teleradiology discrepancies.

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