The Philips Step and 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.

NDS Surgical Imaging will showcase its newly FDA-cleared AXIS V display intended for mammography and similar high-resolution images. AXIS V can be used by radiologists for reading and interpreting digital mammograms. Designed specifically for use in digital mammography and PACS workstations, the AXIS V product reportedly features industry’s best ambient light adaptability and delivers the highest quality diagnostic image.

The CereTom is a compact, lightweight, portable, high-speed, battery and wall powered multislice CT scanner optimized for scanning anatomy that can be imaged in the 25cm field of view, primarily head and neck, according to its manufacturer.
The system, acquiring eight slices per revolution, reportedly combines portability with detail and provides effective and flexible CT imaging at the point of care. According to its manufacturer, it is optimized for use in operating rooms, emergency departments, radiology departments, intensive care units and more.

Building on the foundation of GE Healthcare’s CT platform, the LightSpeed VCT XT is reportedly capable of capturing images of the heart and coronary arteries in as few as five heartbeats. With SnapShot Pulse, the LightSpeed VCT XT reduces a patient’s X-ray exposure time by up to 70 percent for diagnostic cardiac scans, using a process called prospective triggered gating.

The Toshiba Aquilion CT line’s product platform design reportedly allows for all customers to benefit from Toshiba’s Quantum Advantage, delivering the industry’s thinnest slice thickness at 0.5-millimeter isotropic slices, whether using an Aquilion 4-slice, 8-slice, 16-slice, 32-slice or 64-slice.

Siemens Medical Solutions 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.

CMS has received FDA 510(k) clearance for Monaco, its next-generation IMRT planning platform reportedly featuring innovative biological cost functions, allowing CMS to begin distributing Monaco for clinical use in the U.S.

Novadaq Technologies Inc. announced that it will launch the PINPOINT endoscopic imaging system designed to not only perform white light bronchoscopy, but also the more clinically relevant imaging such as autofluorescence and narrow band Imaging, at the Annual Meeting of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), CHEST 2007, to be held in Chicago, IL, Oct. 22 to Oct. 25, 2007.

Emageon Inc. will feature its new RadSuite Express, which gives specialists at smaller facilities access to 3D imaging tools used by physicians in large institutions, at RSNA 2007.
With this turn-key solution, facilities producing less than 80,000 radiology studies a year will now be able to install and start using a top-ranked PACS in days.

S&S X-Ray Products has introduced a new enlarged version of its OR PACS Cart, which it will feature it at RSNA 2007.
The cart incorporates a larger secure storage compartment to accommodate the larger CPU's currently available on the market. The mobile cart is optimized for viewing radiology images on a mobile platform.
The OR PACS Cart accommodates dual 20-inch monitors and incorporates a unique Q-Pack battery solution offering mobility free of cumbersome power cords. Wireless solutions and many monitor options are also available.

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