They say that good things come in small packages, and if it has high-quality visualization tools, it’s even better. Medical imaging devices are miniaturizing and, as a result, opening up tremendous potential for taking advanced technology to the bedside.

Most blogs are soapboxes for highly-opinionated cyber junkies convinced that readers find their words worth reading. In the case of Roland Piquepaille, a blogger on ZDNet.com who reports on emerging technologies, he puts the onus on the reader to decide if the material he provides is “Worthwhile.” Recently, the readers cast their votes in favor of Imaging Technology News’ article “Radiology and GI Imaging Close the Divide” (ITN, April 2007).

July 10, 2007 - Biomedical engineers at the University of Virginia (U.Va.) School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new imaging tool that hopes to dramatically improve medical ultrasounds, potentially leading to more accurate and timely diagnoses of breast cancer and other life threatening conditions.

July 10, 2007 - Cancer patients in Illinois will soon have access to proton therapy, a highly advanced form of radiation treatment, at a new center to be located in DuPage County. A Chicago-area physicians group, Radiation Oncology Consultants Limited (ROCL), Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield and ProCure Treatment Centers Inc., Bloomington, IN, announced today that they will collaborate to make this treatment available to patients in need.

July 10, 2007 - InSite One Inc. announced a new co-marketing agreement with Intelerad Medical Systems Inc. to deliver a unique software solution for viewing and managing clinical imaging across the enterprise from small to complex sites and allowing Intelerad to offer a full range of data archiving and disaster recovery capabilities.

With over 400 IntelePACS installations worldwide, Intelerad Medical Systems Inc. is a leading PACS supplier to hospitals, imaging centers and teleradiology practices.

June 10, 2007 - The Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM) announced at its recent annual meeting in Providence, RI, that it has elected new officers and inducted three new members of the College of SIIM Fellows.

SIIM members elected the following new officers and board members:

July 10, 2007 - Biospace Med recently announced the introduction of the revolutionary EOS ultra-low dose 2-D/3-D orthopedic X-ray imager that allows images to be obtained with a low dose of radiation, part of a system that is capable of very long length digital imaging, permitting full-body, uninterrupted digital imaging with a single scan.

On the heels of obtaining its CE mark for marketing EOS in Europe and receiving approval from the Health Canada Medical Device Bureau, Biospace Med has filed a 510k application with the FDA to seek clearance to market EOS in the United States.

July 10, 2007 - NovaRad Corporation recently announced four new NovaPACS contracts with hospitals, including Maine, Oklahoma, Virginia and Wyoming, suiting any size facility, from hospitals with fewer than 10 to more than 500 beds and single-site to multi-site freestanding imaging centers.

Viztek Chiropractic PACS delivers a full range of functionality, from Cobb Angle and Distance Measurement to Atlas Orthogonal Analysis and Digital Templating. The system is a Web-enabled, single database, Microsoft .NET application that reportedly handles data smoothly, quickly and efficiently. It accelerates access to patient images and information.

Fujifilm, Empiric Systems Join to Create Integrated PACS
Fujifilm has partnered with Empiric Systems to integrate Empiric’s RIS functionality into its Synapse PACS and provide imaging centers with a customizable solution that is reportedly capable of meeting all of their imaging and information needs.

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