December 7, 2007 — GE Healthcare has licensed a technique patented by an Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) obstetrician that can automate the acquisition of ultrasound images used by physicians to diagnose fetal heart defects.

GE has licensed the software for exclusive use in its 3D/4D ultrasound systems. Alfred Abuhamad, M.D., chairman of obstetrics and gynecology at EVMS developed the automation protocol, called Sonography based Volume Computer Aided Diagnosis (SonoVCAD).

December 7, 2007 – The Siemens “Win an MRI" contest has closed and the polls are now open to award a MAGNETOM Essenza MRI system to rural and community hospitals, with fewer than 180 beds who do not have fixed MRI services.
The prize, a MAGNETOM Essenza, was introduced to the market in October 2007 and was developed specifically for the small hospital market, and expected to help physicians deliver improved imaging services in neurology, orthopedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging, oncology and pediatric imaging.

December 7, 2007 - Candelis, Inc. has gained new PACS partners that include five leading regional hospitals, all using the ImageGrid PACS appliance as a central digital image management solution or dedicated mammography and cardiac imaging PACS solution.

New customers include A.L. Lee Memorial Hospital of Fulton, NY; Cuba Memorial Hospital of Cuba, NY; Redington-Fairview General Hospital of Skowhegan, ME; Virginia Mason Medical Center of Seattle, WA; and St. Francis Heart Center of Roslyn, NY.

December 6, 2007 - In Motion Technology, an in vehicle area network for public safety organizations, recently said the Guilford County EMS (GCEMS) in North Carolina deployed the onBoard Mobile Gateway and onBoard Mobility Manager in nearly 40 vehicles, and has achieved improvements in medical emergency operations, response times and communications for the residents of Greensboro, High Point and the surrounding areas.

December 6, 2007 - Earlier this year Edwards launched PediaSat, a critical care monitoring product for children, and this week the first published clinical study validated its efficacy over other methods in monitoring life-threatening conditions in children (infants to age 16) who undergo cardiac surgery.

December 6, 2007 - Mary Washington Hospital used SciHealth's INSIGHT as part of its Emergency Department Patient Flow initiative to dramatically improve performance, including a 45 percent decrease in patient wait times, a 50 percent reduction in radiology turnaround time for key emergency procedures, and significant gains in patient satisfaction.

December 5, 2007 - In an effort to improve the security of sensitive health information, major organizations from across the healthcare and employer spectrum have united to participate in the development of the first common security framework for the protection of health information.

December 6, 2007 - According to Millennium Research Group, cancer treatment procedures using radiofrequency ablation will grow almost 12 percent in the U.S. over the next five years, over 21,000 RFA procedures will be performed in 2007 on patients with liver, kidney, breast, lung and metastatic bone cancers, and by 2012, RFA procedures will reach over 36,000.

By Nadim Daher, Industry Analyst - Medical Imaging, Frost & Sullivan

December 6, 2007 - At this year’s RSNA more PACS vendors were showing off the expanded 3D capabilities of their PACS offering and highlighting some of their partnerships with third-party vendors, particularly the more productive ones that have led to deeper levels of integration.

By Nadim Daher, Industry Analyst - Medical Imaging, Frost & Sullivan

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