May 7, 2008 – The FDA cleared a new imaging device, ei•Nav/Artemis, that uses 3D/4D imaging to allow urologists to virtually see inside the prostate in real time during biopsy, guiding them with 4D needle navigation during the procedure, mapping biopsy locations and generating an image of 3D biopsy coordinates for future reference.

May 7, 2008 - The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Health System is the first medical center in the U.S. to begin treating cancer patients with RapidArc radiotherapy, reportedly delivering advanced image-guided, intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT or helical tomotherapy.

The new MS51i2, Totoku’s first 21.3-inch monochrome display has a high resolution of 15 mega sub pixels. This model will reportedly easily handle the higher resolution images output of the various modality devices.

The new Engineering model was exhibited at the 17th Meeting of the Japanese Association of Breast Cancer Screening held in Pacifico Yokohama from Nov. 21-22, and at RSNA 2007 (Radiological Society of North America) in Chicago.

The new 3MP (CCL354i2), 2MP (CCL254i2) color LCDs have a maximum luminance of 800cd/m_ (3MP) and 950cd/m_ respectively. The new color LCDs accurately reproduce monochrome images with the same quality as monochrome LCDs, according to the company. These LCDs address the increasing usage of concurrent monochrome and color medical images. The new LCDs are said to provide greater benefits to users by enhancing user convenience while reducing costs.

A new imaging device, ei•Nav/Artemis uses 3D/4D imaging to allow urologists to virtually see inside the prostate in real time during biopsy, guiding them with 4D needle navigation during the procedure, mapping biopsy locations and generating an image of 3D biopsy coordinates for future reference.

May 6, 2008 – At AACN 2008, InnerSpace Corp. featured six new preconfigured carts to the Harmony line-up including larger versions of its crash, anesthesia and isolation carts, a pediatric emergency cart, a suture cart and a line cart.

The “Build A Cart” option now includes eight colors of drawer fronts (white, red, blue, yellow, green, lavender, light blue and teal).

May 6, 2008 - A randomized controlled trial conducted by Brigham and Women’s Hospital— in affiliation with Harvard Medical School— finds bar-coded, computer-assisted surgical sponge counting systems reduce the chance of counting errors during patient surgery by a factor of 3 to 1.

May 6, 2008 - Nihon Kohden America Inc. unveiled two new patient monitoring systems at the National Teaching Institute & Critical Care Exposition, part of AACN 2008.

May 6, 2008 - Donal Quinn has been appointed new head of the Diagnostics division of the Siemens Healthcare Sector, succeeding Jim Reid-Anderson, to become the new CEO of this sector.

Prior to his new job, Quinn served as executive vice president and chief customer officer of the Diagnostics division since November 2007.

May 6, 2008 - VirtualScopics Inc. said today that its chief scientific officer, Edward Ashton, Ph.D., will deliver two speeches and co-author an abstract at the International Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Medicine (ISMRM) conference in Toronto, Canada.

Ashton’s presentations on May 7 and 8 will focus on the company’s work in dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI, an advanced medical image analysis technique that measures blood flow and permeability and enables the early detection of a drug’s effectiveness in treating cancer and other diseases.

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