Doctors at The National Brain Aneurysm Center in St. Paul, MN, use intraoperative angiography (IA) now in all of its surgical procedures as re-examination of the vascular anatomy may disclose a fundamental misinterpretation of the local anatomy on the part of the surgeon that could lead to an error without the use of IA.

May 1, 2008 - The use of PET scans for cancer diagnosis, staging, restaging and recurrence monitoring was associated with a strong reduction in unnecessary additional procedures in a study by Bruce Hillner, M.D., published today in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

May 1, 2008 – Hologic hit a record revenue of $431 million in 2Q08, a jump of 138 percent compared to 2Q07 rates of $181.1 million, attributing is second quarter success to record sales of the Selenia full field digital mammography system and a term loan balance reduction to $89.6 million.

The company marked 418 Selenia full field digital mammography systems installed with a backlog of 535 systems.

May 1, 2008 - GE Healthcare will create a new X-Ray manufacturing facility in Brazil, its first in South America, dedicated to the production of its new line of products created exclusively for the region.

The local production will allow the company to offer new solutions at an affordable price, working to meet the needs of different segments of the healthcare market, ranging from large and well-established hospitals and diagnostic institutions to small clinics looking for their first equipment.

May 1, 2008 – Royal Philips Electronics and BrainLAB said they would be collaborating on the integration of intra-operative angiography and image-guided surgery (IGS).

The integration of angiography and IGS would provide surgeons with real-time information during interventions that may lead to more precise surgical procedures.

May 1, 2008 - MedQuist Inc. will show a new, Web-based version of its mobile dictation application PhysAssist IQ, which gives physicians more flexibility over documenting at the point-of-care, using mobile devices including flip phones, Smartphones, PDAs and tablet PCs.

Using Internet-enabled mobile devices to dictate allows caregivers to more freedom document patient encounters anytime, anywhere, according to the company. The voice file is automatically and securely uploaded to MedQuist’s Enterprise Platform to complete the document creation workflow.

May 1, 2008 - Hologic Inc. said yesterday at the American Society of Breast Surgeons conference in New York City that U.S. breast surgeons are among the first to realize the benefits of Hologic product integrations stemming from recent company mergers, acquisitions and partnerships.

May 1, 2008 – Kubtec introduced its XPERT 40 digital specimen radiography system, a compact, self-contained, shielded cabinet X-ray system available with up to an 8-by-8-inch (20-by-20 cm) digital radiography detector for inspection of surgically excised needle core biopsies and tissue specimens.

May 1, 2008 – Aspyra Inc. will demonstrate the latest release of AccessRAD RIS/PACS and CyberLAB LIS products at the upcoming National Rural Health Association (NRHA) 2008 Annual Conference held in New Orleans, LA, May 7-10, focusing on the specific needs and requirements of the rural health environment.

The company will demonstrate the workflow efficiencies available within its Laboratory Information System (LIS), Radiology Information System (RIS) and Picture Archive Communication System (PACS) product solutions.

May 1, 2008 – It is estimated that the European ultrasound market will grow from $0.9 billion in 2007 to $1.4 billion in 2014, according to a new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, awarding advancements in obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound, hand-carried ultrasound and other smaller market segments such as urology and surgical ultrasound.

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