December 1, 2007 – The Merge Healthcare Teleradiology division of Merge Healthcare earned the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval by demonstrating compliance with the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization’s (JCAHO) national standard for healthcare quality and safety.

December 1, 2007 - Confirma previewed its first version of CADstream improved analysis and reporting for prostate MRI and introduced the next generation of CADstream for breast MRI at RSNA 2007.

The prostate application is designed to offer radiologists comprehensive and clinically valuable tools for improved quality, standardization and efficiency in MRI study analysis and reporting.

The next generation of CADstream for breast MRI, which features a customizable, BI-RADS-centric user interface, improved morphology tools and patient monitoring capabilities.

December 1, 2007 - Visage Imaging Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems Inc., and Medicsight have partnered to jointly develop a CT colonography solution which will be fully integrated with the Visage Thin Client/Server platform designed to provide hospitals and imaging centers with easy deployment and enhanced accessibility to CT colonography.

December 1, 2007 – Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals previewed at RSNA 2007 VistaTrak, a password protected contrast media cabinet that tracks media stock using RFID labels.

The cabinet can be interfaced with an electronic medical record (EMR), PACS/RIS and billing system to access patient data. The company’s MAGNEVIST (gadopentetate dimeglumine) contrast agent will be the first product to carry the RFID tag in the VistaTrak cabinet.

The cabinet is also password protected and is only accessible by using either a coded badge or a pin code.

November 29, 2007 - Results of a clinical trial being conducted at Emory University Breast Clinic in Atlanta and presented at RSNA suggest that stereoscopic digital mammography, a new diagnostic technique capable of producing three-dimensional, in-depth views of breast tissue, could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening mammography.

November 30, 2007 - To significantly increase access to acute, primary and preventive healthcare in rural America, the Federal Communications Commission Nov. 19 dedicated more than $417 million for the construction of 69 statewide or regional broadband telehealth networks in 42 states and three U.S. territories under the Rural Health Care Pilot Program (RHCPP).

November 29, 2007 - According to a study presented at the RSNA, ultrasound-guided nonsurgical therapy can significantly reduce pain from calcific tendonitis of the rotator cuff and restores mobility.

November 29, 2007 - Researchers studying autistic children have found, through the use of diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), increased gray matter in the brain areas that govern social processing and learning by observation. Results of the study conducted at the Fay J. Lindner Center for Autism, North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in Bethpage, N.Y., were at RSNA.

November 30, 2007 - According to a study presented at RSNA, an unprecedented increase in the use of radiologic exams on pregnant women has present in the past decade, finding that from 1997 to 2006, the number of imaging studies performed on pregnant women increased by 121 percent.

November 30, 2007 – Confirma announced that a study presented at RSNA found that the CADstream system’s patented “worst curve” algorithm for analyzing kinetics may assist in determining malignancy, concluding that any washout enhancement was associated with malignancy in nearly half of lesions.

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