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.

Merge Healthcare's new teleradiology software application is designed to improve technology to support the complex final read business, Merge TeleRead, and its new service offering, Consult PreRead, is a consulting service designed to provide a preliminary report of a medical imaging study, producing a detailed report that a U.S.

November 20, 2007 – Kimberly-Clark Healthcare will host its 12th annual conference on infectious diseases Dec. 4-6 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Ravinia in Atlanta.

November 20, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions will feature the new MAGNETOM Verio, a 3 Tesla (3T) MRI system with a 70 cm open bore and total imaging matrix (Tim) technology. Verio is designed to deliver high-field imaging to patients who are claustrophobic, in pain or discomfort or those who weigh up to 550 lbs.

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