Siemens recently rolled out MVision, an IGRT system that is said to deliver outstanding image quality for accurate patient position verification and adjustment.
Designed to work with Siemens’ linear accelerators, MVision is the first commercial implementation of cone beam technology utilizing a standard radiotherapy treatment beam. MVision makes it possible for the megavoltage (MV) source used for treatment to also create a 3D image of the patient, enabling clinicians to see inside the patient at the most appropriate moment.

FUJIFILM Medical Systems USA Inc. has announced the availability of Synapse version 3.2, its latest PACS software release.
With a number of enhancements to existing mammography capabilities, as well as improvements to FUJIFILM's patent-pending reading protocol technology, Synapse 3.2 is equipped to address the rapid adoption of digital mammography by providing advanced capabilities for the soft copy interpretation of mammography and other breast imaging studies.

North American Scientific Inc. announced that its NOMOS Radiation Oncology division will introduce the recently FDA 510(k) approved BATCAM Multi-probe, its new IGRT solution.
BATCAM Multi-probe integrates a new multiprobe capable ultrasound system into the company's core IGRT product, BATCAM. The new system features an updated abdominal ultrasound probe featuring color doppler ultrasound enabling IGRT for liver and pancreas treatments in addition to prostate and gynecology.

September 4, 2007- New recommendations released today in the Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography further support the role of stress echo in accurately identifying coronary artery disease (CAD), determining prognosis of patients with known or suspected CAD, in addition to providing recommendations for optimizing imaging.

September 4, 2007 - Agfa HealthCare demonstrated at the European Society of Cardiology Congress 2007 its new IMPAX Cardiovascular (CV) Suite, a system that integrates multi-lingual, multimodality image and reporting capabilities and provides access to a consolidated view of all cross-modality cardiology and radiology images within a single review station.

September 4, 2007 - Siemens Medical Solutions expanded its portfolio of ultrasound applications with the syngo Arterial Health Package (AHP) that calculates cardiovascular risks by measuring the carotid intima media thickness and determining the so-called vascular age, the relative age of the vessel.

Together with other factors, such as cholesterol values and blood pressure, the physician can use the results of syngo AHP to better assess a patient's myocardial or stroke-related risk and establish an individual prevention and treatment plan.

September 4, 2007 - Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) has developed SMD 21510 D, a 21-inch monochrome display suited for mammography diagnosis and PACS (Picture Archiving and Communication Systems) applications.

The new 5MP display supports a "Fully Automated Stability" system that reportedly ensures reliably verified grayscale response and continuous luminance levels. The new medical display can be used with a number of standard or high-performance graphic cards of the latest generation.

September 4, 2007 - The first few minutes are instrumental in emergency situations and a new portable ultrasound device from Siemens Medical Systems will help clinicians in these efforts.

September 4, 2007 - Varian Medical Systems announced today that six hospitals in northern England are implementing ARIA, a Varian Medical Systems software system that enables them to function as one clinical network.

The rollout of ARIA for Medical Oncology at hospitals in Lancashire and Cumbria is expected to improve patient care and departmental efficiency by fully integrating the prescribing, preparation, dispensing and administration of drugs for treating cancer.

For more information: www.varian.com

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