May 20, 2008 - Agfa HealthCare and Amirsys are partnering to integrate STATdx Radiologist Decision Support system with Agfa’s IMPAX PACS Solution in hopes to increase speed and diagnostic confidence for radiologists.

May 20, 2008 - Merge Healthcare released Fusion PACS MX 3.0, featuring integrated Merge Mammo 7.10, the company’s digital mammography application, and introduced several new features designed to increase radiologist productivity, including study caching, viewing protocol enhancements and extended keyboard shortcuts.

Calgary Scientific Medical Group unveiled a fully Web-based thin client solution, ResolutionMD, that supports the increasing demand for access to high resolution CT and MRI studies without requiring dedicated visualization workstations.

Voyager Imaging is releasing its new Web streaming technology, that is designed to provide fast delivery of images to referring doctor desktops through low to medium bandwidth connectivity.

PACS administrators can configure compression based on modality and body part, reportedly ensuring acceptable quality of images being delivered. Alternatively, the user is able to stream the full Dicom image as required.

NEC Display Solutions of America released a 4MP, 30-inch MultiSync MD304MC widescreen display, designed exclusively for medical diagnostic professionals and is certified for radiology and emergency room environments.

Vision Reach 2.0 made its debut at SIIM 2008, extending the solution's functionality to include physician order entry, giving the referring physician the ability to order new or follow-up exams through the zero-install Vision Reach portal.

Reportedly emerging as a comprehensive radiology EMR, Vision Reach delivers orders, results and key images to referring physicians through common email and secure Web access.

RamSoft introduced Gateway Router 4.5, featuring new upgrades to the DICOM workstation, including DICOM Storage Commitment and MPPS, along with customized routing rules.

May 19, 2008 – GE Healthcare said it’s now utilizing remote monitoring and data mining techniques to continuously enhance system reliability, ease of use and uptime for its Innova family of interventional X-ray products.

May 19, 2008 - At ASCs 2008, Champion Manufacturing featured its medical recliner line with a new power recline mechanism, designed to allow patients to change their position. Patients can change positions using a hand-held electronic control.

For more information: www.championchair.com

May 19, 2008 - Arizant Healthcare Inc. showcased its Lithotomy underbody blanket (Model 585) at ASCs 2008 last week.

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