Agfa HealthCare showcased the release of its IMPAX 6.4, featuring advanced workflow design focusing on the seamless integration of RIS/PACS/Reporting information and image management into one workflow from start to finish.

The system includes new visualization and navigation tools for large volume studies (CT/MR), with complex multiseries review. IMPAX 6.4 also focuses on bringing disparate information to the radiologists' desktop, irrespective of
the source.

The Empiric Systems Encompass.NET 5.0 is the company’s latest, Web-based, fully integrated, single database, RIS/PACS/Billing system that includes an entirely re-engineered GUI, "profile-based" advanced scheduling logic, embedded instant messaging, patient self/on-line registration, "Draw-able" forms and sheets and a new DICOM Web-viewer.

Company website: www.empiricsystems.com

November 27, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. introduced at RSNA two new compact, single-cassette computed radiography systems for improved workflow and productivity in supporting general radiography, long-length, dental — and mammography exams, where approved.

Hitachi Medical Systems America commercialized at RSNA 2007 its OASIS patient- centered open architecture MRI scanner, reportedly featuring Hitachi’s proprietary 1.2 Tesla vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, all in an open architecture magnet design that gives patients an unrestricted viewing angle.

Featuring a high performance gradient system coupled with an 8-channel Radio Frequency (RF) system and Hitachi-designed RF coils, Oasis is designed to provide high performance imaging in a comfortable patient setting.

November 27, 2007 - Hitachi Medical Systems America commercialized at RSNA 2007 its OASIS patient-centered open architecture MRI scanner, featuring Hitachi’s proprietary 1.2 Tesla vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, all in an open architecture magnet design that gives patients an unrestricted viewing angle.

November 27, 2007 – Fujifilm Medical Systems USA partnered with Hitachi to introduce at RSNA 2007 the FCR Go portable digital X-ray system, integrating Fujifilm's FCR Carbon XL CR reader and a notebook version of the Flash IIP console with the Hitachi portable, reportedly providing image availability in 23 seconds.

November 27, 2007 - Medrad Inc. displayed at RSNA 2007 “CT Contrast Injection of the Future,” an exhibit about the leading role of contrast injection in CT imaging, as well as patient safety, patient-specific protocol optimization and workflow and data integration innovations that are in development by the company.

Medrad also highlighted advancements made to its Stellant CT Injection System, featuring the DualFlow simultaneous injection and scanner-injector interface technology, as well as two new additions: CardiacFlow powered by P3TTM and XDSTM Extravasation Detector.

November 27, 2007 - GE Healthcare announced at RSNA 2007 it will incorporate High-Definition (HD) technology in its next generation of computed tomography (CT) scanners, which will increase spatial resolution by 30 percent, will acquire images 100 times faster than dual source technology currently in the marketplace and lower dose by 50 percent across the entire body.

November 27, 2007 - Grundig Business Systems highlighted its DigtaSonic x420 mobile dictation recorder, equipped with a clear, bright color display, which shows all functions as symbols.

November 27, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. announced at RSNA an agreement to integrate and sell a key component of the IBM Unified Communications and Collaboration (UC) platform — IBM Lotus Sametime. The combination of Lotus Sametime software and Carestream Health’s radiology solutions is intended to facilitate rapid communication, including instant messaging and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) interactions between radiologists and other medical professionals involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

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