November 21, 2007 - NovaRad announced the availability of NovaRIS and NovaPACS through an ASP model, to help contain costs for small, budget-constrained facilities.

Images are stored on archives at NovaRad Corp.’s International Data Center near Salt Lake City, UT, and are accessed securely through a Web browser. The cost of entry requires a reportedly a low, upfront fee for set up and a per study fee. Facilities may choose the type of viewer and tech workstation that best suits their individual needs.

November, 21, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. has introduced the new KODAK DIRECTVIEW DR 3500 System, a compact digital radiography system that the company says delivers the small footprint, functionality and convenience required by a broad range of healthcare facilities including hospitals, outpatient imaging centers and orthopedic clinics.

November 21, 2007 - Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals Inc. has signed a three-year contract by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a group purchasing organization, to provide Magnevist (gadopentetate dimeglumine) Injection contrast media to members of the MedAssets network.

MedAssets serves more than 125 health systems, including 2,500 hospitals and 30,000 non-acute care healthcare providers. With this agreement, Magnevist is now on contract or has agreements with nearly all of the major GPOs in the United States.

November 21, 2007 – Viztek and M*Modal announced an agreement for the integration of M*Modal’s speech understanding solution, AnyModal CDS, into Viztek’s Web-based Opal-RAD PACS, reportedly allowing AnyModal CDS to advance EHR integration without changing workflow.

November 21, 2007 - The Philips Step & Shoot Cardiac solution has reportedly been shown to save up to 80 percent of the dose in a cardiac exam. As the newest cardiac imaging innovation for the Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner, it provides high quality CT images at low radiation dose. An axial prospective ECG-gated acquisition technique reportedly achieves full heart coverage within a short breath-hold. According to Philips, it is ideally suited for patients where low radiation dose is needed.

im3D will present at RSNA 2007 the DICOM visualizer, VISOR, that enhances the functionality of its diagnostic workstation by grouping and displaying any number of radiological exams for a single-source visualization, interfacing with its CAD-COLON diagnostic system, a commercially available interactive workstation with field-proven results, as well as with upstream PACS systems.

November 21, 2007 - Sectra has signed a reseller agreement with PeerVue LLC, a US-based company focused on offering software solutions that improve communications and quality in radiology departments reportedly with no loss in productivity, allowing Sectra to resell peerVue’s Web-based quality improvement solution software and service solutions throughout North America.

November 21, 2007 - Merge Healthcare will introduce its new teleradiology software application, Merge TeleRead and Consult PreReads at RSNA 2007.

November 21, 2007 - Merge Healthcare will introduce at RSNA 2007 a new teleradiology software application designed to improve technology to support the complex final read business, Merge TeleRead, and a new service offering, Consult PreRead, a consulting service designed to provide a preliminary report of a medical imaging study, producing a detailed report that a U.S. radiologist may consult and utilize to prepare an official final diagnostic report.

Philips Step & Shoot Cardiac has reportedly been shown to save up to 80 percent of the dose in a cardiac exam. As the newest cardiac imaging innovation for the Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner, it provides high quality CT images at low radiation dose. An axial prospective ECG-gated acquisition technique reportedly achieves full heart coverage within a short breath-hold. According to Philips, it is ideally suited for patients where low radiation dose is needed.

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