April 22, 2008 – Vocantas, a developer of interactive voice response (IVR) solutions, today said it partnered with Communication Business Avenue Inc. (CBA) of Kanagawa, Japan, to help it address critical healthcare shortages in Japan where people have died while waiting for care.

A recent survey discovered that Japanese hospitals rejected 14,000 emergency patients in 2007. CBA is helping hospitals reduce waiting times to accommodate more patients and needed a partner with IVR experience.

April 22, 2008 - Toshiba Teli America Inc. today introduced the T24MSA001-MD medical-grade 24-inch LCD color widescreen monitor with full HD (1,080-pixels) resolution for a natural reproduction of video images and the highest level of differentiation during such applications as diagnostic analysis, video endoscopy and surgery.

The new monitor also offers 800:1 contrast, a brightness level of 500 cd/m2, and the versatility of PIP/POP functionality. It is pole or wall mountable using standard VESA brackets.

April 22, 2008 - Tumor metastasis is caused by cancer cells that exploit a small number of master control genes, according to research delivered by the keynote speaker, Robert Weinberg, M.D., Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, MA, at the opening of the International Conference on 'Invasion and Metastasis' in Berlin, Germany.

April 22, 2008 - PACSGEAR Inc. has added a high-volume robotic CD/DVD burner for its PACSGEAR MediaWriter.

To be launched at the SIIM 2008 next month, MediaWriter D200 uses the Epson Discproducer to quickly write and print DICOM CDs/DVDs with one click. Discproducer has two CD/DVD drives and a capacity of 100 discs, giving hospitals, healthcare networks and imaging centers a DICOM distribution solution that is easy to configure, deploy and maintain, according to the company.

For more information: www.pacsgear.com

April 22, 2008 - NeuroLogica Corp. will acquire all technology and assets for Xenon CT Perfusion from Diversified Diagnostic Products Inc., looking for the combination of portable CT and Xenon CT perfusion to allow faster, more accurate and quantifiable information on cerebral blood flow in patients with a variety of neurological emergencies such as stroke and traumatic brain injury.
Xenon CT Perfusion, though used under IRB permission in the U.S., is reportedly considered the gold standard in measuring cerebral blood flow.

April 22, 2008 - InSite One and Avreo Inc. have furthered their contract, allowing Avreo to resell InSite One’s archive and disaster recovery services in support of its RIS/PACS solutions, allowing Avreo to provide its distribution channels with services that include hosted data protection and remote archiving of DICOM and non-DICOM images and information.

April 22, 2008 – Despite the growing popularity of digital technologies, X-ray films continue to record growth derived from traditional use in general radiography and mammography applications, according to a new report by Global Industry Analysts Inc.

Overall market for X-ray films, chemicals and processors is projected to reach $5.9 billion by 2010.

April 22, 2008 - Mountain Valley Imaging of Rexburg, ID, selected NovaRad’s NovaPACS and NovaRIS technologies, in hopes of enhancing patient service and streamlining image reading and reporting.

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.

Intuitive Imaging Informatics is showcasing its Network Attached Storage (NAS) solutions, designed to reduce retrieval times down to two to three seconds.

Built on SCSI or Serial-ATA (SATA), RAID-5 based systems, fault tolerance and reliability have been improved, said the company. Auto-diagnostic tools for hands-free monitoring and pre-alerts for any potential problems are also provided.

April 2008

The ImageQube is Intuitive Imaging Informatics’ Web-based PACS. Available at either the diagnostic or clinical level, the ImageQube is designed to provide the ability to easily distribute patient information across enterprise, referring physician base or directly to a patient. The ImageQube’s network architecture provides real-time radiology services to referring physician base and on-call radiologists.

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