Getting into or staying in the imaging business these days takes perseverance with a healthy dose of optimism. The obstacles arrayed against existing and start-up imaging centers are now well-known and formidable. The Deficit Reduction Act (DRA) has eliminated an average of 15 percent to 30 percent of federal reimbursement for reading services.

May 28, 2008 - A team of cardiologists, radiologists and front-line physicians at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray and LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City has undertaken a first-of-its-kind study to determine whether CT angiography screening and early intervention can help prevent heart attacks, strokes and death.

May 28, 2008 – 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).

The IPM feature is reportedly beneficial for monitoring slower modalities and slower inter-facility connections in a PACS enterprise that are typically around one IPS. Monitoring in IPM makes setting baseline and alert settings much easier and more accurate, according to the company.

May 28, 2008 - SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting, “Molecular Imaging: Build on the Past, Define the Future,” will be held June 14–18, 2008, in New Orleans, LA, unveiling new research in the molecular imaging, neurology, cardiology and oncology fields that may directly affect the future of patient care.

Topics of discussion include the use of PET, SPECT and other forms of imaging to detect and diagnose Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias; predict sudden cardiac death; view spinal cord injuries; advance the diagnosis of ovarian and prostate cancer and study post-menopausal women.

May 28, 2008 – AMICAS celebrated a milestone as it officially integrated its Vision Series PACS at over 100 facilities that use MEDITECH as their health information system, focusing on developing solutions that allow facilities running a MEDITECH health information system to gain integration and value from their investment with MEDITECH.

May 28, 2008 – TomoTherapy earned the top user satisfaction composite rating among four vendors in the linear accelerator-based radiation therapy marketplace, appearing in MD Buyline's Quarterly User Satisfaction Report, published on April 15, 2008.

TomoTherapy is reportedly the only vendor for the CT-based linear accelerator which delivers radiation dose in a helical or fan beam fashion. Elekta, Siemens and Varian offer IMRT and IGRT options on conventional linear accelerator systems.

May 28, 2008 - Midwest Health Partners, P.C. selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS imaging technology for its practice, bringing NovaRad’s total number of NovaPACS and NovaRIS installations in Nebraska to 20.

NovaPACS provides screen viewing and mouse-based functions, giving users access to images and reports from any computer, according to the company. Developed from the same platform as NovaPACS, NovaRIS, a Web-based, open standards RIS, generates reports, analyzes exams, measures profitability and facilitates paperless management of patient records.

May 28, 2008 - Earlier this week, Verity Radiation Therapy, at The Texas Clinic at Prestonwood, became the second medical center in the U.S. to commence treating cancer patients with RapidArc radiotherapy technology from Varian Medical Systems.

RapidArc is an advanced form of image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) that can be delivered two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

The new TM5X Surgi-Chair II by TransMotion combines the best available in a mobile surgical platform with the flexibility of working as a chair, said the company. The advanced high capacity battery powered motorized positioning allows for pre-op to procedure to post-op without patient transfer thus reducing occupational injuries.

The TM5X Surgi-Chair II is designed for a range of surgical procedures in ophthalmology, ENT, plastics and outpatient surgery.

he new TM5X Surgi-Chair II by TransMotion combines the best available in a mobile surgical platform with the flexibility of working as a chair, said the company. The advanced high capacity battery powered motorized positioning allows for pre-op to procedure to post-op without patient transfer thus reducing occupational injuries.

The TM5X Surgi-Chair II is designed for a range of surgical procedures in ophthalmology, ENT, plastics and outpatient surgery.

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