Candelis will expand its offering for the mammography market with a feature-rich Mammography Web Viewer (IG Mammo Viewer) for the ImageGrid PACS appliance. The IG Mammo Viewer supports IHE profiles for mammography and provides customizable mammography hanging protocols. Some of its features include mammography-specific, pre-fetching of prior studies for comparison with the current study.

Company website: www.candelis.com

Sorna Corp. will bring to RSNA its eXpedo XR1, reportedly the smallest automated DISC (CD/DVD) production system on the market. The system utilizes inkjet technology for printing directly on a DISC. To minimize space requirements, an LCD display and six-key keypad are integrated into the server, which fits directly on top of the robotics system, according to the commpany.

The XR1 is designed for imaging centers, outpatient clinics and small radiology departments.

Candelis will feature its ImageGrid 1000 archiving solution that is based on a DICOM and appliance architecture, ImageGrid reportedly speeds image access, simplifies management and protects patient images in a highly reliable, HIPAA-compliant server and archival system.

The ImageGrid product line is said to be ideal for imaging centers and small hospitals and provides archiving capacities ranging from 1 terabyte (TB) to tens of terabytes and is capable of receiving images directly from any DICOM modality.

Viatronix Inc. will release enhancements to its V3D-Colon including a Colon CAD interface that reportedly seamlessly integrates CAD without any change in workflow, automatic measurement of maximum diameter/volume of polyps with morphology analysis, new “translucent view” color schemes that are said to be user-editable and a creation of reports compliant with C-RAD guidelines.

ScImage will highlight features of its PicomEnterprise solution, a Web-based enterprise imaging solution that captures, stores, distributes and archives radiology and cardiology image exams from reportedly any DICOM and many non-DICOM devices.

With built-in visualization tools, PicomEnterprise renders images for cardiac CT, cardiac cath, echocardiography, stress echo and has digital subtraction angiography. Reporting tools include hemo dynamic reporting, plus stress and holter reporting from existing reporting solutions.

Emageon will feature its RadSuite Express, reportedly a low-cost PACS solution complete with advanced visualization and 3D capabilities tailored for small to mid-sized hospitals and clinics.

This turnkey solution provides physicians in smaller facilities access to the same high-end, multidisciplinary 3D imaging tools used by radiology, cardiology, orthopedic, neurology and emergency specialists in some of the top-ranked healthcare facilities in America.

Carestream Health will demonstrate the latest features of its KODAK CARESTREAM PACS that include dynamic streaming capabilities to enhance the rapid delivery of images to clinicians in on-site and remote locations. The PACS platform offers optional integrated applications such as image fusion, orthopedic surgical templating, 3D imaging and advanced cardiac features.

3mensio Medical Imaging’s 3viseon 3D imaging workstation reportedly allows the radiologist to quickly deliver accurate results to a wide array of medical specialists, such as cardiologists and surgeons, accommodating the increasing demand for 3D images to facilitate treatment planning.

The system includes interactive and through presets. It also has a variety of smart 2D and 3D functions that make communication and collaboration with other specialists very easy, according to the company.

Company website: www.3mensio.com

October 18, 2007 - Hologic will demonstrate at RSNA 2007, its MammoSite, a targeted radiation therapy that works from the inside, meaning that a higher daily dose can be used for a shorter period of time, five days versus five to seven weeks.

Hologic’s R2 Computer-Aided Detection (CAD) solutions reportedly give users the most sophisticated pattern recognition software to help find cancers with greater certainty at an earlier stage.

R2 technology was the first CAD system approved by the FDA for film-based mammography in 1998 and for digital mammography in 2001, according to the commpany. It is reportedly estimated that more than ten million women had their mammograms interpreted with the aid of R2's CAD technology in the last 12 months.

Company website: www.hologic.com

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