Remote CardiacIT Administrator, available on syngo Dynamics Server or Acom.Net, is a server maintenance package designed to ensure servers stay up and running.

Philips' Essence technology is a combination of X-ray tube, detector system and reconstruction design elements designed to improve image quality of CT exams.

The new Brilliance 64 with Essence technology is designed for all routine radiological imaging including cardiac CT. Brilliance iCT offers 256 slices and high speed, X-ray tube power, coverage and efficient dose utility, said Philips.

February 28, 2008 - Veridex LLC said the FDA has granted an expanded clearance for the CellSearch System to be used as an aid in the monitoring of metastatic prostate cancer (MPC) patients.

The CellSearch System currently is cleared for monitoring metastatic breast and metastatic colorectal cancer patients.

February 28, 2008 - GE Healthcare IT will collaboration with Intel Corporation and Motion Computing on a mobile computing solution designed to eliminate the manual collection of patient vital sign data.

Slated for deployment at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, the goal is to provide nurses with a mobile workflow that incorporates the Motion C5 mobile clinical assistant from Intel into vital sign collection using Centricity Enterprise in-patient electronic medical record (EMR) software and GE Healthcare's DINAMAP patient monitoring devices.

February 28, 2008 – Halifax Biomedical selected IDC’s X1590 as the DR component for an imaging product suite currently under development for conducting orthopaedic clinical trials for Roentgen Steriophotogrametric Analysis (RSA), hoping to create a system that will measure the stability of orthopaedic implants to a fraction of a millimeter.

The company, under a Canadian federal grant, will interface its calibration technology with IDC’s DR system and analytical software from Medis Specials of Holland, aiming to create the first standardized, fully digital RSA suite.

February 28, 2008 – Effective Feb. 25, 2008, Jim Zierick joined the Aspyra team as interim Chief Executive Officer, a 25-year veteran of the technology field, and most recently the Chief Executive Officer of LogicalApps, a provider of embedded controls software for enterprise applications based in Irvine, CA.

While performing his new duties as interim CEO, Zierick will also remain a director of Aspyra, and in turn James R. (Skip) Helms, who took on the Chief Operating Officer role in Nov. 2007, will return to his role as Chief Operations Officer.

February 28, 2008 - Matrox Graphics recently introduced new features to its Xenia PCI Express boards, each Xenia and Xenia Pro native PCIe x16 single-slot board now reportedly drive up to three high-resolution digital displays, working to cut down the time it takes to install, configure and deploy radiology and PACS workstations.

February 28, 2008 - Search giant Google launched Google Health and announced major industry partners on Thursday, aiming to be the Intuit for personal healthcare, where people can access all their health information in one spot.

Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt answered reporters' questions after announcing Google Health.

February 28, 2008 – IDC received a patent for a dual-energy optically coupled digital radiography system, reportedly helping to simultaneously obtain two distinct images of the same subject, each representing a different X-ray energy spectrum.

In hopes to improve diagnostic information, this technology will reportedly let doctors see bone and soft tissue images separately. Designed to eliminated patient motion, it reportedly captures all the necessary data in a single exposure.

February 28, 2008 - iCAD Inc. today made available the TotalLook MammoAdvantage system, which is designed to convert prior mammography films to digital images for comparative review on a single digital review workstation.

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