October 3, 2007 - According to the study by the New England Journal of Medicine(NEJM), conclusions made were that primary CTC and OC screening strategies ended in similar detection rates for advanced neoplasia, though the numbers of polypectomies and complications were smaller in the CTC group, supporting the use of CTC as a primary screening test before therapeutic OC.

Results from the study, reported by NEJM:

October 3, 2007 - Embedded RFID solutions maker SkyeTek Inc, said today Aionex has adopted its M1 HF SkyeModule RFID reader technology to streamline delivery of patient care in hospitals.
The readers provide Aionex’s Patient Response Platform (PRP) with the information it needs to monitor patient care, authenticate hospital staff members, and track process efficacy.

October 3, 2007 - Avid Radiopharmaceuticals Inc., a product-focused molecular imaging company, announced today that enrollment has begun in a proof-of-concept phase I clinical trial investigating Avid’s development compound 18F-AV-133 for imaging patients with movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease (PD) and essential tremor and dementias, including Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) and Alzheimer’s Disease (AD).

October 3, 2007 - Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center’s S. Mark Taper Foundation Imaging Center announced that they have developed a technique to use coronary CTA in asymptomatic patients at just only 1/10th of the radiation dose.

The center’s ‘Mini-dose CCTA’ uses x-rays produced during only 1/10th of the cardiac cycle and results in 1/10th of the radiation of a full coronary CT angiogram. The cost is often less than the standard coronary CTA, because it is simpler, quicker and less complex to interpret.

October 3, 2007 – Confirma recently announced that it has installed CADstream for prostate at multiple research sites including MRI at Belfair, Beth Israel, Simonmed and Lahey Clinic, aiming to offer physicians comprehensive and clinically valuable tools for improved quality, standardization and efficiency in MRI studies of the prostate.

October 3, 2007 - Hitachi Medical Systems America Inc. announced that is had received FDA clearance to market its Oasis magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system that reportedly features vertical field magnet technology inclusive of high magnet homogeneity and higher order active shim, in an open architecture magnet design.

The system contains a magnetic field strength of 1.2 Tesla, a high performance gradient system coupled with an eight-channel Radio Frequency (RF) system and Hitachi-designed RF coils.

October 3, 2007 - TeraMedica Healthcare Technology recently announced that Orange Regional Medical Center, in Middletown and Goshen, NY, has agreed to implement TeraMedica's Evercore Clinical Information Manager (CIM) into its central hospital facility, including connection to its satellite facilities, aiming to positively impact patient care and procedural efficiency.

Aurora Breast Imaging recently announced the installation of the first and only dedicated breast MRI system in the state of California, its 1.5T Dedicated Breast Magnetic Resonance Imaging System (MRI) with Bilateral UltraRODEO, at Aurora Breast MRI of Orange County, located within the University of Irvine Medical Center campus.

Launched at RSNA 2005, the Aurora 1.5T Dedicated Breast MRI System has new UltraRODEO Plus fat and normal ductal tissue suppression technique, AuroraCAD integrated diagnostic software, Aurora SUPERSHIM and fully integrated and easy-to-use MRI-guided AuroraBIOPSY functionality. It is the only FDA-cleared dedicated breast MRI system on the market. This device utilizes a specialized breast-coil design which provides an elliptical “sweet spot” that images both breasts, chest wall and axillae in a single bilateral scan, without compromise in image contrast or resolution.

Matrox Graphics will display its Matrox MEDT Series and Matrox AuroraVXT Series controller boards designed for medical imaging at the PACS 2007 conference, March 20-23 in San Antonio, TX.

The Matrox MED Series display controller boards include display configurations for landscape and portrait modes ranging from two through five mega pixels and includes a variety of grayscale and color models with analog and digital display support. The Matrox AuroraVX Series can power up to three displays, one navigation console display, along with two twin imaging displays from a single board.

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