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.

August 4, 2008 - There is no statistically significant difference between iopamidol-370 (Isovue-370) and iodixanol-320 (Visipaque-320) in the rate of contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) in high-risk patients undergoing CT, according to findings from the PREDICT study.

August 5, 2008 - Through an exclusive marketing agreement with Innovative Orthopedic Technologies Inc., TRUMPF Medical Systems Inc. has announced the ARCH Table Extension will immediately be available through TRUMPF representatives across the U.S. and Canada.

August 5, 2008 - GE Healthcare today released a new pre-clinical computed tomography scanner specifically designed to accelerate research in the areas of cardiac disease and drug development.

By Nick Obradovich

August 5, 2008 - Philips Healthcare has developed a hand-carried cardiac ultrasound with reportedly advanced imaging quality.

The CX50 CompactXtreme hand-carried ultrasound system is set to commercially release in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Philips.

August 5, 2008 — Intelerad Medical Systems has signed a partnership agreement with peerVue, a provider of PACS-integrated, regulatory, quality and communications solutions.

August 5, 2008 – Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. (HMSA) said the first OASIS High-Field Open MRI has been installed and is available for clinical use at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne, PA.

“As technology has continued to progress, the differences in image quality and patient comfort have been minimized,” said Daniel Cohen, M.D., St. Mary Medical Director of MRI. “We now can offer patients the security of a spacious design for added comfort during scans while simultaneously providing the most accurate scan results to aid physicians in their diagnoses.”

Philips Healthcare has developed a hand-carried cardiac ultrasound with reportedly advanced imagine quality. The CX50 CompactXtreme hand-carried ultrasound system is set to commercially release in the fourth quarter of 2008, according to Philips.

Primarily designed for echocardiography, the CX50 was made with many of the same features from Philips’ iE33 echocardiography system, providing clinicians a portable ultrasound that can be used for diagnosis, according to Philips.

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