March 6, 2008 – The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA), a division of NEMA, today praised the American Cancer Society’s (ACS) decision to add CT colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, as another acceptable screening exam for the early detection and prevention of colorectal cancer for adults age 50 years and older.

March 6, 2008 – Electronic medical record provider MedcomSoft Inc. was awarded KLAS Enterprises’ 2007 Year-End Best in KLAS Award in the Ambulatory (1-5 Physicians) category during the HIMSS conference in Orlando, FL.

March 5, 2008 – Combining PET and CT for radiation therapy treatment planning in head and neck carcinoma patients provides local and regional disease control in comparison to CT alone, said a study in the March 1 issue of the International Journal for Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

March 6, 2008 - Carestream Health Inc. released the new Kodak DRYVIEW 5800 Laser Imager designed for radiology departments, imaging centers and small clinics and dedicated modality printing, delivering up to 75 radiographic films per hour with a time to first print of 80 seconds for 35-by-43-cm film.

Two film drawers accommodate five film sizes: 20-by-25-cm, 25-by-30-cm, 35-by-35-cm, 35-by-43-cm and 28-by-35-cm. The 28-by-35-cm film size is reportedly ideal for printing multiformat images from computed radiography (CR) and digital radiography (DR) systems.

March 6, 2008 - Merge Healthcare introduced Merge TeleRead, a software package that integrates with the company's Fusion RIS/PACS and Fusion RIS/PACS MX solutions, designed to allow radiologists to place studies in a dedicated teleradiology worklist where they can be manually or automatically transmitted to an offshore reading center.

March 6, 2008 - Toshiba will showcase its Aplio Artida 4D ultrasound system, designed for physicians to quantify global and regional LV function, including LV ejection fraction.

The system is also one of the first to track myocardial motion and display myocardial motion in 3D, allowing the user to obtain angle-independent, quantitative and regional information about myocardial contraction. With this imaging device, physicians have the ability to identify wall motion defects and improve Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy (CRT) using pacemakers.

March 6, 2008 - The third annual Medical Device Regulatory, Reimbursement and Compliance Congress (Device Congress) to be held on the campus of Harvard University March 26-28 2008, will address how to satisfy the FDA, CMS, OIG, Congress, payers, providers and patients.

March 6, 2008 - NEC Display Solutions of America recently received FDA clearance for the MD205MG 5-megapixel flat-panel monitor, a grayscale display monitor that also forms the core of a new NEC medical bundled solution.

The NEC MD205-DRV bundled solution reportedly includes two MD205MG displays and a high-performance video card for medical applications from Realvision.

March 6, 2008 - Carestream Health Inc. released a new orthopedic practice miniPACS platform that includes use of advanced measurement tools, long-length image review, edge enhancement and image viewing and adjustment options, at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) this week.

March 5, 2008 - Stryker Orthopedics unveiled its Triathlon PKR at the 2008 American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons Annual Meeting.

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