May 29, 2008 - Siemens will display its latest innovations at SNM 2008, including how HD•PET is reportedly improving patient care, particularly in oncology.

Siemens will also showcase its syngo TrueD for the staging and assessment of cancer treatment response and syngo Circulation for fully integrated cardiac evaluations and gated studies in both SPECT and PET.

For more information: www.usa.siemens.com/medical

May 29, 2008 - James H. Thrall, M.D., FACR, of Boston, MA, was named chair of the American College of Radiology (ACR) Board of Chancellors during the ACR’s 85th Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C., May 17-21, 2008, also serving on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR).

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).

Double Black Imaging (DBI) is highlighting its new surgical LCD line up at this year’s Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI) show May 31 – June 2, 2008 in San Jose, CA.

DBI’s new surgical line includes a wide range of LCDs, including patient vicinity safe LCDs, Large format color medical LCDs and self-calibrating LCDs ideal for mounting on OR carts.

Integra Neuro Sciences introduced the LimiTorr in the spring of 2008, which the company says is one of the first volume limiting CFS drainage systems on the market.

The device is designed to prevent over drainage. This is especially important during drainage of the lateral ventricles of the brain or lumbar subarachnoid space. When the end volume is reached (20 or 30 mL), the flow shuts off using burette technology. When the burette is emptied, drainage can resume.

May 28, 2008 – Clinicians attending this week’s American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 44th annual meeting in Chicago will learn about developments in cancer treatment, advances in technology and evidence-based practices in prevention and care.

In addition, all 30,000 attendees will have free access to a newly customized mobile suite from Epocrates Inc., that will reportedly help them continue to learn beyond the conference and stay current on the information needed to provide the best care for their patients.

May 28, 2008 - Medical Records Institute (MRI) recently announced the 2008 TEPR Awards honorees during the Opening Session of the 24th Annual TEPR (Towards the Electronic Patient Record) Conference in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

TEPR Awards annually recognize outstanding health IT and electronic medical record innovations and solutions

CapMed earned top honors in the category of “Personal Health Record Systems,” with Doctations and Passport MD splitting second place.

May 28, 2008 - InSightec Ltd. announced today that the FDA cleared the company to conduct a clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the ExAblate 2000 system utilizing MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery (MRgFUS) for the enhancement of fertility in women with non-hysteroscopically resectable uterine fibroids who are diagnosed with unexplained infertility.

May 28, 2008 – Precision Dynamics Corp. (PDC) has teamed with Patient Safety & Quality Health Care Magazine to recognize and reward hospitals through a contest for taking measures to better protect patients through innovative products and procedures.

May 28, 2008 - Somanetics Corp. said this week it received FDA 510(k) clearance to expand the labeling for its INVOS Cerebral/Somatic Oximeter System.

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