Cedara Software will showcase its Advanced Segmentation technology that includes libraries for Lesion Contouring where tumor identification in US, CT, MG and MR is greatly simplified. Cedara Image Enhancement reportedly offers complete X-ray pipeline workflow improvements from image enhancement, shutter detection and removal, autostitching and optimum window display.

Agfa will feature its IMPAX Hospital Suite is designed to meet the needs of the hospital market, with scalability to fit a wide variance of sizes and workflows, including partnered sites sharing common patient domains.

InSite One Inc. will debut its InDex 5 digital medical archive that will contain new features created to improve enterprise workflow and management capabilities. InSite One has developed a roadmap to enhance the InDex Archive services preparing users for the future. The InDex 5 services will reportedly expand the tools to intelligently manage information for the life of clinical data.

The Practix Convenio is a wireless, digital and portable compact X-ray device that reportedly offers smooth motorized maneuverability with variable speed, greater independence and fast workflow for all applications. It offers a long battery life for a full day’s work and reportedly demonstrates optimal mobility at the bedside as patients can be reached from all points due to its extendable arm.

Company website: www.medical.philips.com

Konica Minolta’s REGIUS 370 Upright DR reportedly features the most advanced phosphor detector available, Cesium Bromide (CsBR), to produce a high level of detective quantum efficiency (DQE) comparable to flat panel DR systems.

The Gammex Neonatal Chest Phantom is the first of a new class of phantoms and objective system performance tools for use in digital radiographic systems.

Fluke Biomedical’s new X-ray maintenance, calibration and quality assurance tool for service and radiation management professionals is a compact, totally wireless device.
It features simultaneous all-in-one exposure measurement, including HVL and choice of custom readout device or laptop/PDA communication with Zigbee interface for fast display and archiving, according to the manufacturer.

For more information: www.flukebiomedical.com

October 17, 2007 - Positron Corp. introduced its new dedicated-Cardiac PET system, Attrius, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nuclear cardiology, for which it expects to receive 510k FDA approval in spring of 2008 in time for proposed cardiac PET reimbursement increase on Jan 1, 2008.

October 17, 2007 - Positron Corp. introduced its dedicated Cardiac PET system that is expected to receive 510k FDA approval in spring 2008, at the annual meeting of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology, held Sept. 6 to Sept. 9 in San Diego, CA.

Positron intends to be the first company to offer absolute coronary flow reserve calculations developed by K. Lance Gould, M.D. According to the company, Dr. Gould is considered the founder of Cardiac PET combined with the discovery of flow reserve in human studies.

October 17, 2007 – Siemens Medical Solutions today announced that it recently received FDA 510(k) clearance for a 1.5 Tesla (T) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that is reportedly more affordable, allowing providers to upgrade from low-field MRI systems or to add an MRI system for the first time.
The cost of the new 1.5T MAGNETOM Essenza can reportedly be as much as $500,000 less than other 1.5T systems, making it possible for small hospitals and diagnostic imaging centers to offer a new range of imaging services.

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