A new photon-counting full-field digital mammography system, Sectra MicroDose Mammography, reportedly increases throughput and minimizes radiation exposure. The system can now be equipped with a stereotactic add-on for clinical examinations.
The system features the latest developments within photon-counting technology. Photon-counting is a technology for better images, lower dose and fundamental advantages in several advanced applications, such as contrast mammography, dual-energy and tomosynthesis.
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Merge Healthcare has just released Merge Mammo version 7.0, a multi-modality, vendor-neutral digital mammography workstation application. The system enables organizations to display and read images from different systems simultaneously (digital mammography, ultrasound, MR, CR, etc.) and to read all breast studies on a single workstation, regardless of which vendor's acquisition device is used to secure the images.

B-CAD 1.0 is designed to assist in the analysis and reporting of lesions in breast ultrasound. The system is the first commercially available CAD solution designed to assist radiologists in the analysis of breast lesions using ultrasound images. Positioned to reduce the time required by a radiologist to analyze and report the findings of breast ultrasound images, B-CAD provides tools for automatic image analysis, segmentation and classification. The system also provides a standardized reporting structure, as defined by the ACR BI-RADS Ultrasound Lexicon Classification Form.

Fuji Computed Radiography for Mammography (FCRm) offers a combination of image quality, versatility and practicality, and according to the company, is expected to see rapid adoption in the U.S.
FCRm provides 18-by-24-cm and 24-by-30-cm fields-of-view, 50-micron pixel sampling and Fuji's patented dual-side reading technology.

The MAMMOMAT NovationDR with syngo MammoReport is a full-field digital mammography system from Siemens Medical Solutions that is gaining momentum in the marketplace. Designed to meet the demands of modern mammography practices, the system provides digital screening, diagnosis and stereotactic biopsy capabilities all in one system.

Eastman Kodak Co.'s new mammography feature in the Kodak DirectView CR 850, CR 950 and CR 975 systems delivers computed radiography images with mammography quality. Coupled with the DirectView CR Mammography Cassettes and new EHR-M screens, the CR systems retain all features and capabilities for general radiography examinations.

Neurostar Solutions' next-generation version 6.4 Virtual Radiology Network(VRN) clinical image workflow
platform is a Web-based solution for converting to a digital radiology environment, enabling users to outsource reading radiologists.

TotalLook version 8.0 by iCAD Inc., a solution for film-to-digital conversion, reportedly enables comparative image review on a single digital review workstation, assisting women's healthcare centers with the transition from film to digital mammography and aiding clinical productivity.

Plasmon Inc. rolled out three new archiving solutions that include UDO2, UDO Archive Appliance and UDO Archive Appliance Xpress as part of the company's strategy to provide long-term archiving solutions that do not go obsolete.

To overcome memory limitations and system performance issues associated with 32-bit technology, especially for CT, breast MR, PET/CT and other large
studies, Merge Healthcare recently announced the release of Fusion PACS MX version 2.2 with native 64-bit processing.

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