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.

The DR-4010C scanner provides color scanning up to 42 pages per minute and 84 images per minute. The scanner includes Canon's new Advanced Text Enhancement technology and the company's new Auto Color Detection feature to optimize data-capture.
The Advanced Text Enhancement technology allows the device to capture text information from scanned documents by removing patterned backgrounds, enhancing light colored texts and removing halftone backgrounds. This technology helps ensure all text is properly extracted and captured on all scanned documents.

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.

The Endo-Flush Endoscope Flushing Pump EFP250 replaces manual flushing by replacing the syringe with an automatic pump in the cleaning process. The system automatically flushes the scopes’ internal channels with detergent, water and air, replacing manual flushing with a syringe. Thus, the system makes cleaning a repeatable, consistent process and frees staff from the task of repetitious manual syringing.

Integra Radionics Promotes Radiosurgery Software
Integra Radionics launched its latest radiosurgical treatment planning software, XKnife version RT 4.0, which facilitates the precise treatment of tumors in the brain, head and neck, lung, prostate and spine. In addition to the three-dimensional treatment planning software, the XKnife system includes stereotactic localizers and immobilizers, radiosurgical collimators, a miniature multileaf collimator and quality assurance instrumentation.

The CADD-Sentry Pro Medication Safety Software reduces the risk of errors by enabling medical professionals to enter standardized pain therapy protocols onto a secure database on the hospital computer network and then download them into a pump. Previously clinicians have had to program each pump individually.

Hospira Inc.’s Symbiq intravenous medication management system is an “intelligent” pump that incorporates safety software and instinctive programming options, including differentiated, clinician-friendly features to decrease errors and improve workflow.

IBA Promotes Proton Therapy for Smaller Facilities
Ion Beam Applications S.A.,(IBA), has a new COMPACT Proton Therapy System. The scaled-down building, equipment and medical software configuration costs less than a quarter of the original proton therapy technology’s more than $120-million price tag. As a result, smaller facilities and those serving smaller patient populations will gain access to clinical capabilities historically limited to larger, urban multiroom facilities.

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