February 12, 2008 - Accuray Inc. today announced that two- and thee-year studies on its Cyberknife radiosurgery has shown no side effects on men treated for prostate cancer and prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels showed sustained reduction during the studies.

These findings were shared at the 7th Annual CyberKnife Users' Meeting, which was held Jan. 23-27, 2008 in Scottsdale, AR.

February 12, 2008 – Anthro Corp. Technology Furniture today introduced the customizable Convoi mobile computer cart.

Convoi is a small sturdy cart with excellent mobility on 5-inch directional locking casters. With various widths and heights and adjustable shelf height within the unit, the company says it provides flexibility in creating a cart for smaller spaces as a lab, equipment or computer cart anywhere a heavy duty, small cart is needed.

February 12, 2008 – Telemedicine company Advanced ICU Care said today it expanded its ICU patient monitoring program to 24/7 care and monitoring at five of Parkview Health System’s hospitals in the Fort Wayne, IN area.

February 12, 2008 - Wellsoft Corp. said today it entered into a national agreement with Premier Purchasing Partners to provide the Wellsoft Emergency Department Information System (EDIS) to emergency departments in Premier’s alliance of more than 1,550 member hospitals.

The maker says Wellsoft EDIS is designed by and for emergency department clinicians. Features include patient tracking, nursing and physician documentation, electronic orders and results, charge capture, and coding.


Foremost on the minds of many radiologists today is how to reduce radiation dose when using computed tomography (CT) without compromising image quality.

February 12, 2008 - Elekta Neuromag, noninvasive measurement technology for brain activity using Magnetoencephalography (MEG) technology, has been ordered by The Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha.

The Nebraska Medical Center will receive its new Elekta Neuromag MEG system in the spring/summer of 2008. With the MEG system from Elekta installed, neurosurgeons, neurologists and other clinicians will be able to noninvasively record human brain activity in real time.

February 12, 2008 - Positron emission tomography (PET) was far more reliable than computed tomography (CT) in detecting whether or not a nodule was malignant, according to findings in a large, multi-institutional study comparing PET and CT in their accuracy in the characterization of lung nodules.

February 12, 2008 - A recent study found a significant increase in diagnostic accuracy when using Medipattern's B-CAD v2 on lesions less than 1 centimeter in size, based upon 100 confirmed biopsied cases, comparing the diagnostic accuracy of three reading scenarios: a single physician, double reading with two physicians and a single physician reading with B-CAD.

February 12, 2008 - The Dictaphone Healthcare Solutions division of Nuance is now offering the Revolabs xTag Wireless Microphone alongside its Dragon NaturallySpeaking Medical speech recognition software solution.

February 12, 2008 – QUBYX adapted its PerfectLUM display calibration solutions with the Matrox Digital Luminance Correction technology (DLC), offering users a complete display calibration package, aiming to ensure that DICOM measurements and the DLC adjustments reflect DICOM accuracy across the entire display viewing area.

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