November 29, 2007 – A study presented at RSNA 2007, that used long-time-scale, global helium-3 diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), found that secondhand smoke damages lungs.

The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, examined the lungs of 43 volunteers, including seven current and former smokers and 36 people who had never smoked, 18 of whom had a high level of exposure to secondhand smoke.

Intelerad Medical Systems announced at RSNA 2007 the availability of PET/CT fusion functionality in IntelePACS, bringing the capabilities of a dedicated PET/CT fusion workstation to IntelePACS as a fully integrated module for Inteleviewer, the IntelePACS native viewer, giving clinicians access to specific PET/CT statistics such as Standard Uptake Values (SUVs) and volume measurements.

November 29, 2007 - Intelerad Medical Systems announced at RSNA 2007 the availability of PET/CT fusion functionality in IntelePACS, bringing the capabilities of a dedicated PET/CT fusion workstation to IntelePACS as a fully integrated module for Inteleviewer, the IntelePACS native viewer, giving clinicians access to specific PET/CT statistics such as Standard Uptake Values (SUVs) and volume measurements.

November 29, 2007 - Intelerad Medical Systems announced that IntelePACS has been ranked first overall in the 2007 Ambulatory PACS Report by KLAS Enterprises, receiving the highest overall score, eight points above the market segment average and over one full point ahead of its closest competitor.

November 29, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc. is showcasing its current line of portable digital radiography (DR) systems this week at the 2007 Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA) in Chicago.

November 29, 2007 – TOTOKU Electronics Inc. showed its new 800cd/m2 super luminance, color, CCL354i2 3-megapixel LCD, flat panel display screens for reviewing both color and monochrome images during the 2007 RSNA meeting.

The company says the new monitors will be available in the spring of 2008 and will be cheaper than many current black and white screens. The high contrast screens and high light output makes them able to be used for black and white X-ray image review, which require more brightness than most color monitors offer.

November 29, 2007 - InSite One Inc. announced that the InDex Archive has surpassed 1.5 billion individual images and over 20 million studies stored for over 500 sites nationally, amounting to about 3 percent or 9 million of the U.S. patient population.

November 28, 2007 - Effective immediately, DatCard Systems Inc., global supplier of DICOM digital distribution solutions, will distribute Rimage Corp.’s family of on-demand digital publishing systems to the medical market, further strengthening the two companies’ already established business partnership.

November 29, 2007 - Planar Systems Inc. today announced that a clinical trial conducted at Emory University’s Breast Imaging Center in Atlanta, GA, showed that its Stereoscopic Digital Mammography (SDM) system showed that false-positive findings at screening were reduced by 49 percent and false-negative results were reduced by 40 percent, compared to standard two-dimensional mammography.

November 28, 2007 - GE Healthcare has introduced the Signa HDxt as the next-generation High Definition MR scanner, available in both 1.5T and 3.0T field strengths. Highlighting the new system are two new marquee applications called Cube and IDEAL.

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