May 10, 2007 - Patient Care Technology Systems, a subsidiary of Consulier Engineering, Inc. and Sonitor Technologies recently announced a strategic alliance to jointly market their hospital workflow technologies, coordinating sales and marketing efforts to provide a turnkey workflow solution that integrates Sonitor’s ultrasound-based indoor positioning system with PCTS’ AmeliorTM automatic patient and asset tracking software.

May 10, 2007 - Cedara Software, a Merge Healthcare company, announced it has concluded a licensing agreement with Varian Medical Systems, giving Varian exclusive global rights to distribute Cedara’s I-Response technology within the radiation and medical oncology market.

May 10, 2007 – Confirma, a developer of computer-aided-detection (CAD) for breast MRI, announced that it has launched a new educational series of online discussions and case reviews of breast MRI analysis and interpretation with the company’s CADstream system to provide a tool that meet the increasing need for education in diagnostic and interventional breast MRI studies.

May 10, 2007 - Agfa HealthCare and InterComponentWare AG (ICW) announced today that the companies are beginning a non-exclusive agreement for the development of seamless integration and interoperability between Agfa HealthCare's Hospital Information System (HIS) ORBIS(TM) and ICW's eHealth Framework.

AccSys Technology’s first mobile PULSAR PET isotope production laboratory contains a shielded mini-cell housing, a synthesis unit for FDG and a clean area with a Class 3 laminar flow-hood for final dispensing. Another feature is a 7 MeV PULSAR proton linear accelerator installed in a mobile coach.

Gamma Medica-Ideas’ new FLEX Triumph tri-modality pre-clinical imaging system can be configured with up to four of the company’s CZT-based solid-state gamma cameras, offering improved performance of all pre-clinical SPECT systems on the market today. The FLEX Triumph boasts improved sensitivity, spatial resolution and energy resolution.

Biodex Medical Systems is introducing its L-Block, an LCD display technology with an integral dose calibrator shield that uses a color LCD with a CCD camera to view the work area.

Gamma Medica Inc.’s most advanced LumaGEM breast imaging camera, the 3200S/12K, offers more than 40 percent improvement in camera spatial resolution than delivered by the original system, the 3200S.

The solid-state gamma camera contains an array of over 12,000 pixels and offers greater than 100 percent improvement in the camera’s space bandwidth product, a critical indicator of image quality.

SyneVU is the newest touchscreen "Procedure Driven" user interface requiring "One Touch Per Procedure" available, used for general radiography trauma and high volume configuration. In addition to standard DR image processing, ANEXA provides IMAGIC Image Processing, which makes all of the image data visible and eliminates the need to window width and level for most images. It has a free-standing Dual Detector with fixed table. It supports all native Windows XP and DICOM networking capabilities and options. CR integration is optional.

As the newest cardiac imaging innovation for the Philips Brilliance CT 64-channel scanner, Step & Shoot Cardiac reduces radiation dose with better clarity in a shorter breath hold, aiding in patient comfort. This new feature provides images of the coronary arteries and heart anatomy at low dose levels.

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