The NovaPACS solution includes MIPs, Cardio Viewer and Ortho Template Library. The multiplanar reconstruction (MIPs) was added to provide high-volume cardiovascular studies with saggital and coronal viewing capabilities. The new Cardio Viewer clinical workstation, which offers cardio tools for both cardiologist and cath lab operators, serves as a stand-alone workstation or can be added to a NovaPACS clinical workstation.

Impac just completed its first installation of its new Mosaiq Oncology PACS, a system designed to manage increasingly large volumes of image data generated in radiotherapy, accommodating the complex workflow of radiation oncology (RT) and providing integration with the Mosaiq image-enabled EMR system.

Pacsgear's new MediaImport is a solution that enables access to nonDICOM sources such as documents and multimedia as PACS evolves into a multimedia repository, managing JPEGs, AVIs and MPEGs, digital cameras, USB memory sticks or flash memory, in addition to DICOM.

The system imports external DICOM-compliant CDs/DVDs from a reportedly wide range of PACS vendors, supports DICOM modality worklists and allows editing patient demographics and changing fields prior to import.

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Capintec partnered with Numa to develop an application that integrates Cap-DICOM software with the Captus 3000 Thyroid Uptake System with RIS and PACS.

Numa engineered the digital application that creates a complete DICOM record for each patient exam, including demographics and a secondary screen capture of the alphanumeric exam data. The new Cap-DICOM software interfaces with RIS and PACS and queries the DICOM worklist provider to populate the Captus report with patient demographics.

IntegradWeb PACS Version 3.7 is designed to boost performance and scalability of IntegradWeb PACS. Dynamic Imaging recently introduced its latest technical innovation, IntegradWeb PACS Version 3.7, which is being developed for scalability to one million annual PACS exams and beyond. Dynamic Imaging is also focusing development on the IntegradWeb PACS image viewer to surpass today’s average loading times for the first image of a PACS study of three seconds on the LAN and tens of seconds across the WAN for large studies.

The SIR-Sphere by Sirtex is a radioactive polymer sphere that emits beta radiation and is the only FDA-approved microsphere therapy for advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to the liver.

Physicians insert a catheter through the groin into the hepatic artery and deliver millions of SIR-Sphere microspheres directly to the tumor site. The minimally invasive procedure is performed on an outpatient basis, leaving the patient with minor side effects.

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Vantage Oncology’s network centers reportedly provide an advanced spectrum of radiation therapy, including linear accelerator-based radiosurgery, image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT), intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), brachytherapy, high dose rate implants (HDR) and 3-D treatment planning, along with appropriate diagnostic tools such as the CT Simulator.

The technology also reportedly supports the recruitment of high-quality physicians, maintains established credibility with referral sources and provides superior marketing leverage against local competition.

Velos Inc.’s eResearch Version 7, a clinical research device aimed to benefit customers, further delivers the power of Web 2.0 technology and system design.

With Version 7, some physicians can reportedly move from test environment to production use in as little as one week. More than 60 functional and system enhancements were incorporated in its release.

May 21, 2007 — Data presented at the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) demonstrate that Perforomist (formoterol fumarate) Inhalation Solution, delivered by nebulization, is an effective and well-tolerated new treatment option for patients suffering from emphysema or chronic bronchitis, otherwise known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

May 21, 2007 — Welch Allyn and Masimo Corp. have partnered to incorporate Masimo SET pulse oximetry into new versions of the Welch Allyn Spot Vital Signs and Welch Allyn Propaq LT devices.

The two devices allow clinicians to effectively spot check and monitor patients respectively in ambulatory and acute care settings, and can be easily configured for efficient, safe and accurate operation by caregivers with varying levels of training and sophistication.

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