March 7, 2008 – KLAS recently named Toshiba’s Aquilion 64, Xario and Vantage 1.5T MR “Best in KLAS” in its Top 20 Year-End Report for 2007, in recognition of the company’s leadership in working with customers to maintain satisfaction.

March 7, 2008 - Siemens Healthcare revealed at ECR 2008 its latest DR system, Ysio, designed to provide a single DR solution for almost all clinical requirements, allowing users to create their own Ysio X-ray system customized to their needs.

The new system includes a configurator software tool that helps determine the correct system variant for each customer. Ysio also boasts a ceiling-mounted color "MaxTouch" touch screen allowing users to adjust system functions such as examination and exposure parameters or the dose.

March 7, 2008 - MedQuist Inc. is offering 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 document patient encounters anytime, anywhere. The voice file is automatically and securely uploaded to MedQuist’s Enterprise Platform to complete the document creation workflow.

March 7, 2008 – The TRENDS conference in trauma and cardiovascular nursing and high-acuity med-surg is set for April 7-10, 2008 at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA.

The event is sponsored by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter-AACN and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses (AACN).

GE's SnapShot Pulse offers improved dose reduction results for both diagnostic cardiac and neuro perfusion CT exams and has been reportedly proven to reduce a patient's radiation exposure by up to 83 percent.

Accompanied by the SnapShot Pulse will be the GE's LightSpeed VCT XT, a CT scanner that reportedly maintains high-quality imaging while reducing patients' radiation exposure by up to 70 percent for diagnostic cardiac scans.

March 6, 2008 - SonoSite featured its M-Turbo hand-carried ultrasound system at NCBC 2008.

The system was designed for use in the full range of clinical applications at the point of care, reportedly delivering an exponential increase in raw processing power for improved image clarity across all exam types, including breast imaging.

March 6, 2008 - Featured at NCBC 2008, the Cassi II Rotational Core Biopsy System by Sanarus Medical is reportedly the first large core biopsy device that is fully automated, self contained, hand-held and disposable.

March 6, 2008 - The Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI System features its UltraRODEO Plus fat and normal ductal tissue suppression technique, AuroraCAD integrated diagnostic software, Aurora SUPERSHIM and fully integrated and MRI-guided AuroraBIOPSY functionality.

March 6, 2008 - General Hospital Vienna of Vienna, Austria, successfully completed its first Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) treatment, reportedly one of the first to use this treatment option, designed to give simultaneous control of the linear accelerator gantry position, and speed the leaves and angle of the multileaf collimator and dose rate.

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.

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