June 8, 2007 – Philips recently announced key enhancements to its iSite PACS v. 3.6 that now offers tools specially designed to foster process efficiencies and increased collaboration within radiology departments that use iSite PACS.

June 8, 2007 – According to an Australian study released during the 54th Annual Meeting of the Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM), an advanced molecular imaging technique has influenced the management of women with ovarian cancer, detected more site of disease and identified women whose disease was likely to progress.

The study shows that positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging is a better test for patients with suspected recurrent ovarian cancer and is the preferred imaging technique.

June 7, 2007 - Robots may soon be coming to your town, and your hospital. According to The International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, robots that perform surgery can be driven by surgeons who no longer stand by the patient, but direct the operation from a computer console.

In most cases the surgeon is seated at a console within the theatre, only a few feet away from the patient. Now a team of surgeons and scientists have shown that the surgeon and robot can be linked via a 4,000 mile Internet connection or by satellite.

June 7, 2007 - Sectra, together with clinical and industrial partners, will lead a project involving six European countries on high-resolution, low-dose X-ray imaging’s role in the fight against breast cancer.

June 7, 2007 — ROXRO PHARMA Inc. announced that ROX-888, its novel intranasal analgesic, rapidly and effectively eased pain and was well tolerated by patients who had undergone major abdominal surgery in a Phase 3 clinical study.

June 7, 2007 — Instead of standing in line, sometimes for hours, just to explain their symptoms at one of the nation's busiest emergency rooms, Parkland patients now type their woes into a computer at one of three automated check-in kiosks.

While similar machines are popping up nationally to check in patients at medical clinics, Parkland officials said they believe they are among the first to have a system in a hospital emergency room. A donation through UT Southwestern Medical School paid for the $50,000 project.

June 7, 2007 — Cook Medical announced today the availability of the Cook Turbo-Flo 8 French Double Lumen Central Venous Catheter, designed to produce increased flow rates.

This catheter also employs Cook's patented antibiotic-impregnation process, infusing minocycline and rifampin on both the internal and external surfaces of the catheter to provide increased protection against catheter-related bloodstream infections.

June 7, 2007 - Immersion Medical has introduced the LaparoscopyVR Surgical Simulation System, the first laparoscopy surgical simulator designed as a complete system with tightly integrated TouchSense-enabled haptic hardware and software.

June 7, 2007- Viking Systems Inc. announced that for the first time worldwide, their 3Di Vision System had been used to perform videothoracoscopic surgery. The three procedures, performed with the 3-D visualization technology at the Regional Oncologic Hospital (C.R.O.B) in Rionero in Vulture, PZ, Italy by Dr. Cosimo Lequaglie, were a parietal pleurectomy, a sublobar resection, and a chemical pleurodesis. Each surgery was successfully performed and met with positive reactions from the surgeon and the hospital staff.

June 7, 2007 - Carestream Health Inc. announced that it is now taking orders for its newest version of Kodak Carestream PACS that includes native 3-D and cardiac features and integrated applications including orthopaedic digital imaging for surgical planning and image fusion software for use by oncologists.

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