June 13, 2007 – According to a recent study conducted by researchers from the University of Michigan Medical Center and C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital both in Ann Arbor, MI, allergic-like reactions to newer iodine-containing contrast agents (nonionic contrast media), are rare in children.

June 13, 2007 – New York based Viatronix Inc. and Medicsight PLC headquartered in London, announced today their recent CE Mark and the joint European commercial release of their integrated Viatronix V3D-Colon and Medicsight ColonCAD API, "virtual colonoscopy" products that are integrated to aid physicians in the early detection and identification of polyps.

June 13, 2007 - Researchers released a study at SNM's 54th Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in which the combination of SPECT and CT images fused together assists physicians in more accurately diagnosing coronary artery disease.

June 13, 2007 – Aurora Imaging Technology Inc. announced the formal launch of the Aurora Breast MRI Reimbursement Hotline, a service offering third-party payor coverage and reimbursement overviews, new account billing assistance, local specific billing insights, and answers to questions on breast imaging reimbursement issues, aiming to facilitate accurate billing to Medicare and private payors for breast MRI procedures.

Barco has expanded its offering of softcopy visualization solutions with a new, cost-effective color display system, the NIO Color 3MP, a 3-megapixel system with a high-performance display controller that supports 3-D PACS applications with 30-bit color precision.

To protect its valuable LCD panel against damage from intensive use in clinical environments, the NIO COLOR 3MP comes with an integrated protective front cover, which enables easy and safe cleaning. Moreover, its non-reflective coating will improve the diagnostic experience, while keeping reflections very low.

Double Black Imaging announced the release of its new software and LCDs including DBI developed X-Cal DICOM Calibration and QA software as well as DICOMetrix PACS Performance Monitoring software at SIIM 2007 in Providence, RI.

Nuance Communications Inc. announced the availability of PowerScribe Workstation 4.8, a speech recognition reporting solution for radiology, designed to deliver enhanced functionality, including new features based on two previously announced partnerships, Vocada Veriphy and Amirsys STATdx.

The Plasmon UDO Archive Appliance Express (AA Express) is an archiving solution designed in collaboration with leading medical integrators specifically for medical facilities, offering secure and cost-effecting storage solutions.

Amica's Vision Reach includes a 100 percent Zero Client Application which means no plug-ins, no helper applications and no heavy downloads. It is a password-protected solution with deep access control that reportedly works everywhere. The system also includes a customized Web portal that is designed with the look and feel of an e-mail program. The portal integrates relevant images and reports for viewing on any device which supports standard Web protocols.

Compressus launched its stand-alone version of the Systems Management Dashboard (SMD) that can run on virtually any system, at SIIM 2007 in Providence, RI.

The SMD enables the proactive management of an efficient Healthcare Enterprise through innovative software that provides enterprise wide monitoring, analysis, summarized graphic and tabular viewing, detailed data and alarm notices for Medical Imaging activities. The system reportedly shows administrators fast, easy to assimilate problem solving data for management of the enterprise.

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