February 7, 2008 - At HIMSS 2008, BayScribe will unveil its latest advancement in dictation and transcription technology, BayScribe in a Box, designed to provide users with document reporting workflow solution that encompasses voice capture, ADT capture, routing, workflow management, transcription and document delivery, and a month-to-month license, allowing users to opt out anytime they want.

February 6, 2008 - Kyron Clinical Imaging Inc. is now Prism Clinical Imaging Inc., a name the company feels better reflects its core mission of providing physicians with treatment planning and management solutions for brain tumors, neurological disorders and other diseases through intuitive organization of imaging data in decks.

The company will appear as its new name at the Prism Workshop at Outpatient Outlook 2008: The Future of Healthcare, to discuss the value of fMRI in clinical application and as an investment to enhance profitability, Feb. 26, 2008 in Tucson, AZ.

February 6, 2008 - Infinitt North America reported $8 million in RIS and PACS contracts for the Q407, more than three times that in the fourth quarter of 2006, crediting contract renewals with existing customers and the edition of new contracts.

The five-year renewal contracts are on the all-inclusive EIMS (Electronic Image and Information Management Solution) program, which allows the hospital or imaging center to pay for the system and service on a per study basis also played a large part in the company’s success in 2007.

February 6, 2008 - eHealth Global Technologies signed contracts with Rush University Medical Center, University of California, San Diego Medical Center and University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview to provide its eHealthConnect service to departments within the facility or health system, digitizing records and images, making them accessible over the company’s secure, internet-based viewing system.

The new Signa Vibrant, a new dedicated 1.5T breast MR scanner using high-definition (HD) technology and applications specifically designed for breast MR, is the latest offering from GE Healthcare. Its features include VIBRANT acquisition, BREASE spectroscopy, integrated CADstream (manufactured by Confirma) and a specially designed breast MR patient table. To help improve public awareness and knowledge of breast cancer, GE will apply a portion of the proceeds from Signa Vibrant sales toward breast cancer education and awareness programs.

The new 256-slice Brilliance iCT scanner by Philips provides 8 centimeters of coverage to capture the entire heart in two scans with a rotation speed of 0.27 seconds with 120 kw of power.
The Brilliance iCT scanner is four times more powerful than a 64-slice CT and is designed to produce high-quality images with exceptional acquisition speed, complete coverage of the heart and brain, while reportedly reducing radiation doses by up to 80 percent.

Artis zeego is the new multi-axis C-arm by Siemens Medical Solutions, which employs robotic technology to extend imaging capabilities through various C-arm positions.

The AquilionONE is a new advanced diagnostic imaging system by Toshiba America
Medical Systems that leverages dynamic volume computed tomography (CT) imaging to capture an entire organ in a single rotation or over multiple rotations to show real-time dynamic movement.
Additionally, multiphase studies, such as perfusion of the brain, heart and other organs, are possible with the AquilionONE. The system covers up to 16 centimeters of anatomy using 320 ultra high-resolution 0.5-millimeter
detector elements, producing images designed to promote greater clinical accuracy.

February 4, 2008 - Tryton Medical Inc. said it has received CE Mark approval for its Side-Branch Stent, a cobalt chromium balloon-expandable coronary stent specifically developed for the complete treatment of the entire spectrum of coronary artery bifurcation disease.

Approximately 540,000 annual procedures are performed to address bifurcation lesions, accounting for 20% of all coronary lesions treated. With the exception of Tryton's stent, no dedicated solution exists today that fully addresses these lesions, according to the company.

February 5, 2008 - Mitralign Inc. said it successfully performed its first implantation of the Mitralign Percutaneous Annuloplasty System for mitral valve repair at French Hospital in Asuncion, Paraguay.

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