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.

March 5, 2008 - Imaging Dynamics Company (IDC) announced that it will be showcasing its X-Series Digital Radiography (DR) systems for orthopedic applications at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) conference being held in San Francisco, March 5 - 7, 2008.

March 5, 2008 - The American College of Radiology agrees with the American Cancer Society (ACS) in support of research findings that show the inclusion of Computed Tomographic Colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, as a main screening exam for colorectal cancer.

March 5, 2008 - Eizo Nanao Corp. is now offering the Matrox MED5MP display controller board with its RadiForce GS520 5MP medical displays, and Matrox MED2MP, RAD and AuroraVX Series display controller boards with the recently released RadiForce RX211 2 MP medical displays.

March 5, 2008 - S & S Technology highlighted at NCBC its Mammography Digital Viewing Station (MDVS) created for the conversion of digital mammography, allowing users to compare new digital studies with hard copy films.

The workstation mounts films on a motorized viewer above the monitors, while the viewing station integrates a motorized film belt on the upper tier and depending on size embedded in the lower section, can accommodate up to four CRT/Flat Panel Monitors.

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